A Capella speed/ power metal from Germany here. Tribe Of Force represents Van Canto’s third full length, shifting to more original material and less of a reliance on cover versions. I know a lot...

After creating a stir with 2008’s Quiet Earth, Vancouver’s Bison BC are back with the equally large-in-girth Dark Ages. And while there’s no real huge distinction between Dark Ages (what are we doing now - stealing Soulfly album...

With broad, ambitious concepts that usually go beyond the atypical focus of the metalgaze genre, Germanys' The Ocean always set themselves up for failure, yet usually emerged unscathed. The daring Precambrian from three years ago was...

Only fitting that a DVD released in 2008 is only coming out now, for a band that has been big in Europe and is only catching on in North America...now. Once a part of the mini...

So much for The Garden of Unearthly Delights being the last opus from the long-running quasi-British doomsters. It didn't feel like the right way to go out anyway...what Cathedral needs is that tried-and-true "last gasp/return to...

Like anything coming out of the Bay Area, proper description all but eludes Ludcira. How these guys (and gals) were ever branded as a straight black metal band defies convention and while yes, they...

Fronted by former Gates of Slumber drummer Chuck Brown, Apostle of Solitude do their part in keeping the vaunted doom torch aflame. To their credit, the Indianapolis-based quartet stays out of all-too-lazy Sabbath worship...

Question: how do you make the D-beat exciting and interesting enough for a full-length? Answer: borrow from Sweden. Fresh off a feisty EP in the form of Razor to Oblivion, Seattle’s Black Breath return with their...

Since there is such a preponderance of black metal, it’s becoming easier and easier to disseminate what is good and (as our British friends would say) “utter shite.” In fact, we can tell right...

More supergroups. A supergroup here, a supergroup there, yadda-yadda. This is what happens when musicians get bored - they find similarly bored musicians and take the easy way out by paying homage to a classic band/sound/style....