(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) No one bore the brunt of criticism upon Mike Portnoy’s departure from Dream Theater more than John Petrucci. As one-third of the founding core Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Coming to America (like the Neil Diamond song) is a big deal for European bands. Just like going to Europe is a big deal for American bands, we reckon. Read more […]
There may come a time when the retro metal revival runs out of steam. Actually, it probably will given that everything in metal gets fat and bloated, then bursts, so the time is nigh for a band like Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) For the bands to come out of the early 90’s Norwegian black metal fray, it is a surprise to no one that Enslaved has not only lasted 20 years, but Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Long a Blistering confident thanks to his ever-colorful column, Hatesphere guitarist Pepe Hansen has not only endless wit, but tenacity to boot. Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) The world is a messed-up place. Good things happen to bad people. Bad things happen to good people. Sports teams from Northeast Ohio are incapable Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) As cult of a melodic death metal band to come out of the underground, Germany’s Night In Gales watched their career (and contemporaries) whiz by Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Hard not to do this, but the dominance Nightrage and Omnium Gatherum have over the melodic death metal scene is like watching two great NFL quarterbacks Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com in September of 2011) Pushed out of the way in 1992 to make way for John Bush and a more “modern” sound (by that time’s standards) on Sound Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) “The words ‘You have a new a record.’ You have no idea how good that feels.” And so this was how Blistering’s chat with the totally Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Deron Miller doesn’t like to mince words, which is refreshing. Too often Blistering interviews folks of the metal variety too worried about tripping Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Quite hard to believe that ten years ago, Arch Enemy were a virtual non-factor in the extreme metal scene. Even though they were fresh off their Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) The old adage “There aren’t enough hours in the day” has to apply for Edguy’s Tobias Sammet. The man simply doesn’t quit. And probably Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com in July of 2011) In this day and age of modern technology, the number of bands plying for fan attention is mammoth. Back in my early teens, we depended Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) From this scribe’s oft-biased and jumbled perspective, All Shall Perish were nothing more than a second-rate band playing a third-rate scene, which Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) “Arch-era Fates Warning.” The name alone says enough to those who worshipped at the altar of albums such as 1984’s Spectre Within and of Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Words never to say to Morbid Angel’s David Vincent: “Death metal” and “traditional.” Dude was not happy to hear Blistering refer to his Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) As the only metal band of note to call the Faroe Islands home (geography lesson – it’s in-between Great Britain and Iceland), Tyr have come to Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com in July of 2011) Affable and funny, In Flames frontman Anders Friden couldn’t have sounded more at ease on a warm Swedish summer evening while speaking Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Arguably the most morose band to ever hit the metal scene, England’s My Dying Bride are in a reflective kind of mood, having just released Evinta, Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) It seems like many of our hard rock and metal icons are unfortunately passing on (Ronnie James Dio) or retiring from the scene (Scorpions, Judas Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) The 2005 acquisition of singer Tomi Joutsen effectively saved Amorphis. Let’s not make any bones about it. The band was all but a non-entity after Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Being such a fan of melodic death metal, a band that brings something different and unique to the table is always a welcome event. Scar Symmetry Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Phoning at the very-metal hour of 1 AM Finnish time, Before the Dawn mainman Tuomas Saukkonen asks Blistering “To go easy on me. I’m very tired.” Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Still riding the monster that is 2009’s brilliant White Tomb, Ireland’s Altar of Plagues have done what any good artist would do: They shifted Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) “There’s definitely not paparazzi outside my window,” quips While Heaven Wept founder/guitarist/principal songwriter when queried about the Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) For a moment in time last decade (say, around 2005/2006), this scribe held firm to the belief that Denmark’s Mercenary were going to be the next Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) The Rods during the 1980’s had the opportunity through Arista Records to play some significant shows around the world, opening for artists like Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Destined to be Internet fodder until it actually happens, the clamor for a reunion of the “classic” Sepultura lineup won’t go away. As long Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Rare when an instrumental becomes the focal point of an album with 14 songs, yet Edge of the Earth, the newest from UK thrashers Sylosis has the Read more […]
