The current poster boys of modern Gothic rock, Finland’s The 69 Eyes have made the jump to Nuclear Blast for the release of their tenth studio album, the aptly-named X. The band’s crossover appeal Read more […]
A play on the band’s notorious “Born to Lose” credo, Live to Win is a lovingly-assembled book by Motorhead fanclub president Alan Burridge, who has been with Lemmy and crew since 1979. Pictures (vintage, Read more […]
At least The Sorrow aren’t as bad as Bury Tomorrow. That’s one thing they have in their favor. Plus, it doesn’t appear likely The Sorrow will make such an unintentionally lame music video like Read more […]
They say that three is a charm, so I think it is safe to pronounce the latest effort from resident UK thrashers Sylosis as the perfect record. It may not be charming in the strictest of senses, but it Read more […]
Mutating their sound through the years from a black metal starting point in 1996 to symphonic black metal, and now more of a melodic death/thrash style, French quintet Destinity I’m sure have been met Read more […]
Obviously, we employ a points rating system at Blistering, something that was reintroduced to the site in September of 2008 after a multiple year layoff. People like numbers and statistics (ala Homer Simpson: “Oh, Read more […]
Before we address the fact that a stick of butter adorns the cover for Birth Control, it’s of note to mention that Fight Amp reminds yours truly of the numerous bands that used to inherit the same Read more […]
Widely considered to be one of the more forward-thinking bands in the grind/power-violence scene, Pig Destroyer lives up to their billing once again on their fourth album, Book Burner. The wait for this Read more […]
Colin Marston is an inhumanly prolific guy. Playing in and releasing albums with several different bands on a yearly or semi-yearly basis and keeping a full time studio job, it makes one wonder where Read more […]
The Swedish death metal pool is highly diluted at the moment – everyone knows that. Because of the 2011-2012 push of retro-inclined bands with little more than Left Hand Path and Like An Everflowing Read more […]
In short, this is goddamn awful. If that was all you needed to know, fantastic, you may blissfully wander off back into your life, ignorant of the horrors this album holds. For the rest, proceed at your Read more […]
When Anneke Van Giersbergen left The Gathering in 2007, fans were unsure what would happen to the band. Would they crumble without the voice and presence that had come to define them or would they rise Read more […]
The review for Straight to the Dome basically wrote itself, begging for every cliché in the book. We could trot out the line that “Pro-Pain has never sounded this heavy” because it’s true. Or Read more […]
I believe this release from Spheric Universe Experience is going to be completely polarizing for fans. All of the band’s progressive metal elements have been dropped for a more accessible approach. It’s Read more […]
Not unlike his contemporaries in Priest, Maiden, and even longtime foil Ozzy, the back half of Ronnie James Dio’s career is sorely overlooked. When he got sucked into the infamous 90’s vortex, interest Read more […]
Angra have been around for 20 years, despite the well publicized split within the band in 2000. Vocalist Andre Matos and guitarist Luis Mariutti and drummer Ricardo Confessori joined together to form Shaman, Read more […]
The third full length album in the metal world separates the contenders from the pretenders. Listeners know if they want to virtually go ‘all in’ as if playing Texas Hold ‘Em Poker and invest their Read more […]
Hard drive crashes. Aren’t they the worst? Ask Inferion main dude Nick Reyes and he’ll tell you, for in 2003, a proposed album under the Farewell My Angel banner was lost thanks to a fire that destroyed Read more […]
Opening up the autumn season in grand fashion, a deluge of fantastic releases are upon us and spearheading that charge is veteran progressive black/Viking metal titans Enslaved and their newest and likely Read more […]
The alluring beauty of Doro Pesch once again adorns the cover of her 13th studio recording. This time she strikes a super heroic pose, raising her clenched fist as if to strike with the mystical powers Read more […]
Earlier this year when The Contortionist released Intrinsic, I thought to myself (and a couple friends) had Between The Buried And Me been bested at their own game? Changing the neo-progressive game Read more […]
Two-fold trend buckers Pathology are. First, they’re releasing an album barely a year after 2011’s Awaken the Suffering, a rare happening in the silly industry standard two-year wait release schedule. Read more […]
Hard to imagine this one being a misfire considering Aoria has members of Katatonia and October Tide in its ranks. It’s not a crossbreed of the two, and that’s probably a good thing considering the Read more […]
Nothing exciting doing here; As I Lay Dying basically resting on their laurels, eyes fixated on maintaining sales figures, tour billing, and so forth. Can’t really fault Tim Lambesis and crew, for they’re Read more […]
The inclusion of Rick Derringer’s infinite classic “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo” was a dead giveaway as to where this one was headed, and headed right to the 70’s we go. Thankfully, Pasadena, CA’s Read more […]
The last couple years have seen a rather fierce emergence of occult-themed and classic metal-inspired bands. Classy groups like The Devil’s Blood, campy forces like Ghost (though don’t mistake me, Read more […]
Self-branded as “old metal,” New York’s Natur unfortunately, leave themselves open to a lot of criticism by sounding just that: old. It’s not “old” as in sounding labored and unenergetic; it’s Read more […]
Now here’s a band that slices and dices with a vengeance through 14 tracks of death/thrash goodness. Mortor hail from Ottawa, Canada and although born through the creative fervor of rhythm guitarist Read more […]
The third and final installment of Blut Aus Nord’s 777 sequence,Cosmosophy is by no coincidence, the best out of the trilogy. Lone dude Vindsval has in the span of a few years transformed his act from Read more […]
The cult of Weakling is alive and well here in 2012, the at one time largely forgotten black metal band long dissolved having set alight in the inspirational fires of dozens of bands in the wake of its Read more […]
