The product of owner/founder Lorenzo Marchello, Italy’s Kolony Records made waves in the summer of 2015 with the signing of heralded Canadian tech/progressive merchants Into Eternity. The band, once Read more […]
The sixth month of 2016 (which is now in the books, obviously) has brought us another fine slew of reviews in which to bang out. Up for debate this month is Anal Blasphemy, Ascent, Astronoid, Crimson Fire, Read more […]
While interest in the melodic death metal genre may not be what it used to, it hasn’t stopped bands from continuing to refine and hone the sound – keeping it relevant for today’s metal audience. Read more […]
For a site that started as a “simple drunken idea” from Aaron Willshick and Chris Gonda, Canada’s PureGrainAudio has come a long way. More than just a regular reviews and interviews website, PureGrainAudio’s Read more […]
When it comes to melodic death metal, there seems to be a disproportionate amount of quality bands coming from European and Australian continents than North America. Since their origins in 2011, Massachusetts Read more […]
Adapt or die. A motto many older bands of the genre struggle with – especially as the music consumption model streamlines into digital platforms where proper compensation becomes the hot button topic Read more […]
Formation: March 2015 Location: Townsend, MA Style: All about thrash, old and new. Personnel: Taylor Scott (vocals); Cam Tidman (guitar); Yoav Ruiz-Feingold (bass); Anthony Medaglia (drums) Latest Read more […]
Everyone loves making lists. Halfway through the year, it’s nice to look back on the best of what has come around so far. We at Dead Rhetoric do thrive with making and maintaining lists so that deserving Read more […]
Perhaps it is no coincidence that an Australian band with an odd name is one of the few capable of turning melodic death metal around. Be’lakor (their name is taken from the board game Warhammer) have Read more […]
Chances are if you love any form of traditional, power, or shred-oriented heavy metal and you are a regular concert goer in the United States, you’ve witnessed a show by Pasadena, California’s Holy Read more […]
Never an issue of finding enough to cover for each month’s edition, that’s for sure. The last few months have seen the article expand significantly to the point where there’s a significant number Read more […]
Read Part I HERE. Dead Rhetoric: How do you view the current metal landscape both in America and abroad? It seems like there are more choices than ever, but does quantity necessarily equate to better Read more […]
Being away from the recording front for over a decade would normally be a daunting task to return to a metal scene – especially one that in the interim has progressed infinitely in the direction of more Read more […]
Read Part I HERE. Dead Rhetoric: What does the term progressive mean to you today? Has the definition changed as newer bands and newer technological advancements have taken shape? Auclair: I think Read more […]
Time shifts and tastes change – the internet explosion certainly gave rise to real-time communication and exchange of favorite bands in a lot of sub-genres of music, especially progressive. Message boards, Read more […]
Formation: 2016 Location: Detroit, Michigan Style: Progressive thrash/death. Everything from Maiden twin harmonies to Vektor-like technicality, along with some killer death screams and Bay Area battle Read more […]
Maybe it’s the combination of the four seasons and a blue collar, hard-working mentality, but there is certainly a plethora of notable metal bands for the taking in New England no matter if your passion Read more […]
Read Part I HERE. Dead Rhetoric: Have you had good conversations with your fans regarding your lyrical topics and making people think or take action involving things like human inequalities or personal Read more […]
Most of the current crop of younger bands know going in that everything has already been done in terms of heavy metal styles – it’s more about putting your own creative spin on things in hopefully Read more […]
Only on their third full-length record, Nails have already made quite a name for themselves. Big, established names like Max Cavalera have touted the band for their blistering and abrasive approach to Read more […]
Performing in a niche sub-genre of thrash where intelligent sci-fi lyric concepts match equally intriguing progressive musical foundations, Vektor knows going in that they aren’t going to probably reach Read more […]
Anyone who has listened to death metal can easily bring the band Hate Eternal into their minds. As one of the bands who consistently put out some of the most intense and brutality-forward material (though Read more […]
With summer right around the corner once more, it’s time for that inevitable push for new music before the heat comes rushing in. Reaching ever-closer to the midpoint of the year, 2016 stands just as Read more […]
Formation: 2013 Location: Atlanta, GA Style: Moody, post-doom, dark rock, or whereabouts. Personnel: M. Chvasta (vocals, bass VI, bass, effects); Avril Che (bass synth, keys, textures, vocals, live Read more […]
From the belly of Eastern Pennsylvania, there’s a growing surge of death metal that is grabbing attention outside of the local scene. Rising acts Rivers of Nihil and Black Crown Initiate both got their Read more […]
For Sweden’s In Mourning, the needle didn’t really start to move until their 2012 effort, The Weight of Oceans. Prior, the Swedes were sort of wading through the rigmarole of being an underground band Read more […]
Thrash truly is international in appeal. Every country has at least one band that straps on their axes, pounds on the bass and drums, and screams/roars in unison to create riffs, hooks, melodies, and songs Read more […]
Garnering instant media attention right out of the gate due to Kai Hansen’s involvement, Iron Savior took on science fiction and power metal in the late 1990’s with passion and glory. Vocalist/guitarist Read more […]
Continuing with the “more is more” theme from last month, there’s plenty of new Bandcamp material to continue to cover. There’s never a drought for material to be found, though as the medium continues Read more […]