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 […]
Mordbrand, standing for “arson” in Swedish, are of course, a Swedish death metal band. Whether they, or there singular-focused friends (or fiends) are of quality has become a bit of a wash these days. Read more […]
As enjoyable as 2011’s An Ache for the Distance was, The Old Believer is just…more…realized. And a more “realized” The Atlas Moth equates to more immediacy, something that wasn’t always on Read more […]
Establishing himself over the past decade as the vocalist of power/thrash metal veterans Metal Church, Ronny Munroe also carves out his own brand of heavy/power metal through this solo band venture. His Read more […]
If death and black metal can begin the journey in the realms of space, who says that doom metal cannot follow? A calculated and trudging adventure into the eerie confines of space, Necropoli’s debut Read more […]
In the melancholic dark metal genre, we’ve grown accustom to the masters of gloom and doom. Bands like Anathema, Katatonia, and Paradise Lost all immediately come to mind and we are beginning to see Read more […]
Three years on from The Hunter and here we are again with the beast from Atlanta and a new hour-long set of riffy jams and melodic explorations from Mastodon. The appropriately titled Once More ‘Round Read more […]
Good ole Vintersorg, always at one with the natural elements. Naturbal is the third of these “elemental” records, and if it wasn’t obvious from the cover, this one deals with the element of fire. Read more […]
Obvious, career-stalling limitations aside, the beyond-brutal death metal style that Italy’s Devangelic plays is with merit. If the onus is making technical lemonade with lemons, then these lads warrant Read more […]
The times in which Origin have gone overboard…totally understandable. It’s a never-ending survival of the fittest in technical death metal; i.e., let’s see how far we can push this thing in hopes Read more […]
Long-standing Finns, October Falls have been releasing music for over 13 years now. Starting out in the folk/ambient direction and evolving into more Opeth and Katatonia-influened dark/black metal without Read more […]
Careful with this one…The Hell might be the U.K.’s answer to Emmure, which for the love of all that is holy, is something no one should want. The band has already has positioned themselves as a snotty, Read more […]
Stigmhate’s Zodacare Od Zodameranu is an unconditionally hateful and sincerely negative black metal record. For the most part, Italy’s Stigmhate are a run-of-the-mill black metal band but at least Read more […]
When it comes to original, extreme, Satanic and evil as a demon-possessed cathedral black metal, Emperor will always reign as kings. They’ve reawakened their first full-length album, In the Nightside Read more […]
Of tremendous importance to the noise/industrial scene, Birmingham, U.K.’s Godflesh are the latest to jump on the reunion album merry-go-round. Their 2002 dissolution was the result of massive stress Read more […]
Scribes for this site have been championing Aussie metal as of late; recent reviews for Vanishing Point, Voyager, and Truth Corroded can attest to ample evidence in a variety of melodic metal, progressive Read more […]
One part technical melodic death and one part Lamb of God, Vile Regression aren’t much of a regression so much as being at the forefront of newer influences. The Irish laddies previously released a full-length Read more […]
Probably one of the most underrated bands of the death metal spectrum at the present time, Allegaeon works off of a simple premise and turns it into something incredibly remarkable. Namely, piecing together Read more […]
Probably the first Belgian metal band of significance, Channel Zero’s origins lay in the early 90s, having run along said decade with an accessible brand of groove/thrash. They didn’t make much of Read more […]
Triunity is a split album between one of the planet’s best avant garde black metal bands (Blut Aus Nord) and P.H.O.B.O.S, an industrial doom one-man-band, both hailing from France, wrapped in some fantastic Read more […]
Anyone who digs sludge or blackened crust metal is bound to revel in France’s Erlen Meyer and their self-titled album, Erlen Meyer. The band’s name might be hard to remember but their tunes are unforgettably Read more […]
Frontal isn’t exactly a name that screams metal (full frontal anyone?), but that doesn’t stop France’s Frontal from doing their best Meshuggah gone deathcore impression. Now before you get all Read more […]
Sans-Pepper Keenan COC does just fine for itself, thank you very much. Their 2012 self-titled semi-comeback was all sorts of rad, full of wily old metal-on-punk, somewhat Southern-style. And better yet, Read more […]
Ah, glorious German old school power metal. Certain traditions never surrender even in 2014 – the gang choruses, the steady double bass speed throwdowns, the incendiary lead guitar passages, and you’ll Read more […]
Score another Bandcamp win with Serdce’s lastest release, Timelessness. Scouring the site for some new stuff for next month’s Bandcamp article, Timelessness stood out as an album that couldn’t Read more […]
