Devoid of social media fireworks or schoolyard smack-talking, the 2012 demise of United Kingdom extreme metal titans Akercocke left behind a relatively good-looking…and well-dressed corpse. Their unintentional Read more […]
The sole holdover from their mid-90’s formation, Mercenary guitarist Jakob Mølbjerg is certainly a man of hindsight and utmost politeness. While the quasi-infatuation with the Mikkel Sandager-era of the Read more […]
Reportedly dropped from Sabaton for their unwillingness to commit to three years straight of touring, the quartet of Oskar Montelius, Rikard Sundén, Daniel Mulback and Daniel Mÿhr were probably left Read more […]
Toronto’s favorite thrash party monsters Fatality are currently on a two-month North American “Towards Disastour” in support of their latest album, Psychonaut. Vocalist Spencer Le Von checks in with Read more […]
Stating the obvious here, but bands hate having to ask for handouts from their fans. Especially veteran ones. With the understanding that the hard-earned money fans have appropriated toward their career Read more […]
Possessing the rare combination of Berklee training and thrash knowledge, Boston’s Revocation have positioned themselves as one of the underground most buzzworthy – and formidable bands in the span Read more […]
It’s refreshing to speak to a musician who understands that not everyone is going to love every move you make. Be it lineup changes, musical direction, or even the hundreds of other bands you’ve been Read more […]
Toronto’s favorite thrash party monsters Fatality are currently on a two-month North American “Towards Disastour” in support of their latest album, Psychonaut. Vocalist Spencer Le Von checks in with Read more […]
Greetings and welcome to our first installment of “The Demo Scope,” a column where we’ll take the finest unsigned bands and run them through the review gamut. There’s nice swath of bands this month, ranging Read more […]
In between watching the Tour de France, waiting for NFL training camp to start, various gigs of the outdoor and indoor variety, as well as life’s more momentous occasions, the DR staff was able to squeeze Read more […]
New(er) bands need TLC. Actually, they need more tender loving care than veteran bands – they’ve been coddled, celebrated, and loved enough. Hence, our need for a new column called “Now You Know,” Read more […]
You have to admire the perseverance of Jon Leon. He’s been put through an emotional wringer the last few years, what with the revolving door of musicians who seem to come and go within a blink of an Read more […]
Toronto’s favorite thrash party monsters Fatality are currently on a two-month North American “Towards Disastour” in support of their latest album, Psychonaut. Vocalist Spencer Le Von checks in with Read more […]
To demonstrate the amount of time that has lapsed between album releases for Finland’s Noumena, this scribe interviewed the band in 2007 for a print publication, Metal Maniacs. Back then, it appeared Read more […]
Toronto’s favourite thrash party monsters Fatality are currently on a two-month North American “Towards Disastour” in support of their latest album, Psychonaut. Vocalist Spencer Le Von checks in Read more […]
Straight shooters deserve respect in any scene- especially in metal. One look at the social media channels of guitarist Dean Tavernier of US doom/classic metal outfit Stone Magnum and you’ll know what Read more […]
The suddenly bronze members of Children of Bodom are in no way used to trekking across North American on a summer outdoor tour. This time of year is usually reserved for the vaunted European festival circuit, Read more […]
The first name in Australian power metal, Lord’s career is unique in that they survived a name change while retaining the bulk of their lineup. Originally formed as Dungeon in 1989, the band adopted Read more […]
Toronto’s favourite thrash party monsters Fatality are currently on a two-month North American “Towards Disastour” in support of their latest album Psychonaut. Frontman Spencer LeVon checks in, telling Read more […]
In today’s fight for people’s attention, you can’t just let as Aerosmith once proclaimed “the music do the talking.” Technology zooms at light speed, and attention spans shift almost as quickly. Read more […]
Toronto’s favourite thrash party monsters Fatality are currently on a two-month North American “Towards Disastour” in support of their latest album Psychonaut. Fatality vocalist Spencer LeVon checks Read more […]
The reshaping of The Haunted’s lineup was a long time coming, with the band having effectively spent itself creatively well before the release of 2011’s critically and commercially-panned Unseen. Most Read more […]
It’s by sheer coincidence than Sirenia and Tristania are releasing albums within a few weeks of each other. The pair, inexorably linked because of guitarist/vocalist Morten Veland’s involvement in each, Read more […]
December 2009, Pittsburgh, PA. DR in its former incarnation as Blistering.com was asked to cover Vader’s North American headline tour, a run that saw no less than three bands drop off from the billing. Read more […]
Toronto’s Fatality have geared up for a two-month North American “Towards Disastour” in support of their latest masterpiece Psychonaut, which was released on June 28. As the thrash party monsters strike Read more […]
Once the torchbearers for female-fronted, symphonic Goth metal, Norway’s Tristania have made diligent strides in the other direction, evolving into an entity almost separate from their past. You won’t Read more […]
The Geoff Tate versus Queensryche battle is good enough theater for Court TV or TruTV…whatever they’re calling it these days. The story of Tate’s deception, shady business dealings, and utter lack Read more […]
A continuation of a column we ran on our former incarnation, Blistering.com, Rapid Fires will allow us to give albums some page-time that otherwise would be forever left in the digital queue. Such moves Read more […]
Musicians handle tragic circumstances in their own way. For Jon Oliva, the death of his brother Criss Oliva on October 17, 1993 at the hands of drunk driver sent the man back into the studio for the recording Read more […]
The second part of our interview with Swedish producer/multi-instrumentalist Dan Swanö, on the docket for discussion is his work with perennial DR favorites Katatonia, whom Swanö had a close relationship Read more […]
