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Kill Ritual – Following the Path of the Serpent

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) I’ve always admired the determination of Steven Rice. The guy had revolving line-ups with Imajika, but it never stopped him from creating killer Read more […]

Wintersun – Fighting the Battle Against Time

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Delayed about as much as any album in recent underground history, Wintersun’s sophomore Time was held up thanks to writer’s block, computer Read more […]

Isis – False Light Still Shines

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Smart enough to go out on top, post metal KINGS Isis (had to put that in caps) are entering the posthumous portion of their career where compilations Read more […]

Cerebral Bore – It’s All About the He Said/She Said…

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) No one has to be a rocket surgeon to grasp the immense of amount of money and coordination it takes for a European band to hit North America, and Read more […]

Aoria – All I Hear Is Noise

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Fact: The various spin-off bands associated with Katatonia have yet to disappoint. We’ve long championed the likes of Bloodbath, the sadly-defunct Read more […]

Tiamat – Scars for Tomorrow

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) There is a shred of truth to the statement that Tiamat are a mere shell of their former selves. When everyone wanted them to suck the success of Wildhoney dry, Read more […]

Paragon – A Band with an Iron Will

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) As a band, Paragon continues to be major players in the power metal scene. Their brand of speed metal has served them well for close to 20 years Read more […]

Forgotten Tomb – The Zenith of Discomfort

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Gotta love the way in which Italy’s Forgotten Tomb operates; there’s no cloak-and-dagger lyrical roundabouts, or symphonic hankerings, or even Read more […]

Insomnium – Beyond the Harrowing Years

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Currently on their second North American run, Finnish melodic death metal upstarts Insomnium are coming to find what a quality back catalog and increased Read more […]

Sylosis – Under from Over There

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Currently on the road in North America as a part of Lamb of God’s fall run, British modern metallers Sylosis are presented with a golden opportunity Read more […]

My Dying Bride – At Home With Despair

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Doom metal’s heart-stricken poet, Aaron Stainthorpe’s lyrics of allure, metaphor, and romance have given My Dying Bride the emotional touch-up that Read more […]

Ex Deo – Roman Conquerors

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Historical topics have been used as subject matter for metal bands for many years. Iron Maiden may be the most visible pioneer in this area, tackling Read more […]

Auroch – Rising Up From the Depths

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) To some, Canada is viewed as just a region frozen over and thriving with stark raving men wielding hockey sticks. Perhaps this limited notion of Read more […]

Pig Destroyer – Pretty Girls Make Great Corpses

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Phoning Blistering while on the road after getting off from work, Pig Destroyer electronics man Blake Harrison warns “I might have to put you down Read more […]

Posthum – Fire in the Hole in the Sky

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Does Euronymous turn over in his grave every time he sees a supposed “true” Norwegian black metal band posing like Posthum duo Morten and Jon above? Read more […]

Winterfylleth – Home is Never Behind

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) The notion that black metal is a geographically-influenced entity has waned over the years. Thanks to the style’s sonic expansion and our hand-wringing Read more […]

Witchcraft – Crimson Is Their Color

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) A classic example of a band with a segment of followers who are without question, stuck in the past, Sweden’s Witchcraft have had to face a tidal Read more […]

A Forest of Stars – Strange and Becoming

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Despite the various criticisms level toward the style, black metal affords the most latitude for bands to take chances or for that matter, operate Read more […]

Nightwish – Farewell, Thee Mermaid

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) (Editor’s note: This interview was conducted a week prior to Anette Olzon’s departure from Nightwish. Obviously, the context of the interview Read more […]

Devin Townsend – Love Songs Are Silly (And So Are You)

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com in October of 2012) This scribe has done several dumb and/or careless things over the course of his three decades on this planet, but spilling coffee Read more […]

Angra – Changing the Course of Nature

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) The recent departure of singer Edu Falaschi puts Angra at their second career crossroads. The first, of course, was the 2000 exit of original frontman Read more […]

Threshold – Marching Towards Progress

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with Richard West, keyboardist and a founding member of progressive metal band Threshold. This exciting UK Read more […]

Swallow the Sun – The Mourning Has Come

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Weird that record labels still do this considering how rampant downloading is, but Swallow the Sun’s new Emerald Forest and the Blackbird is Read more […]

Vektor – This Is Not An Exercise

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) While the retro thrash movement appears to have reached its (very welcome) nadir, along trucks sci-fi thrashers Vektor. Able to allude many of the Read more […]

Evoken – Grim Eloquence

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) The mortal world is fraught with terror and panic, perhaps this year more than ever as at every turn some corner of it seems hellbent on ripping Read more […]

Katatonia – Permanently Discouraged

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Riding the coattails of 2009’s Night is the New Day, Katatonia’s new Dead End Kings has virtually the same plot: It’s difficult, unforgiving, Read more […]

King of Asgard – From Here, To North

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) ”We create out of devotion.” That’s something you don’t here every day and even if it was uttered, a furrowed brow would probably be raised. Read more […]

Gene Hoglan – Drums, Not Brain Surgery

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) The undisputed top drummer for hire in metal, Gene Hoglan’s willingness to drop anything and everything to help a band in need is remarkable. In Read more […]

Eye of Solitude – Performed in Graphic Pain

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Workaholics and masters of misery, Eye of Solitude are pummeling the world with their fantastic new release Sui Caedere. Well received across the Read more […]

Ephel Duath – The New Disorder

(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Ephel Duath’s Davide Tiso probably doesn’t intend to write such outwardly difficult music to grasp; it just comes naturally for him. He’s one Read more […]

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