Modern advances have accelerated the recording process, as what once had to be done in an expensive studio on the clock can now be achieved at a fraction of the cost at home – plus with the added benefit Read more […]
Undoubtedly, there was a lot of great metal released this year. With new albums from Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, Testament, Death Angel, Sodom, Destruction, Flotsam & Jetsam, and Vektor, it feels like Read more […]
The U.K. thrash incarnation of Cancer and the Australian depressive black metal entity also known as Cancer are suitably worlds apart. The U.K. thrash version predates the Australian version by nearly Read more […]
Read Part I HERE Dead Rhetoric: You recently toured Europe with Destruction, Enforcer, and Nervosa. How did the band deal with being on five different tour buses due to the breakdowns and burn-ups- Read more […]
Second chances in any aspect of life should never be taken for granted- especially in the realm of metal. Many musicians falter due to band dissension or poor decision making at certain key moments that Read more […]
Metal is all about going out on your own and finding music that caters to what you are looking for. As such, Bandcamp is a huge tool for my own love of metal – it’s a joy to randomly come across albums Read more […]
So here we are, at yet another year’s end and let me tell you, what an enormous year it has been for metal. It seems like that’s what we all say at years’ end, but I truly think 2016 has been one Read more […]
In a career that has spanned 23 years, various trends, movements, and ideological shifts, Eternal Deformity has maintained one apparent constant: their love of metal, which as basic as it sounds, is the Read more […]
As many probably know, this scribe is an overnight creature who prefers the solitude and comfort of working alone as he takes in the music and albums he writes about (night owls of the world, unite!). Read more […]
Personally speaking, if 2016 is remembered by me for anything (outside the more global perspective), it’s going to be thought of for picking things up and moving in the right direction. Not to be sappy, Read more […]
Words this scribe never thought he would type: “Helloween have reunited.” If there was one classic band reunion that looked like it would never happen, it was Helloween, who dumped singer Michael Kiske Read more […]
With album number four, Proponent for Sentience, recently being released [back in September], it seemed that even more people were starting to turn their heads towards Allegaeon. Their brand of technically-driven Read more […]
Usually when one thinks of Battlecross at this juncture in time, two things come to mind: hard-hitting thrash, and a true road warrior mentality. Through several full-length records, they have continued Read more […]
Finding fresh new acts is always something that this scribe takes pleasure in. You never know where you are going to find the next band that will blow you away. One such band is that of Indianapolis Read more […]
“Camaro rock” it is for Connecticut’s Buzzard Canyon, a decidedly desert rock-sounding band with killer male/female vocal interplay to boot. The band’s Hellfire and Whiskey is highlighted by bluesy Read more […]
In this month’s installment of Rapid Fires, we review a band from Oregon by the name of Nekro Drunkz. In favor of song titles such as “Puss Blood Buffet,” “College Co-Eds Pooping,” and “Tongue in the Toilet,” Read more […]
One of the elder statesmen of the Swedish metal scene, Dark Tranquillity are now climbing towards that rare 30 year pinnacle (they are currently at 27 years FYI). They’ve also stayed true to their vision Read more […]
Growing up in a Balkan country like Bulgaria, the chances become slimmer than most in privileged areas of the globe to gain access to your favorite styles of music – let alone every album you could ever Read more […]
Hundreds of submissions hit our in-boxes for Dead Rhetoric – so it takes a lot to impress us when you feel like everything in terms of instrumentation and songwriting has already been done. Even in a Read more […]
The album cycle for 2013’s marvelous Surgical Steel has taken Carcass to nearly every nook and cranny in the earth and back. Deserved rewards for arguably one of the best comeback records in recent memory. Read more […]
Before we start entering into that dormant period between holidays and the start of the new year, among all of the top lists (of which one will replace next month’s Bandcamp), here’s one more grouping Read more […]
In 2004, Omnium Gatherum signed with Nuclear Blast for the release of its Years in Waste album. The deal was meant to capitalize on the exploding melodic death metal movement, to which the Finns were very Read more […]
Photo credit: Annick Langelier Arising in a city and part of Canada more well known for its extreme metal scene from Voivod to Kataklysm and Cryptopsy, Quebec is home to a strong traditional oriented Read more […]
Being a smaller, folky melodic death metal band from North Carolina (NOT Finland) hasn’t stopped Aether Realm from finding their way into Dead Rhetoric’s web-space repeated over the last few years, Read more […]
Even though it’s Herman Frank at the center of this conversation, he is well aware of the fact that he needs a complimentary set of killer musicians around him to execute high quality records. As one Read more […]
Earlier this year, the split between Leaves’ Eyes and former female vocalist Liv Kristine was at the very forefront of the scene. Given the age of the Internet and how fast information/disinformation Read more […]
Athens, Georgia isn’t exactly a hotbed in the power/progressive metal ranks. More well known as a college town that put the B-52’s and R.E.M. on the musical map, it’s not surprising that Theocracy Read more […]
Change is constant in every aspect of life. Life decisions crop up, expectations and priorities shift, making it very difficult for even one person to stay on an original path over the course of decades. Read more […]
