As with most albums of significant value, there’s usually the “a-ha” moment, the pivotal point during the course of a listening session where interest in a band becomes belief, then turns into total Read more […]
Formation: 2013 Location: Philadelphia, PA Style: Epic doom metal of the non-filtered, and non-sludge variety Personnel: Steve Jansson (guitar); James Lipczynski (guitar); Will Mellor (bass); Brooks Read more […]
As a writer, the sheer volume of music that appears on my desktop can be daunting at times. However, that feeling is completely overshadowed by your first trip through the overwhelming amount of material Read more […]
With over ten years of experience in dolling out folk metal that has embraced a sense of fun often lacking in metal acts, the upcoming Kaptein Kaos sees the merry band of Trolls stepping up their game Read more […]
Carcass guitarist Bill Steer just seems like a cool dude, you know? Lanky (join the club), relaxed, hair a mile-long, and armed with an endless cadre of distinguishable riffs, Steer’s stamp on the band’s Read more […]
Formation: 2010 Location: Brattleboro, Vermont Style: Progressive metal with the flair of The Mars Volta, volatility of The Dillinger Escape Plan, and melodic spaciousness of Opeth Personnel: Sascha Read more […]
Aptly described by our own Daniel Keating as “somewhere in the realm of progressive death metal institutions Atheist and Edge of Sanity,” Sweden’s Morbus Chron are in the rare position of being able Read more […]
Formation: 2009 Location: Netherlands Style: A combination of raw and forest-y black metal Personnel: Asher de Vries (bass); Mink Koops (drums, guitar); Bob Mollema (vocals) Latest Release: Dromers Read more […]
DR has the good fortune of being able to communicate with Omnium Gatherum guitarist/all-around nice guy Markus Vanhala on a semi-frequent basis, meaning, the possibility of when – or if – the band Read more […]
The reintroduction of Convulse to the scene last year via Evil Prevails (their third album, and first in 19 years) has helped bring upon a renewed, or rather, fresh interest in pure Finnish death metal. Read more […]
Despite constant, if not annoying pleas, Finnish melodic power metal vanguards Sonata Arctica continually resisted the urge to revisit the zippy, saccharine, and high-wire sound heard on their first three Read more […]
The first Demo Tribunal installment of 2014 sees all sorts odds and sods be examined. It’s certainly refreshing to know unsigned bands still feel the need to NOT copy metal’s top-tier acts, which was one Read more […]
Usually the time of year when it dawns on DR’s editor that “Wow, there sure are a lot of releases out there!” the month of February 2014 sees the staff tackle 15 reviews in our Rapid Fires column. Granted, Read more […]
Formation: 2013 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Style: Post-metal, buffered with sludge, topped off with harmonious clean vocals Personnel: Thomas Henriksson (guitars, vocals); Anders Carlström (bass); Read more […]
Remote lands gain equal footing thanks to the free-flow technology advances over the past two decades. Australia has been making a large footprint in all aspects of the metal scene – probably best known Read more […]
A new Slough Feg album – genuine, well-researched, and coupled with darn good songs – is a prospect worth clutching on to, especially in this day of carbon-copy releases and retro cop-outs. None of Read more […]
No one needs to be reminded of the glut of melodic death metal bands that emerged from the early 00’s. They were a-plenty, weren’t they? From that, came the natural de-evolution of the sound, as well as Read more […]
Space, the final frontier. Though for death metal bands, space has increasingly popped up as theme over the past decade or so. In fact, it’s almost cliché for technical death metal bands to not wax Read more […]
Considered by many – not just the band – to be Omnium Gatherum’s “next-level-up” album, 2008’s The Redshift has received the reissue treatment via the band’s former label home, Candlelight Read more […]
A setup indicative of how full-circle and generation-spanning thrash has become, Hatriot feature one Steve “Zetro” Souza (ex-Exodus, Legacy) in its ranks, along with his two sons, Cody and Nick. Such Read more […]
Formation: 2009 Location: Chicago, IL Style: Dirty, crusty death metal that relishes in its sloppiness…and catchiness. Personnel: Jon Necromancer (vocals/bass); Carcass Chris (guitars); Joe Warlord Read more […]
Of the new “old school” bands, one name that is standing at the forefront of quality is that of Finland’s Corpsessed. Their debut album, Abysmal Thresholds, captures a landscape of primitive death Read more […]
Bands who complain about touring or lack of opportunities thereof, take note: “You see, if you are a European or American band and you wish to tour, all you need to do is, as Henry Rollins said: ‘Get Read more […]
Two risky albums in a row for Holland’s Within Temptation – 2011’s conceptual The Unforgiving (complete with accompanying comic book and short movie), and now this year’s new Hydra, which features Read more […]
When underrated melodic death metal bands come up, Inferi is usually one of the first mentioned in this writer’s mind, due to the two fantastic releases the band had in the late 2000s. After The End Read more […]
Sonic Syndicate was a band that I heavily followed from the time they released their first demo as Fallen Angel, through what was arguably their pinnacle, Love and Other Disasters. The band then took Read more […]
Gotta love a quick album turnaround, especially one that topples its predecessor. You see, DR can vividly remember our own Matthew Bowling covering England’s Eye of Solitude for our Blistering.com predecessor Read more […]
Super Bowl weekend is in full force as this article is being typed, but don’t ask Monte Pittman about it. (“I don’t really have a team. I got too many songs to write for fantasy football.”) Good for Read more […]
Formation: 2010 Location: Chicago, IL Style: Progressive, atmospheric death metal Personnel: Tim Nagel (bass); Dean Nagel (guitars, vocals); Evan Dale (guitars, vocals) Latest Release: Hollowing (2014, Read more […]
