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 […]
Formation: June 2015 Location: Cardiff, United Kingdom Style: Melodic thrash. Think of a wonderful marriage between classic metal and the Bay Area force of the 80’s. Personnel: Sy Davies (lead vocals); Read more […]
Metal oftentimes overvalues credentials. You know, the scene police, keyboard goofballs who monitor all that is supposed to be true and (un)holy in our little universe. If, for whatever reason, a band Read more […]
When it comes to black metal bands on the verge, Schammasch has built themselves up as a band that is not afraid of pushing boundaries and trying new experiments. Take their latest offering – the triple Read more […]
Formation: 2014 Location: Pittsburgh, PA/ Ohio Valley Style: Melodic power metal with hints of metalcore Personnel: Carly Simon-Warneke (vocals); Jesse Scott (guitars); Matt Friede (guitars); Greg Fristick Read more […]
Formation:2010 Location: Pittsburg, CA Style: An exciting take on technical progressive thrash/death Personnel: Michael Chavez (guitar/vocals); Michael Rohwer (guitar); Nathan Fruth (bass); Brandon Read more […]
Amongst lifelong metal friends, we felt that Arizona’s Flotsam and Jetsam were one of those bands caught in the thrash category shuffle to gain a certain amount of respect and appeal, but not quite enough Read more […]
Too bad more metal gents don’t speak their mind the way Atala’s Kyle Stratton does. It sure would make traditional interviews a bit more interesting. But toeing the line, playing nice, back-slapping, Read more […]
Read Part I HERE. Dead Rhetoric: What’s going on with Alkaloid – the progressive death metal band you have that includes Hannes and Linus, the rhythm section of Eternity’s End? Will there be a Read more […]
German guitarist Christian Münzner has established his proficient skill set through a number of heavier avenues in his career – probably best known for his work in the technical/progressive death metal Read more […]
Coming out of nowhere back in 2013, The Zenith Passage left a significant mark with their debut EP, Cosmic Dissonance. Sleek technical death metal, the band rightfully snagged a position in Unique Leader’s Read more […]
By now, the project-happy entity otherwise known as Tim Yatras should be familiar to most underground ‘goers. The recent (and much-deserved) popularity surge of Germ has helped cast light on his many side Read more […]
In the early days of thrash during the 1980’s, two distinct countries emerged as pioneers: America and Germany. Developing a thirst for fast riffs and aggressive tempos as well as speedy words that often Read more […]
It seems like it gets said a lot around these parts, but Bandcamp has really become a vehicle for those who want to search out and discover new music that might escape their grasp otherwise. Take modern Read more […]
Another month draws to a close and another begins. Being that the spring rush is in full effect, there’s plenty of material out for your listening consumption – provided you are willing to do some research. Read more […]
To ardent Dead Rhetoric readers, most of the staff as a collective has a strong appreciation for Grand Magus. Establishing a regular discography that crushes in traditional metal scope with riffs that Read more […]
A big plus about these Bandcamp articles is being able to acknowledge even a single track that has been recently released. This month, there were five such deserving songs in addition to the usual quantities Read more […]
Slowly carving out a niche for themselves in the New England death metal circuit, Abnormality has been gradually gaining more support as they moved from a 2007 demo to an independently released EP in 2010, Read more […]
