Last year’s Tied to a Dying Animal double-album displayed two very different sides of Shroud of Despondency. One album of black/death, the other was neo-folk. It shouldn’t have worked but it did, Read more […]
After a rather well-received demo back in 2013 (appropriately titled MXIII), Irish extreme metallers Malthusian are back with a three song EP entitled Below the Hengiform. With a sound that frequently Read more […]
Next in the coming from out of nowhere zone is Psychomancer, who bring us their latest EP, Inject the Worms. Their first piece of music since 2007, it was a pleasant surprise after Microsoft Paint-esque Read more […]
[9/10] These are head turning times if you are a lifer in the melodic death metal fan club. Realizing that as bands gain more seasoning, life experience, and naturally get older their outlook and style Read more […]
You know what 2015 has been lacking in? Standout technical death metal bands from Unique Leader. Last year we were spoiled early on with releases from The Kennedy Veil, Soreption, and Alterbeast, but Read more […]
If we were to rank bands based on aesthetics, then Kommandant would shoot right up the list. The Chicago-based black industrial metal troupe have fortified a look and feel that perfectly adopts the music Read more […]
To be a female-fronted thrash band in the mid-80s…either a blessing or a curse. Thrash wasn’t quite at its balloon-busting point (that would come around 1989), but it did invite all sort of new angles Read more […]
The latest album to get the vinyl reissue treatment is that of Incantation’s first release, Entrantment of Evil. Given Incantation’s status within the extreme metal scene, it’s a well-deserved look Read more […]
Hailed as one of the fastest axe men of all time by a number of prominent guitar specialty magazines worldwide, Chris Impellitteri at age 50 has no intention of straying from his neo-classical oriented Read more […]
The side-project of Novembers’ Doom guitarist Vito Marchese, The Kahless Clone, as one would expect, is of the highest quality. Being that Marchese’s main act has come to perfect straightforward American Read more […]
Sometimes, an album just needs a little extra time to brew in order to get the best result possible. Ad Nauseam’s debut, Nihil Quam Vacuitas Ordinatum Est, was five years in the making. The Italian Read more […]
Strange how some bands can just escape your grasp for such a long time. Loch Vostok being the latest example of this, with From These Waters being the band’s sixth effort. Playing with a formula that Read more […]
A little long on the self-loathing, eh? While the name “Dead Summer Society” sounds appropriate for an 80’s coming-of-age Goth movie, the band sounds as one would expect, which is forlorn, loathing, Read more […]
Perpetually under-rated groove/thrashers Byzantine have never had it easy. The band broke up originally after 2008’s Oblivion Beckons, and then reformed to crowdfund their self-titled offering back Read more […]
Initially formed in 1988 in Stockholm, Sweden, epic doom metal outfit Sorcerer released two demos before bassist Johnny Hagel left to join Tiamat in 1992. The remaining members split up and went their Read more […]
One band grabbing some momentum lately is that of Germany’s Der Weg einer Freiheit. After two celebrated albums, the band moved up the ranks to Season of Mist for their third effort, Stellar. While Read more […]
Florida’s Mindscar brings a large dose of energy to their version of modern death metal. The selling point of Trivium’s Matt Heafy doing a few backing lines and a guitar solo may swing you in the Read more […]
Dortmund, Germany’s Infesting Swarm play a style of melodic blackened death metal, or maybe deathened melodic black metal is more correct. What’s clear is that it’s all of these things. And further, there Read more […]
Oftentimes, live albums are viewed as a bonus. Not really viewed with the same critical lens as studio releases, and really only essential for the “die-hard” fans that collect everything that the Read more […]
Admittedly a bit late to the Sulphur Aeon party having discovered the band last year, it didn’t mean there was any less excitement when the band’s second effort, Gateway to the Antisphere, was announced. Read more […]
Ever stumble upon a band and get immediately pulled in by it? Such was the case for Solipsist a few years back when The Human Equation was discovered. An incredible sense of balance between groove, thrash, Read more […]
Once you discover the meaning behind this Revere, MA quintet’s moniker (amygdala referring to the part of the brain that houses emotions such as fear and rage as well as instincts), the band’s multi-genre Read more […]
After checking out Outre on a split with Thaw, it seemed like their formula was onto something. Though there seems to be an ever-increasing amount of that “creepy” black metal going around (Deathspell Read more […]
Featuring members of bands such as God Dethroned, Prostitute Disfigurement, and Detonation, it will probably come as little surprise as to the type of material that Apophys is putting down on their debut, Read more […]
After covering The Dark Realms for a Bandcamp article, The Ragnarok Prophecy was bookmarked to ensure that any future releases wouldn’t fall below the radar. With a bit over a year since The Dark Realms, Read more […]
Gojira have managed to become leaders in the metal world due to their ability to harness some downright heavy tones with just enough atmosphere and emotion to keep listeners coming back for more. It’s Read more […]
Things may change, but one can always rest assured that brutal death metal will safely remain. Not that uber-technical and flashy kind, but the blow out the speakers with brutality variety. You know, Read more […]
Finnish symphonic power metal masters Nightwish have been leading the scene since releasing Once in 2004, an album that brought them to worldwide acclaim on the strength of songs such as “Wish I Had Read more […]
Poland’s land-locked neighbor, Belarus, seems to be turning up the metal heat lately. Its latest product is that of Veld. Apparently taking a big nod from their Polish next-door neighbors, Veld takes Read more […]
Arguments abound regarding the first works of art laid down in the early hard rock/metal age and whether they need to be updated for later generations. Truth be told – a lot of back catalog gets the Read more […]
