Overlorde – Awaken the Fury (No Remorse Records)
New Jersey heavy/power metal act Overlorde have made the most of their resurrection from their original 80’s inception days. Previously issuing a self-titled EP in 1987 that as a collector’s item can go for...
At the Plates – Omnivore (Self-Released)
Sadly in our fast-paced world, it's far too easy to simply push a band like At the Plates off to the side, much like that helping of brussel sprouts you've been given that you...
Katatonia / Gost – December 9, 2023 – Level 13, Orlando, FL
Photos by: Brittany Barkasi
Slated to be our final show of the year is a fittingly personal and perennial Dead Rhetoric favorite - the Swedish kings of dead ends, last fair deals gone down, hearts...
Everdawn – Venera (Frontiers Music)
Reestablishing themselves through their debut album Cleopatra, New Jersey band Everdawn naturally wants to grow diversely within the symphonic, progressive metal landscape on the follow-up effort. Venera (a Russian word for Venus, also the...
Dominum – Hey Living People (Napalm Records)
When you assemble people who have proper respect as well as understanding of the tasks at hand, the results can be ideal even if it’s a newcomer outfit. Producer/songwriter Felix Heldt has worked with...
Hyloxalus – Stare Into the Black Hole
Photo: Charis Windrim
We at Dead Rhetoric love to cover as many artists as we can, in diverse genres no matter if they have a major label / distribution support on down to those climbing...
Everdawn – Seek the Silver Lining
Residing on the East Coast of the USA in New Jersey, Everdawn displays an intriguing blend of sounds and approaches going into their latest studio album Venera. The fourteen songs contain elements of AOR,...
Selected Singles – December 2023
With the way that people consume music changing, alongside the way that groups release music in smaller packages (EPs, singles), it seemed like the right idea to start looking at ways to cover those...
Crust – Dissolution (Avantgarde Music)
For unstoppable forces in heavy music, one needs to take notice of Crust. If you haven’t yet, well, we’re glad you’re here, and we promise there won’t be any regrets. The Russian trio of...
East of Eden – Forbidden Fruit: 1st Piece (Victor Entertainment/JPU Records)
A new Japanese symphonic rock/metal act formed by violinist Ayasa (of Bang Dream's Morfonica), East of Eden brings with it a host of expectations. Mostly because in addition to Ayasa, the rest of the...
Silver R.I.S.C – Knot Over (No Remorse Records)
Tell me if you readers have heard this story before: historical band of a generation before dissolves, only to reform recently for another shot at glory. That’s the case again for Greek hard rock/metal...
Hitten – Making Passion Last
Together now for well over a decade, Spain’s Hitten have developed a sound that incorporates a host of classic heavy metal and melodic hard rock influences – along with power and speed elements –...
Children of Bodom – A Chapter Called Children of Bodom (Final Show in Helsinki Ice Hall 2019) (Spinefarm Records)
In December 2020 the metal world lost a premiere guitarist/songwriter with Alexi Laiho who fronted Children of Bodom since the 1990’s. His defined imprint on intricate, neoclassical shredding taken to the melodic death/extreme levels...