Making a vast library of music incredibly quickly, Master Boot Record has been routinely releasing new music over the last few years – be it in the form of albums or cover songs. But this week is something Read more […]
No doubt, there were many Visions of Atlantis fans who were quite excited to see that the band was going to make their way to the United States – opening up for Dragonforce and labelmates Unleash the Read more […]
“David – you realize if this fails, it’s your fault and it’s my fault.” I said, “It’s not going to fail!”. One never knows, and I was shocked that (Dieter Dierks) said that. But no truer Read more […]
What does a black metal band have to do to get noticed? Seriously — think of how many black metal bands are currently mucking about and try to distinguish them. Good luck with that. For German black Read more […]
These are thriving times for thrash. Veteran bands are still churning out high quality releases – spurring a second and third generation of musicians to also put their stamp on the proceedings. Add Pennsylvania Read more […]
Few and far between is the band that can actually describe their music in a way that makes it simple to grasp what they are doing. But Hallas quickly developed the term ‘adventure rock’ and it’s Read more […]
There’s always something to be said for bands that play exactly what they want to play and ignore the current trends of the times. While Lucifer has had a number of line-up changes in its span of three Read more […]
Expanding their horizons from thrash into more progressive and technical avenues, Serbian band Quasarborn possess quality musicianship and songwriting knowledge beyond the average act. Their latest album Read more […]
Breaking down walls through their allegiance to the metal cause, Burning Witches are serious about their passion and abilities as musicians, songwriters, and performers. They’ve handled member changes, Read more […]
We don’t have many eight-piece bands in heavy/power metal, especially with three singers and three guitarists. Such is the case for Swedish act Brothers of Metal – friends who developed a sound that Read more […]
Stitched up Heart made a notable mark back in 2016 with their full-length debut, Never Alone. Passionate and energetic, there was a fresh feel to what the band was doing in comparison to much of the hard Read more […]
It’s been a minute since I was able to do a solid, monthly Bandcamp column. Life gets in the way, as does our ever-growing website here at DR, but with any luck, we can get a sustainable one per month Read more […]
Establishing themselves in a symphonic/power/progressive metal realm since the early 2000’s, Serenity have recalibrated their approach as of late. Especially noticeable on their last studio album Lionheart, Read more […]
It’s been eight years since Beneath the Massacre released Incongruous. There was never any notice from the band that they were going on a hiatus or quit – there was just an absence of new music. Read more […]
From their more evil and blackened beginnings through their evolution to the point of today’s blackened/deathly mix, Svart Crown have been a French act to watch. Always engaged in some form of brutality, Read more […]
Fen’s latest studio album, The Dead Light, was released at the tail-end of 2019, which, as we all know, is a time when year-end lists have already been compiled and sorted. Such matters were of little Read more […]
The coming together of four guys that have had their foot in the hard rock window for decades, vocalist Robin McAuley, Reb Beach, Jeff Pilson, and Matt Starr have crafted Black Swan into something that Read more […]
Success comes to those willing to put the nose to the grindstone and do all the little things that make the difference. Even in their relatively short timeframe as a band since the fall of 2018, Canadian Read more […]
While they never seemed to have the reach of fellow countrymen Heaven Shall Burn or Caliban, Neaera have been a consistent force in the German modern metal scene since the early part of the century. Combining Read more […]
If you’ve followed Dead Rhetoric at all, you know multiple scribes have been avid followers and consumers of Seven Spires. From their entertaining live shows through their EP’s and full-length efforts, Read more […]
It’s almost a prerequisite for a melodic death-doom band to make a severe right turn at some point during their career. Take a look at Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride, Anathema, Katatonia and even Moonspell Read more […]
Intertwining a wide array of progressive metal, progressive rock and outside the box influences, San Diego act Psychotic Waltz didn’t easily fit into any “flavors” of the month during the 1990s. But Read more […]
The first Rapid Fires of the year means we’re out from under the fervor of year-end list time and last-minute releases. There are complaints with a crowded metal release calender – it just gives us more Read more […]
Pedigree, while always a nice thing to have, doesn’t guarantee a new band’s validity. The supergroup age of recent memory has taught us many valuable lessons, the most obvious being that background, Read more […]
Spanish metallers Diabulus in Musica made their first international marks with Secrets a decade ago. Since then, they’ve steadily built up a name for themselves within the symphonic/power metal scene. Read more […]
Steadily continuing their mission to deliver semi-technical thrash with power, groove, and potency, Annihilator remain steadfast in approach and attack this deep into their career. Ballistic, Sadistic Read more […]
There’s something to be said for prolific songwriting and consistent productivity in heavy metal. These days when bands are spreading out their releases often three to four years as their touring cycles Read more […]
Establishing their presence with traditional power metal, New Jersey’s Power Theory have assembled a decent buzz while building their following since their inception in 2007. They’ve gone through natural Read more […]
With ten albums and almost 30 years of experiences as a band, God Dethroned may not have the fan size of say, Cannibal Corpse, but they’ve always marched forward with their own brand of crushing death Read more […]
Certainly known among the metal circles for his work in Lamb of God, Mark Morton started up his own solo act to go alongside it with last year’s Anesthetic release. It was full of big names within metal Read more […]
