Leaving Abbath’s eponymous band to focus on your own group…that takes some guts. This was the case circa last December for guitarist Per Valla, who decided to leave the Abbath band to focus all of Read more […]
Death metal’s cerebral core, hereby represented by Chicago crew Nucleus, is ultimately what keeps the style moving forward when so many want to hurl it back to the dark ages, or whatever time of convenience Read more […]
It’s always intriguing to hear a new act that doesn’t feel the need to stick with one simple genre-tag description. Pennsylvania’s Since the Fire are the latest to fall under that category, with Read more […]
A band whose independent track record was probably too good to ignore for Season of Mist, Spain’s Obsidian Kingdom arrives in signed-band-ville with two well-received, self-released albums already under Read more […]
Many would consider Germany number one in power metal support – but to veterans like Blind Guardian and Iced Earth, Greece would rate just as high in terms of undying adulation from fans. They support Read more […]
First being introduced to South Africa’s Wildernessking with The Devil Within and The Writing of Gods in the Sand on Bandcamp, it’s been interesting to be able to look back at their past work as well Read more […]
Unapologetic heavy metal fueled by copious amounts of beer, whiskey, and videogames, Halifax Nova Scotia’s Black Moor have been consistently active since their start a decade ago. Surviving near fatal Read more […]
As usual, Karma to Burn are quick on the turnaround, following up 2014’s excellent Arch Stanton with a short split last year with Sons of Alpha Centauri, and now pumping out the Mountain Czar EP. It’s Read more […]
This scribe was always tripped up by the Antebellum Death ‘n’ Roll title, which graced Phazm’s second album in 2006. A French band making reference to times before the Civil War was a bit of a head Read more […]
Those who loyally follow the doom/death tag should immediately recall the inner workings of Inverloch (if for some reason it’s still a mystery). Formed from the band d.USK, Inverloch features two members Read more […]
Hailing from the Westchester/Putnam NY area, Reaper are a quartet that since 2013 aim to bring the fast, aggressive spirit of melodic power metal to the masses. Their debut EP Anthems of the Cursed contains Read more […]
After seeing the very compelling cover art that adorns Void, it seemed worth a shot. But the pentagram placement in the logo seemed a bit “Thy Art is Murder,” which sounded the internal alarm at the Read more […]
Inasmuch as the Israeli metal scene has yet to develop its sound, it does have one thing going for itself: There’s a nice spread of new(er) bands to follow up what Orphaned Land and Melechesh have been Read more […]
Looking at the band name, it’s tempting to think back to those nu-metal bands that took from the KoRn spelling book and started replacing letters to alter the vanilla spellings. Thankfully, it doesn’t Read more […]
From the ‘80s-inspired cover, you can tell you are in for some throwback with As Dystopia Beckons, even if you are unfamiliar with the name Megascavenger. There are also a ton of guest appearances of Read more […]
As previously noted with our short review of the band’s Angelus EP, Sacrilegium are one of the fore-running Polish black metal bands. It’s of interest considering the country’s death metal-dominated Read more […]
Interesting how the black metal fibers continue to stretch and bend into different directions as time progresses. One of the more interesting shifts of late, is the introduction of psychedelic and jam Read more […]
Retro/throwback hard rock seems to be all the rage these days – and yet we forget acts such as Sweden’s Spiritual Beggars felt comfortable developing their take on this scene back in 1992 when grunge/alternative Read more […]
The literal representation of what a Norwegian black metal “all-star” band should be, Sarke, even with their advanced pedigree, remain a peripheral quantity. The main draw with the band is one Nocturno Read more […]
Demonstealer/Sahil Makhija is back with his second solo album, This Burden is Mine, piggybacking on Demonic Resurrection’s justly rising status in the metal world. For this album, he has enlisted in-demand Read more […]
Sometimes it boggles the mind who some bands stay below the radar for so long, despite continued excellence. Take a look at When Nothing Remains, a death doom band that has been doing their thing for Read more […]
A Finnish ensemble who has already made good on their comeback by way of 2013’s most-excellent Evil Prevails, Convulse appear to be more than capable of meeting the good ‘ole “follow-up challenge” Read more […]
It’s always worth investigating a new release when one checks out a clip and notices it doesn’t instantly sound “like a combination of band X and band Y.” Such was the case when The Burning Dogma’s Read more […]
The hearty, often firebrand Aussies have never been the most productive of bands, with Wildfire being their first album in seven years, but to state the obvious: Destroyer 666 always makes it count. In Read more […]
After a decade long silence, one of the earliest entries on the 1990’s Swedish gothic metal scene Beseech returns for their sixth studio album. My Darkness, Darkness not only features vocalist Klas Bohlin Read more […]
Isn’t Firespawn more Entombed than Entombed A.D.? The band’s Shadow Realms album from last year possessed more teeth and death metal servitude than Entombed A.D’s iffy first album Back to the Front, and Read more […]
It’s been a treat to watch Omnium Gatherum work their way up over the years. Seemingly stuck in ‘middle of the road’ status, that all seemed to change when The Red Shift hit. With their next album, Read more […]
What often begins as a studio project can evolve into a full-fledge active outfit – as the case is here for UK thrash quartet Reacher. Their debut album Generation Kill is a 12 song affair, chock full Read more […]
As much as one loves the newer death metal approach of trying to balance songwriting with technical flair, sometimes it’s nice to hear a band that keeps things a bit more rooted in the old ways. And Read more […]
Do you long for the days when melodic black metal had a true feeling of majesty to it? Bands like Dissection, Emperor, and Naglfar were carrying the torch for weaving in soaring and fantastic melodies Read more […]
