(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 […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Seeing Septicflesh annihilate an unsuspecting Pittsburgh crowd last year while on tour with Behemoth made yours truly think of the possibilities Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Back when Mayhem was flaunting their ability to do as they pleased around 2000’s stunning Grand Declaration of War, it started to become readily Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) As ubiquitous (and verbose) as Cradle of Filth frontman Dani Filth is, the man that makes the wheels turn is guitarist Paul Allender. Since re-joining Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Thrash metal was – and still is – such a massive movement in metal that will always have its influences on the majority of metal bands, whether Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) It’s a bit bemusing to hear a metal artist reference the “rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle,” only because we usually associate it with glam rock Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com in January, 2011) Fitting that the first interview Blistering runs for 2011 is for the band (and an album) that in all likelihood, will end up at Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Often third-fiddle to the unmatched songwriting team of Jonas Renkse and Anders Nystrom, former Katatonia guitarist Fred Normann struck out on his Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) One of the real darkhorse albums of 2010 turned out to be Intronaut’s Valley of Smoke. Parlaying the vaunted post-metal, metalgaze sound popularized Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Perhaps the most “all-purpose” dark metal band going right now, Agalloch’s studio records are now a once-in-four-years occurrence, causing Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Wasting little time after last year’s crushing Passiondale, God Dethroned are back on the battlefields with Under the Sign of the Iron Cross. Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Consider Blistering to be in the ranks of those who raised immediate concerns when Dimmu Borgir announced it was shedding keyboardist Mustis and Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) We’re running out of characters in metal. As today’s scene becomes more saturated and generic, the glutton of look-a-like, nondescript longhairs Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) The embodiment of “progressive,” Queensryche continues to move forward, in spite of how distant their high-class metal era seems today. The days Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) On a brisk Saturday afternoon (at least at Blistering HQ), Therion mainman Christofer Johnsson was phoned while packing for a tour. The sound of Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) A continuation of Blistering’s previously-posted interview with Helloween guitarist Michael Weikath (click here to read it), the second part of Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Being that this was the second time in the calendar year yours truly would be speaking to Helloween guitarist Michael Weikath, there was little trepidation Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) In the annals of underrated death metal bands, perhaps no band in recent memory stands out more than The Crown. Their thoroughbred brand of DM wreaked Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) You won’t find a more unique or “real” band than Melechesh. They are a band that has always had a great understanding of Middle Eastern mythology, Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Sorry for the pun, but it took a lot of balls for Accept to reunite without legendary frontman U.D.O. Dirkschneider. Nine times out of ten, reunions Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Forever in the role of thrash underdog, Death Angel shouldn’t have to sneak up on people the way they do. For anyone that has witnessed the Bay Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) If there is a band that can get away with anything right now, it very well could be Enslaved. Not like they’re going to dump a Cold Lake on everyone, Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Quite the winding road for Kataklysm, eh? [We had to throw “eh” in there, because Blistering is really a Canadian-based publication, but we’re Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) When Blind Guardian broke onto the scene in the late 80s/early 90s, the power metal arena was dominated by Helloween and various soundalikes. The Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) “The fear of today…it will be gone due to our magic songs.” – “The Bard’s Song” Magic songs indeed, Guardians, magic songs indeed. Gracefully Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Toward the end of Blistering’s chat with The Red Chord frontman Guy Kozowyk, the gravely-throated Mass-hole said something very profound: “You Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) Nice what a few years off will do to one’s creativity, huh? After 2005’s very drab and nu metal-inspired Stabbing the Drama, Peter Wichers, Soilwork’s Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) In a world that is overflowing with pretenders, it’s always comforting to see that truly creative originators are still showing everybody how it Read more […]
(This content originally appeared on Blistering.com) By definition, Les Discrets mainman Fursy Teyssier is a real (cue French accent) “art-eest.” A well-respected animated film director in France, as Read more […]
