…keep the metal machine rolling along just fine for Humanoid – enjoy the ride as the old guard proves that there’s still plenty of creative juice left in those veins. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m50DTpKUgfg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV8USmxRzw0 Accept official website Accept on Facebook…
…ction if the death/thrash side crushes the sonic palate. Standout Tracks: “With Deep Regret”, “Condemnation “, “Flash of Inspiration” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5MrHUWz-ng Disbelief on Facebook…
…I, I think, of course it’s a big topic. As a musician, as a lyricist, as a writer, I think it takes something away when you just let a machine do the work, it takes something away from the purity of it. It seems a little bit lazy to me, to enter prompts into a computer and be like, I made this. You are using stolen artwork, stolen music. I don’t have a good view of AI, but in terms of where the industry will take it. I think the big labels that ar…
…ter band to provide the soundtrack than High on Fire with their latest opus, Cometh the Storm? After a significant line-up change which saw founding drummer of 21 years Desmond Kensel leave the band, Coady Willis (Melvins, Big Business, Murder City Devils) assumes the throne and delivers punishing thunder. Which is good news for a band that’s still going strong for 26 years and counting. Matt Pike still has a lot to say, and a fuckton of riffs to…
…ash scene, Germany had its premiere breakthrough acts (Kreator, Destruction, Sodom, and Tankard) as well as the second/third tier artists who released albums to make modest inroads in the underground yet never quite hit that next level ceiling. Darkness typifies the latter category – although since their reactivation a decade ago seem motivated to make the most of their second creative burst of energy. Blood on Canvas is the group’s sixth studio a…
…ional, melodic offerings from this genre of newcomers such as Seven Sisters, Tailgunner, and the current band under the microscope in Stormborn. Over the years they’ve gained opportunities to play the Summer Breeze Festival, support Rhapsody of Fire locally, and gig up and down the UK cutting their teeth while sharpening those songwriting skills. Zenith is the second album from the quintet, a testament to the group’s fierce authenticity to classic…
…or Solace, but with different people. We still have our guitarist, Valentin, writing songs and we also have Dennis, who is our live bass player and he also was involved in the process. There’s always something new coming out with new people, of course. It’s different but in a good way. I think it gave us the chance to grow even more and to develop new styles and ways of writing. When it comes to lyrics and meanings of the songs, with Transience, w…
…rt Live Blood. Recorded in the summer of 2023 at The Patriot venue in Wales, UK, listeners can expect a great eighteen song, 85-minute plus set that spans the MCA first edition years as well as highlighting the more recent offerings – to keep the blazing spirit of heavy metal alive and kicking. Smartly mixing the setlist between the past and present provides vitality as the quintet delivers guitar-driven, melodic material with plenty of energy, ca…
…iffs, and Benton’s evil-sounding vocals with the same level of polish and devastation that the band built itself upon. This far in, that’s more than enough reason to give them a few listens. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT3enm7sKJY&pp=ygUHZGVpY2lkZQ%3D%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pj67ZU89i4&pp=ygUHZGVpY2lkZQ%3D%3D Deicide official website Deicide on Facebook…
…r that song. “Southside of Hell” – that was a bit of musical fun that I had, writing a bunch of riffs and not really knowing or caring where it would lead me. Sometimes I do that when I pretend I’m not even writing a song, I’m having a bit of fun. I didn’t really know if it would make the cut, when I played it to Andy, he was all cool about it. Let’s go with it, initially I thought is it anything that’s usable? Sometimes those things, if you don’t…
…is broken up into two conjoining parts. Clocking in at just over 20 minutes, this composition overflows with brooding intensity – budding with explosive moments that tear deeply, but cleverly hold just enough back to distort and lead the listener along. Similar in scope with their other long player “I Am the Father and the Tomb of the Heavens” though decidedly more gnostic black metal in tonality and aura. The doom again influence appears in multi…
…y of the group – and should add more acclaim for an act that still has plenty left to say creatively for those who love the melodic, AOR-side of heavy metal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyXf7YBNEto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoxYnawQ_-s Praying Mantis on Facebook…
…l they want with their sound, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Coagulated Bliss is the soundtrack of the American dream, and the inevitable horrors that came with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MeB7fa8vGA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ26WDVpVnQ Full of Hell official website Full of Hell on Facebook…
…a gathering of that underground, traditional metal scene, and it’s about 4,000-5,000 people. I went to the Stormbringer festival and the Frozen in Time festival, only a couple of hundred people at each but it’s all people who love this music, love to travel to see these bands and spread the word about it as much as they can. I was thinking about too as his festival has gotten from a few hundred attendees to 1,200 to now in the 4,000-5,000 range –…
…ckcherry to name a few. Aligning with producer Andy Reilly (Bruce Dickinson, UFO, Cradle of Filth), this is a ten-song affair that’s unapologetic in its energetic presence – authentic, kick in the teeth material that should go down a storm with a multitude of hard rock or metal followers. Angst drives the full throttle punk/sleaze-oriented “Fire Back”, where vocalist D.K. Revelle spits forth his venomous taunts to the haters or snakes in the grass…
