Japan’s premier sludgy death/doomers Coffins are back once more, with a new EP entitled Craving to Eternal Slumber. The prolific band has already fired off two split albums this year (as well as a 2 Read more […]
Michigan’s Battlecross have been one of the fortunate new modern melodic thrash/death oriented bands in metal over the last 5 years to breakthrough on a reasonably decent scale due to their street level Read more […]
Witnessing the first Massachusetts show of this Rochester, NY death/thrash quintet recently, picking up their latest EP A Black Curse Comes was a no-brainer. Active since 2009, their two previous demos Read more […]
With a name like Pissgrave and cover looking the way it does, you know that you are going to be dealing with some pretty depraved stuff. It’s also some pretty stripped down and raw stuff, which is not Read more […]
“What’s up with the drums?”. That’s a question you’ll likely ask yourself when listening to Chaos Magick, the sophomore full-length album from this Satanic/occult Finnish black metal brigade. Incredibly Read more […]
Progressive groove-metal? We are certainly getting more specific and descriptive in our sub-genres at this point. Though It’s strangely fitting for My Hollow, who are following up their Cold Dark Days Read more […]
Fear Factory set the genre standard in many regards with Demanufacture, an album that still sounds as fresh today as it did in 1995. Since then, there’s been ups (Mechanize, Obsolete) and downs (Digimortal) Read more […]
Partially, but not totally, probably because they aren’t exactly the same, InAeona are filling the obvious gap left by Junius. As the Boston atmospheric metallers are taking their sweet time in coming Read more […]
During our formative years when taste-making takes place through radio or raiding family/friends record collections, we don’t start out exposed to the most extreme forms of any style. Especially in metal Read more […]
Filling that niche of crushing, timeless death metal without the need to ‘go full retro,’ Overtorture’s sophomore effort, A Trail of Death has a refreshing lack of “easy categorization.” Better Read more […]
Phil Anselmo has turned into quite the hype-man for his Housecore Records. As he should – he’s the man who foots the bill, after all. The cross-promotional platform a figure like Anselmo can give a Read more […]
Firing back one year after their first EP, Ethereal, Deathwhite returns with the follow-up Solitary Martyr. While Ethereal showed plenty of promise, there was a huge barrier in the way – the strength Read more […]
When impressing the metal hordes out of the gate on your first couple of records, danger lurks in varying the formula. Brazil’s Hibria became a power/speed metal sensation through their 2004 debut album Read more […]
After a rather tepid beginning (the self-titled release has some cringe-worthy moments), Soulfly has evolved into a pretty steady and consistent voice within the metal world. Despite bouncing between Read more […]
The solo career of former Iron Maiden singer Paul Di’Anno is the total definition of “mixed bag.” Sacked after the band’s tour in support of Killers in 1981, Di’Anno had mild success via his Read more […]
Many folks complain that much of metal has become homogenized and ‘by the book.’ If you happen to fall into that camp, Mongol Metal will be of certain interest to you. A three-way split put together Read more […]
Over the past few albums, Cattle Decapitation has grown from the view of being seen as a “solid” death/grind band to practically genre-leaders. Previous release Monlith of Inhumanity truly raised Read more […]
One sub-genre that extends patience for deep, intense value has to be funeral death/doom. When tempos crawl along at measures half the resting heartbeat of elite marathon runners and song-lengths run usually Read more […]
Hard luck for Baroness, who are still on the mend from their harrowing 2012 British bus crash. It appears the band will be back in action at some point later this year, or early 2016, but in the meantime, Read more […]
One of those cases where “Polish death metal band sounds like Polish death metal” could be used to sum up the entire review, Ogotay go down the road frequently traveled with their second full-length, Read more […]
Portland, Oregon’s Shroud of the Heretic made a statement with their debut album on 2014’s Revelations in Alchemy, released to largely positive reviews. In a quick year-and-change, the band comes back Read more […]
Lamb of God has always been a ‘solid and consistent’ type of band since the early years. Albums like New American Gospel, As the Palaces Burn, and Ashes of the Wake seemingly set the bar at such a Read more […]
In a band discography, an EP can serve multiple purposes. Satiating interest in testing out new directions for the musicians, quenching the aural desires of their fans while awaiting the next full-length Read more […]
Much like Kataklysm, the road paved for Krisiun has largely been set in stone. They’ve been in the game for so long at this point that it would be strange to expect something completely out of left Read more […]
Caustic, filthy, and noisy. The three words that first come to mind when engaging in Deiphago’s fourth offering, In the Eye of Satan. Not that anyone would expect otherwise from these Costa Rican black/death Read more […]
After Maleficium failed to impress last year, it seemed the boys in Lorna Shore deserved one more go-round. Sadly, there are only a few changes from said release. Psalms is nothing more than run of the Read more […]
Friends of mine who like to talk metal shop often discuss bands who fall between the cracks in terms of attaining just credit for solid discographies. Whether not being in the right place at the right Read more […]
It wasn’t too long ago that we checked out Black Fast on Bandcamp and stated that “it’s hard to see these guys stay unsigned much longer.” Turns out we were right, and the band was picked up by Read more […]
Having previously checked out Dreadnought’s Lifewoven on Bandcamp a while back, Bridging Realms seems a very appropriate title for the band’s newest release. With their sound pushing in a number of Read more […]
The attention and praised heaped upon French-Canadian black metal is largely warranted. The mini-scene has produced such otherworldly bands like Forteresse, Gris, and Sombres Forêts, who might be the Read more […]
