Helsinki’s Finntroll, one of the world’s giants of folk metal have been releasing albums since 1999, to the delight of their fans around the globe. A band that has endured peril: death, illness and a complete Read more […]
Fans of blackened death metal rejoice! Purgatory Rites brings together two swell American bands that are fast emerging to be experts in the subject. Fiends at Feast bring their black/death hybrid by Read more […]
Invariably, splitting hairs between the uber-competent and vastly technical, technical death metal bands is a task better left onto the professionals, which Unique Leader would qualify. Save for a few, Read more […]
There’s not much one could do with this album except admire its mind-contorting malice. Harbinger might just put an end to the bad rep Brooklyn’s Mutilation Rites have built over the last several years. Read more […]
Astute followers of DR will remember a live review I did for U.D.O. early in 2013 from The Chance in Poughkeepsie, NY. If so, you’ll remember I took in the premiere show for this New Jersey progressive Read more […]
A quick internet (and even Facebook) search using “Noveria” will first net a female-fronted, radio rock band from Kansas. This particular Noveria has the slight edge in Facebook “likes,” which Read more […]
Though it remains to be seen how many actually continued following Sonic Syndicate after the disaster that was We Rule the Night, it should be stated that Sonic Syndicate is actually a slight notch up Read more […]
After two albums, King of Asgard is back for round three with Karg. Featuring members from Mithotyn, Falconer, and Dawn, it’s safe to say that these guys are able to keep the authenticity in their brand Read more […]
Never mind the somewhat goofy looking skeleton on the cover, Keitzer is born and bred for blitzkrieg violence. Their fifth full-length (and second for FDA Rekotz), Keitzer has cleaned up the rough around Read more […]
One cannot help but be mildly incredulous of the interest in Finland’s Lost Society, who while enjoyable for a brief moment, don’t stand to have much lasting effect. Maybe it’s because they’re Read more […]
The result of when a bunch of veteran Stockholm death metal dudes want to try something new, but not really new, The Dagger come in on the back-end of the retro/70’s rock action with this, their self-titled Read more […]
Looking across the Bandcamp top sellers, Crosswind’s artwork (along with the logo) had a cool and futuristic approach that seemed like it could go one of two ways: melodic death metal or power metal. Read more […]
Originally issued independently at the tail end of 2013, Reciprocal’s second album is seeing a wider distribution courtesy of Lacerated Enemy Records. Reciprocal play death metal that takes some heavy Read more […]
The first studio album in 40 years sans guitarist K.K. Downing, Redeemer of Souls has a boatload of expectations built in from long time metal heads. Especially if you were mightily disappointed in the Read more […]
UltraMantis Black, a professional wrestler from the Chikara pro wrestling promotion, out of Philly, has teamed up with the noise/hardcore punk outfit Pissed Jeans to release the ULTRAMANTIS BLACK EP – Read more […]
With years and years of listening to heavy metal religiously, one has a tendency to become desensitized to heaviness on an album. It’s something that is expected to be there, and when it isn’t, boy Read more […]
Their name taken from a sacrificial stone found in Northern Finland, black metal (duh) combo Taatsi play a wooden, certainly symphonic take on the black arts. Per the usual, their lyrics detail the “majesty Read more […]
A new Entombed demo collection! Wait a second; the logo doesn’t actually say Entombed does it? Entrails have never really been the most original band on the planet and this collection of super-rare Read more […]
Fallujah successfully knocked the metal community on their collective rears with the release of the Nomadic EP last year. Fully embracing the atmospheric approach they flirted with on The Harvest Wombs, Read more […]
It shouldn’t matter, but it does; it does because metal’s a dude-dominated field – Mortals are the semi-official blackened sludge pile(r) on(er) of the female sort. Not that we need another band Read more […]
Algebra face an uphill battle that few bands will have to. Namely, when one hears the term Algebra, there is a tendency start thinking about mathematics and groan (there are few that truly enjoy math, Read more […]
Really tough sledding with this one, particularly the Magic Forest title, which invites all sorts of easy-breezy bashing of trolls, elves, and men that inherit such a wondrous place. (Years of listening Read more […]
Lousiana’s Goatwhore are four of the most metal-avid and intellectually radical gentlemen I’ve ever met. Months ago they convinced me that their new album was going to be awesome yet I’m still surprised Read more […]
Sharing a drummer with fellow NY crazies Pyrrhon, it’s not a huge stretch to distinguish Epistasis as their black metal, atmospheric cousin (in terms of their penchant for experimental, outside the box Read more […]
You know what they say about those ‘-tion’ bands: when the name ends with ‘tion’, there’s brutality to be done. Well maybe no one says that per say, but perhaps they should. Dead Congregation’s Read more […]
The most plausible explanation for Lullacry and their obvious, utterly blatant use of cleavage in their promotional shots was because their music was so C-grade, that only the sight of a woman’s heaving Read more […]
Career arcs in a band ideally resemble life experience. We learn, we mature, we consistently transform based on all the sensory input and challenges placed before us, and come out refocused, regenerated, Read more […]
Still riding high (pun intended) on their earlier split this year with Ghoul, Cannabis Corpse have quickly returned with their latest full length, From Wisdom to Baked. Seemingly taken as a bit of a Read more […]
Given the cover and logo font, this one seemed a bit curious considering the black metal base and Moribund label. Touted as “ahead of it’s time,” Empire Auriga is a peculiar blend of black metal, Read more […]
A pretty cool thing DC’s Gloom having going for themselves…the name has some persuasion, the songs get in and out, and the presentation is that of a professional band. Of course, there are a lot of Read more […]
