Tis the season for holiday festivities – so why shouldn’t metal musicians join in merriment? Sure, Halloween has always been considered a heavy holiday – but we love our eggnog, decorations, and Read more […]
Hence the title, Paganizer has been around the block for a while (Terminal Grip was the name of the band that Paganizer formed out of). Featuring the man who churns out death metal like it was going out Read more […]
Ever have that feeling with a band that you really want to like it but there’s just that one blemish holding it back? Enter Canada’s Dire Omen, signed to the ever-consistent extreme metal label Dark Read more […]
No metal band has more books than Metallica. It’s not even close, actually. The band’s Bay Area days, sacking of Mustaine, rise to dominance, etc. etc., has been told so many times that there’s not Read more […]
Hombre Malo stands for “bad man” in Spanish. And while this is a Norwegian ensemble utilizing such a cool name (DR could imagine how neat it would sound if a fella with a Scandinavian accent were to Read more […]
Sixteen years is a long time between albums! There’s been a whole generation of kids born that now have their drivers permits. But it’s been that long since Dutch metallers Soulburn have released Read more […]
Forming all the way back in 1984, Thanatos is touted as one of the first Dutch “extreme” metal bands. Global Purification being their sixth album, Thanatos is a band that takes their time with releases. Read more […]
When a new band wishes to ascend a few rungs up the credibility ladder, it always helps if you have a proven talent in your ranks. Fortunately for Swedish power/heavy metal act Bloodbound, they’ve had Read more […]
Antimatter fans take heed; Sleeping Pulse is a two-man project of Luis Fazendeiro and of course, Mick Moss. Fazendeiro provides the instrumentation, Moss provides the lyrics and vocals. There is a grouping Read more […]
Due to budgetary constraints, relatively unknown bands such as Portugal’s Shadowsphere generally don’t take such measures like re-recording their debut album. There’s a spate of bands that should Read more […]
Long standing death metallers Necrophagia first opened up shop in 1983, only to call it quits in 1987. After about 10 years off, mainman Killjoy restarted the band and they’ve been fairly consistent Read more […]
Not exactly splitting hairs here, but had Krokodil’s Nachash seen the light of day a decade sooner, this would undoubtedly be a nu metal release. The constant, 100% annoying churn of go-nowhere down-turned Read more […]
Mining melodic death metal bands in them there metalcore hills can be a struggle in these United States, so when you find an act from the Boston area like My Missing Half that swings further on the former Read more […]
This year’s Halloween was disappointedly mellow, too quiet, not enough chaos, very few freaks, hardly any tricks. But, plenty of treats! As much as I love chocolate, I’d say the best treat of all was Read more […]
Originally self-released by the band last year, Boogie from Hell, the fifth album from Swedish rock metallers Transport League, serves as a semi-reminder of the stronghold attitude-laden rock has on metal Read more […]
Now well past its glossy/potentially commercial period, Danish melodic metal has yet to find a band to work competently with Mercenary, who in spite of a massive singer change several years ago, remain Read more […]
Carcass needs little introduction. After a big year in 2013 for the band, who saw their triumphant return to the world’s stage come to fruition with an acclaimed album and extensive touring, Surgical Remission/Surplus Read more […]
Generic wrap-up: A band from Portland that plays black metal. Before you run to the hills screaming “oh no, yet another Cascadian black metal band,” allow yourself the time to actually check these Read more […]
Posthum’s 2012 sophomore outing Lights Out presented a myriad of possibilities. Here was a by-the-book Norwegian black metal band essentially flirting with elements of post-BM, which may or may not encapsulate Read more […]
For some reason, Finland’s Ghost Brigade has been perpetually overlooked by many, despite their ever-consistent (and evolving) formula. For those in the know, the three year wait between 2011’s exceptional Read more […]
Mushroomhead, not quite a band with the most sterling of reputations amongst true-blue metallers (i.e. anyone who didn’t jump on the nu metal boat), have managed to survive well into their second decade. Read more […]
Short Sharp Shock (SSS) have been in the crossover thrash game for quite some time. Despite that, they’ve never really caught on with much of the metal crowd. Perhaps due to the more politically/socially Read more […]
Hailing from Belgrade, Serbia, Númenor plays fantasy-literature inspired epic black metal with twinges of power and symphonic metals. In existence since 2009, the band released Colossal Darkness in 2013, Read more […]
Traditional power/progressive metal may not possess the same reverence in North America that it does overseas, but thanks to the internet and the decade plus run of the Progpower festival, consumers gain Read more […]
The most ubiquitous member of the Big 4 bands in terms of media functionality, Scott Ian, in spite of Anthrax’s mind-numbingly up-and-down career, has turned into a bit of a renaissance man. To his list Read more […]
Seminal Bay Area thrashers Machine Head have hit a tricky spot with their latest offering, Bloodstone & Diamonds. Their first for Nuclear Blast, it seems the band has become a bit scatterbrained. If Read more […]
Here’s some well-educated and semi-sophisticated satanic black metal chockfull of ancient esoteric philosophies. If music is going to be occultist or satanic, it might as well go full-throttle into the Read more […]
Not the first tried-and-true folk/Celtic metal band (that would be Skylad), Ireland’s Cruachan looked like they were on their way to some quality underground face-time by way of 2011’s strong Blood Read more […]
The return of Ziltoid has been a long time coming. Ziltoid marked a sea change for Townsend, who in 2007, was trying to distance himself from Strapping Young Lad and the music industry as a whole. 5 Read more […]
After discovering Grorr’s first album, Anthill, on Bandcamp at the beginning of the year, learning of The Unknown Citizens was a real treat. Anthill was a conceptual album that utilized a multitude Read more […]
