Nothing sounds quite as emotionally liberating as well-crafted doom metal. The right combination of hefty riffs bolstered by pounding bass and crushing drums – allowing the vocals to tantalize or mesmerize Read more […]
Many followers of melodic hard rock/heavy metal hold a special place for the 1980’s-era in their hearts. MTV was brought into millions of homes, introducing heavier forms of music to an audience craving Read more […]
Photo Credit: Teppo Ristola A decade ago, multi-instrumentalist Tuomas Saukkonen put to rest numerous bands to focus solely on Wolfheart. Slowly but surely, the resurrection of his other bands has begun Read more […]
A constant favorite even from the early years, Pyramaze are an international power/progressive metal act that pride themselves on delivering impactful material that is equally catchy as it is forward thinking Read more […]
We’ve seen quite a proliferation of younger acts pushing multiple subgenres into a sound that is energetic, attacking, while also developing the key components for hook/groove retention. Hailing from Read more […]
Photo by: Ryan Kercher Building a discography that appeases the most ardent metal followers, Jag Panzer returns with another conceptual storyline for this latest album The Hallowed. Unlike their ode Read more […]
Photo Credit: Addrian Jafaritabar Another in the younger breed of Texas artists combining a love of hardcore and death metal, Creeping Death have quickly moved up the ranks through consistent releases Read more […]
These days consumers often wait a bit longer for studio albums in the metal scene more than ever. Factors include family/personal responsibilities, longer touring windows globally – or say a prolonged Read more […]
An international band with ties across multiple continents, Dieth features a killer combination of musicians: ex-Megadeth bassist David Ellefson, ex-Entombed A.D. guitarist / vocalist Guilherme Miranda, Read more […]
Arising with a love of classic heavy metal, Italian band ScreaMachine position themselves as artists with traditional sensibilities while using the modern technology/production abilities at their disposal Read more […]
Witnessing this Boston-based stoner/doom rock and metal unit live opening for Crowbar a few years back in Providence, RI, Gozu have been a steady airplay favorite ever since. The deeper grooves, thick Read more […]
Sinister brutality lays present in Dutch death/thrash act Legion of the Damned. Originating as Occult from 1992-2005, they’ve released seven studio albums now under the LotD moniker – not losing one Read more […]
Texas musician Jason Wiscarson developed Heir to Madness to express his musical thoughts in a progressive rock/metal context – adding alternative/gothic strains to expand horizons. Releasing two albums Read more […]
There’s nothing quite like the sound of European power metal – especially in the hands/minds of experienced players from Norway and Sweden that we have here in Saint Deamon. Arriving at their fourth Read more […]
Releasing their eleventh studio album in 22 years, 1977 contains a lot of the trademark symphonic/gothic metal layers Sirenia has been well-known and revered for. At the same time, there’s a fresh synthwave/pop Read more […]
Back in 2020, Devildriver released the first part of a double album in the form of Dealing with Demons. At the beginning of the onset of COVID-19, and at a time where touring was not happening. It was Read more […]
Photo credit: Matty Thrash Having put the metal world on notice with their brand of dreamlike melancholy, Fires in the Distance have worked hard to refine their sound to achieve a higher level of potency. Read more […]
Successfully delivering extreme metal in two distinct outfits, guitarist Steffen Kummerer has been able to establish both Obscura and the current band under the microscope Thulcandra to a global community Read more […]
When it comes to influence across the metal landscape, most artists draw inspiration from the classic elements that started it all – including the strong wave of bands across England that served as the Read more […]
Together now for four years, German quintet Lankester Merrin (based on a fictional character from the 1971 novel The Exorcist) produce a killer blend of melodic heavy metal that contains numerous influences Read more […]
Creating a sound that contains opera, jazz, and metal elements into this progressive, symphonic-oriented kaleidoscope, Oryad contains members from Colorado and Tennessee – making this a true cross-country Read more […]
Hailing from Denmark, Chronicle contains a quartet of younger musicians content to push parameters within the thrash/death realm, intertwining aspects of old school twin-infused guitar harmonies with blackened Read more […]
Another entry in the classic heavy metal/ hard rock style, Austria’s Roadwolf possesses those requisite hooks, melodies, and raw power that we’ve come to know and love in this genre. Their second full-length Read more […]
Ukrainian act Ignea certainly has not had an easy time of it lately. While the world went dormant with COVID as their second album, The Realms of Fire and Death, was released. While the band was able to Read more […]
Not very often do you find extreme metal artists continually challenging themselves with songwriting and distinctive elements to an established sound quite like what listeners are experiencing for Cattle Read more […]
Twenty-three years strong as a power metal force with aspects of speed, thrash, and traditional nuances at play, Mystic Prophecy are a proven, reliable entity when it comes to longevity, consistency, and Read more […]
Michigan continues to be a fertile breeding ground of quality when it comes to the heavy metal landscape in the United States. It could be the nose to the grindstone work ethic or sheer tenacity to not Read more […]
Featuring musicians from New York and England, Tanith delivers a classic hard rock/heavy metal sound with plenty of 70’s-style riffs, tempos, as well as interesting male/female vocals throughout their Read more […]
Another year, another album for Burning Witches. To those of us who savor the classic, traditional heavy metal sound, these ladies keep the old school aesthetic in mind while delivering performances that Read more […]
Like a freight train that barrels with seemingly no pause in sight, crossover thrash when done well combines the punk/hardcore primal energy into this metal workload which cannot be denied. Enforced represents Read more […]
