The thought of combining crust and post metal with black metal isn’t exactly brand new territory, with several successful iterations popping up throughout the years. Downfall of Gaia immediately comes Read more […]
Slicing through the German scene, you can’t get a more ‘metal’ moniker than Knife. Together in this incarnation since 2019, the quartet have plenty of seasoning together (and apart) in other acts Read more […]
The Japanese metal and hard rock scene lovingly takes a lot of freedoms and experimentation that tend to leave many metal fans in the West stunned and flabbergasted by, and Hanabie is no execption to this Read more […]
The intertwining of heavy and electronic music has been going on for a very long time, resulting in droves of interesting and high quality music. From industrial metal legends like Godflesh and Ministry, Read more […]
Few bands operate in such a space where they simultaneously write some of the most beautiful sounding music, yet provide such an utterly powerful gutpunch. But such is the realm of Silent Skies, the group Read more […]
A band seemingly never afraid to spread their wings and incorporate new elements into their music, it’s always exciting to see where Stitched Up Heart will take their vision next. With the one constant Read more […]
Although it’s been nine years between studio records, it’s not as if most of the members of Warmen have been idle in the time away – most notably keyboardist Janne Warman was an active part of Children Read more […]
Undoubtedly a force that provided a number of people with their first metal experience in the mid 2000s to early 2010s, Metalocalypse ran on Cartoon Network and detailed the exploits of the world’s biggest Read more […]
Starting in 2012, Finnish act Sargassus operates on the cutting edge of numerous subgenres for this third EP King of the Sun. The four-piece possesses a sound that can be abrasive as well as reflective, Read more […]
Best known for his keyboard work in UK progressive metal outfit Threshold, Richard West felt the story that started on Legends of the Shires from 2017 deserved a sequel. When his bandmates wanted to move Read more […]
Arriving on the scene in 2014, Danish four-piece Royal Deceit have released two EP’s plus their debut album Animus in 2020 – performing at some of the biggest Danish festivals while sharing the stage Read more […]
Aggressive modern thrash/groove metal is one area that this scribe does take a particular liking to. The simultaneous firing of massive hooks and raw energy is something that can grab anyone and take them Read more […]
The Canadian hyperblast death veterans Kataklysm show no signs of slowing down in their creative output – Goliath being the 15th studio album in their career. Another new member enters the fold, as drummer Read more […]
These days genre blending has become more of the norm as a difference maker for artists to stand apart from one another. Displaying a fusion of atmospheric doom next to conventional death metal, The Crawling Read more […]
For Dungeons & Dragons enthusiasts, the band name alone will clue the listener in on what to expect. Or will it? Without even listening intently to Chaos To The Realm, one can easily lump Owlbear, Read more […]
Although Danish act Blindstone has released nine previous albums and been together for over two decades, chances are high most readers are unfamiliar with this blues-based heavy power trio. That will hopefully Read more […]
At the helm of Mayhem’s post-Euronymous era starting in 1997 with Wolf’s Lair Abyss, guitarist Blasphemer (real name: Rune Eriksen) has proven himself as one of black metal’s top riff and songwriting Read more […]
Morphing from a punk band The Reckless Heroes, Canadian act Balrogath embrace a mix of melodic power / death metal platform since their formation in 2017. They released their debut EP Nameless Terror in Read more […]
One would be hard-pressed to find a better doom album in the fraught year of 2020 than Godthrymm’s Reflections. The product of former My Dying Bride guitarist-turned-vocalist-guitarist Hamish Glencross Read more […]
They often say you have a lifetime to create and establish a debut record in any metal genre, but then need to buckle down quickly to assert your presence on the follow-up. That’s the case for Brazilian Read more […]
Few musical endeavors in the niche underground world of metal have achieved such a meteoric rise like Blackbraid. A solo project of Sgah’gahsowáh, who lives in the Adirondacks in upstate New York, featuring Read more […]
Started in 2016 by vocalist/guitarist Digby to create some melodic hard rock/metal with fun as the focus, Big Red Fire Truck from Australia channel a lot of the huge melodies, hooks, and harmonies of the Read more […]
Founded as a school band in the early 80’s, German act Dark Sky released a series of demos before issuing a debut album Believe It in 1998 that garnered success in Asia. Slowly gaining more attention Read more […]
Having been living under the proverbial radar for quite some time, the Belgian solo project Gateway has quietly been building its discography. Debuting with a demo in 2014, quickly followed by a self-titled Read more […]
The English translation to this Finnish band’s name literally means ‘swinging the ball over the borders’ – that’s an interesting way to approach thrash metal for TakaLaiton. Combining elements Read more […]
Thrash metal as a genre may have thrived in the Bay Area or Germany during the first wave of the mid-80’s to early 90’s, but these days the global expansion leaves no stone unturned in that department. Read more […]
Typically, the nation of Turkey isn’t associated with the darker side of metal’s many subgenres. Acts such as Witchtrap (the country’s first black metal band) and Moribund Oblivion serve as fine Read more […]
Originating in the mid-1970’s as Painted Lady, this UK four-piece soon transformed into Girlschool by 1978, releasing demos and singles into the marketplace while NWOBHM was taking hold of the scene. Read more […]
Crossover thrash/hardcore has seen another resurgence as of late – different from the metalcore movement that arose in the late 90’s/early 2000’s. Drawing influence from the punk, hardcore, metal, Read more […]
Five years went by since Outer Heaven’s debut LP Realms of Eternal Decay came out and it sure felt like the band stocked enough riffs for their next festering death metal offering, Infinite Psychic Depths. Read more […]
