Toronto’s Abyss make their full-length debut in 2015, since forming in 2009. After two demos and a live record in that span of time, these deathened-grindsters finally release their first official record, Read more […]
Thrash metal still has pull with the metal generation today – acts like Testament, Overkill, Kreator, and Destruction blitzkrieg from one continent to the next parading their wares to larger audiences, Read more […]
Ever have that moment where you need to scream at the travesty of the music industry? Where derivative or inept bands somehow land major deals and incredible bands scramble to find the funds to release Read more […]
Spain’s Mistweaver, like many other of-intelligence bands, recognize the value of mid-to-late 90s melodic death metal, a time when the style was at its arguable peak, well before more commercialized Read more […]
After last year’s “God is Evil” single, Morgoth positioned themselves as the latest band to rise from their grave and return to the fold (it seems virtually no metal bands aren’t capable of resurrection Read more […]
We might be running out of ideal symphonic-oriented power metal names, as Italian sextet At the Dawn pick one that may be better suited for a doom or gothic moniker than something that conjures up uplifting Read more […]
For us underground quasi old-timers, Ancient Rites are a blast from the past. The Belgium-based epic metal troupe can be credited as being one of the real standard-bearers for heroic, cinematic, and challenging Read more […]
Royal Thunder aren’t long for this metal world, probably because in fact, they’re not really metal. With Relapse being the main (and only) tie, the Southern-bred rockers have enjoyed some resounding early Read more […]
With Heidevolk’s fourth album, Batavi, the band sought to put a bit more aggression into Heidevolk’s sound. For the most part, it worked, and provided a bit more power along with the traditional realm Read more […]
It’s always interesting to see how things evolve and change through the black metal lens. With so much branching diversity and sometimes bizarre permutations, it’s getting hard to shock the listener Read more […]
After sorting through a few EPs and a single, Italy’s Nightland bring forth their debut album, Obsession. The symphonic element is large and is sure to conjure up images of their countrymen Fleshgod Read more […]
In an interesting turn of events, back in December 2014 Irreversible Mechanism actually released Infinite Fields by themselves on Bandcamp. Within a day, it was taken back down as Blood Music had immediately Read more […]
Formerly known as Trophallaxy and releasing two albums under that moniker, their third album comes after a name change to Dysrider and jumping aboard Tenacity Music’s roster. A simple trip to Bandcamp Read more […]
A change in sound for a band who did fared quite well for themselves (critically) with 2009’s excellent Look What God Did To Us, and 2012’s Minor World. City of Ships (the outfit in question) have Read more […]
Seems like “pissed off” and “venomous” are used less and less to describe death metal bands. Sure, plenty are rather grumpy, but more often than not, in the need to be flashy and jawdroppingly Read more […]
Forming in 2008 to capture the excitement of 80’s power metal and its current resurgence, Utah’s Sonic Prophecy know as a sextet the tough road they need to climb to establish legitimacy. Location Read more […]
Israeli Middle Eastern metal purveyors Melechesh, a band known for delivering top-quality, unique Sumerian and Mesopotamian themed death/black/thrash metal return to the world’s stage with their sixth Read more […]
Death metal-infused hardcore you say? Seems destined to failure, capable of upsetting one or both parties involved, but Disgrace are anything but disappointing with their particular set-up on True Enemy. Read more […]
When you think of any rising stars in the power metal field over the past few decades, who comes to mind? I guess depending on your preferred take on the genre, you can safely argue that Lost Horizon made Read more […]
More metal from the Middle East can’t be a bad thing. Only shows how truly universal the metal language can actually be. Voice of the Soul utilizes just a slight bit of their geography to their advantage, Read more […]
Independent Austrian groove/thrashers Night Falls Last drop an energetic full-length in the form of Deathwalker. After two EPs, it was time to bring it up to the big leagues and that the band did. While Read more […]
Drawing hundreds of bands and thousands of fans from all over the world each year, the legendary Wacken Open Air has become known as the biggest heavy metal festival in the world. While the festival has Read more […]
It only took nine albums, but Soilwork has finally released a live album. While they certainly could have pulled this off years ago, it couldn’t have come at a better time. Coming off of their fantastic Read more […]
For prolific metal musicians, one band or outlet is never enough in today’s marketplace. Belgian guitarist Dushan Petrossi since 2002 has been see-sawing his ideas between Iron Mask (five albums to date) Read more […]
I, Voidhanger Records, out of Italy, is a label that has been putting out some top-quality atmospheric black metal releases from bands such as Mare Cognitum, Chaos Moon and Spectral Lore (all of which Read more […]
Yet another reason to use the overhyped and excessively used term supergroup, Fulgora consists of members of Pig Destroyer, Misery Index, and Agoraphobic Nosebleed. Those looking for something similar Read more […]
One of 2014’s biggest bummers was the departures of Christian Muenzner and Hannes Grossmann from Obscura. Thankfully, it didn’t take long for the two of them to announce their newest band, in combination Read more […]
Dødheimsgard, or DHG for short, have been their own entity since they began utilizing industrial/electronic elements with 666 International. Embracing oddities and, for lack of a better word, weirdness Read more […]
Just say the word(s): “French black metal.” For those in the know, French BM remains the most forward-thinking of the style’s geographical bases, with bands like the totally-excellent Blut Aus Nord Read more […]
The fourth album from Switzerland’s Attack Vertical is pretty unabashed about what it is. Of course, deathcore is the name of the game here, and Attack Vertical hangs with some of the genre clichés. Read more […]