…itarist David Vidal, bassist Paul E. Schuster, and keyboardist Xavier Miro), Coming Back to Paradise is the debut album, a throwback melodic hard rock/metal outing that contains a lot of catchy hooks that may remind most listeners of music from the 80s and 90s. Drawing from experiences of the human condition, music, and nature for the lyrics, the music also has that interesting balance between bright guitars and a bevy of keyboard tones that compl…
…nant guitar parts that make sense when you approach it the way one takes on, say, a Keiji Haino record. Piledriver double bass, Mikr Paparo’s stentorian boom and banshee wails in one track makes this an instant classic in their armory. Next comes “Violet Seizures”, which is a perfect argument for having TJ Childers included in every discussion of “Great Drummers”. Guitars sharp as sawblades, vocals sounding like an elder god’s cries from below and…
…misrepresent the album anymore so it was really important to have a drummer, bass, and the tremolo guitars. It also allowed for me to do my vocals a little bit more powerfully. It’s hard to produce those screams acoustically. I wanted the audience to feel them a bit more. It’s not as subdued. I love acoustic – I’m a sucker for folk music. Dark folk is my sweet spot, I love that. I will always go back to that. But it’s good to release the demons [l…
…e band lives in an extreme meets groove metal platform, where melodic death, black, and modern groove elements factor into the final mix. Amartia is the third full-length, hot on the heels of last year’s Dying Is Easy EP release, unleashing eight more potent cuts sure to smash skulls, pulverize bodies, and hopefully launch the quintet even further into bigger audience appreciation due to some quality songwriting plus convincing execution. The dead…
…ittle bow, making you want to go back for more spins. The record Lifeless Birth is out now via Tankcrimes, so pick yours up wherever you buy your music. Standout Tracks: “The Closer”, “Superior”, “Drill the Skull” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W09tedr1KI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUNMbmrcNW8 Necrot on Facebook…
…roceedings. First track “Distant Assistance” unleashes a progressive guitar, bass, and drum barrage not unlike Meshuggah meets Fear Factory/ Strapping Young Lad before the rollercoaster unfurls, 48 minutes or so later intense in its density as well as quality, thoughtful pace and tempo / mood variety. A sequel should always be able to take the strongest elements of its original presentation to amplify those aspects further. That’s what Loch Vostok…
…rections I want to go to, I just start writing songs and whatever comes out, comes out. The thing with Bad Blood is that it has a very different message. It’s more like moving forward, standing up for yourself, being more self-confident, rather than being stuck with depression or the victim role. It’s a different stage, I’d say. I’m really happy with the outcome. I never know what the songs are going to be about until it’s completely done, but I’m…
…ations of singer Heval Bozarslan channeling the best aspects of Necrophobic, Dissection, and Unanimated. Many will dig the thrash gallop meets twin Bay Area harmony passages to the opening strains for “Absence of Reality” while opener “As Northern Gates Open” savagely attacks from the initial guitar run and never lets up through the impressive extreme drum clinic Jesper Ojala delivers – a midway tempo shift peaking back to those early 90s Swedish…
…ic dynamic to which Ghost Kill can explore as they continue forward. A group to latch onto early, as it seems they’ve caught onto something potentially really special. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXLnKabFiwQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY0SsCQAQDM Ghost Kill on Facebook Ghost Kill on Instagram…
…rection isn’t always a successful one. That said, Ingested still know how to make a blistering death metal track when the time is right, and that certainly carries them through the album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTaJhfVfKHw&pp=ygUIaW5nZXN0ZWQ%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxGyDToa1V4&pp=ygUIaW5nZXN0ZWQ%3D Ingested on Facebook Ingested on Instagram…
…just so hyped about the album coming – we have videos. Then we have a tour coming, which will be great. I hope people will love the album as much as I do. Then we will play a lot in the summer and then later in the year. There are always plans, but it’s all in the air right now, so let’s hope it all comes to reality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVfWtjmNFGo&pp=ygULbGVhdmVzIGV5ZXM%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKDYgHYhncM&pp=ygULbGVhdmVzIGV…
…ase former glory, other artists such as Attacker prove that they still can write, record, and issue relevant material to the current generation apart from those early classics. The God Particle as the seventh studio album comes eight years beyond Sins of the World – although a six-song Armor of the Gods EP did hit the streets in 2018. We all know that the extra downtime has proven fruitful in terms of the minute details that allow musicians to be…
…st single “I’ll Go First, Sorry” has that more modern industrial metal feel, complete with stomping grooves and electronic injections that lead into a gloriously catchy chorus that only takes one listen to get stuck in your head. “Scharlach-Weiβ” continues the groove-forward approach as one of the heavier songs on the album, leaning into the guitar melodies and the fusion with Ensen’s vocals leads to a frequent feeling that is closer to a power me…
…rker, more immersive, and more orchestral. In short, a rare case where more, in fact, is more. There’s an almost daunting sense of intensity that Imminence has conjured up when they soar to their greatest heights. “Heaven Shall Burn” stands as one of the album’s high marks in that it utilizes a lot of bludgeoning heaviness and battering drums, yet there’s a certain melancholy to all of it that the violin brings to the table. It’s a beautiful dynam…
…rent world that we are living through today? If you had unlimited resources, time, and energy to tackle a specific issue or two that would benefit the most people, what would you tackle? Jäger: I think the main thing is, with a mobile phone, you thought things would go at lightning speed. I hope that at the age of 65, I could throw my mobile phone away, I want things to go slower. We seem to need a day now of 48 hours, not 24 hours sometimes. Life…
