Features

Label Profile: Kolony Records

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 […]

June 2016 Rapid Fires

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 […]

Countless Skies – A New Dawn Has Arrived

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 […]

PureGrainAudio Does a 180 Into Mobile App World

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 […]

My Missing Half – Tightening the Noose

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 […]

Fates Warning – Taking Flight

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 […]

Now You Know: Graviton

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 […]

Dead Rhetoric.com Halfway Through 2016 Best-Of

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 […]

Be’lakor – Stirring the Seas

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 […]

Holy Grail – The Grind Never Stops

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 […]

Sifting Through Bandcamp – June 2016

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 […]

Now You Know: Barbarian

Formation: 2009 Location: Florence, Tuscany Style: No-frills vintage metal Personnel: Borys Crossburn (vocals, guitars); D.D. Prowler (bass), Lore (drums) Latest release: Cult of the Empty Grave (Hell’s Read more […]

Aftershok – Return to Detonate Part II

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 […]

Aftershok – Return to Detonate Part I

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 […]

Heaven’s Cry – Duality with Symmetry Part II

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 […]

Heaven’s Cry – Duality with Symmetry Part I

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 […]

Now You Know: Euphoria

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 […]

Dreaded Silence – Traces of Hope

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 […]

Nervosa – Synergy Through Energy Part II

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 […]

Nervosa – Synergy Through Energy Part I

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 […]

Nails – Sharp and to the Point

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 […]

Vektor – Isolation Redux

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 […]

Hate Eternal – Death Metal Reflections

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 […]

May 2016 Rapid Fires

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 […]

Now You Know: Dead Register

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 […]

Minarchist – “Good Metal is a Product of Suffering”

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 […]

In Mourning – Oceans Rise

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 […]

Mortillery – Shifting into Overdrive

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 […]

Iron Savior – Hovering In Another World

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 […]

Sifting Through Bandcamp – May 2016

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 […]

1 52 53 54 55 56 84