Iron Maiden – Live After Death DVD (Sony BMG)
The second part in Maiden’s “Story Of” series, the Live After Death DVD not only features the live concert in which bears its name, it also contains a 60-minute documentary detailing the recording of the Powerslave album and the massive...
Vader – Lead Us! (Regain Records)
Although Lead Us! contains no new material, it’s pretty kewl, as Vader has always been reliable in terms of churning out something new at least once a year with some odd quirk. This time, it’s the...
Biomechanical – Cannibalised (Earache Records)
Live, Biomechanical may be notoriously hit and miss, but on record they've never been known to under-perform. Cannibalised continues in that vein, this time offering up much more of a challenging, furious listening experience than on previous outings....
Stuck Mojo – Southern Born Killers (Napalm Records)
Sheesh, it really was 10 years ago when Stuck Mojo were all over the place on WCW Wrestling? My God, where does the time go? Their Rising album was their arguable peak, the album that allowed...
BLACK SABBATH: First North American Tour Date Announced
BLACK SABBATH will launch its world tour with a series of dates beginning next month in New Zealand, Australia and Japan. Later this summer, the band will kick off its North American tour which will...
Martriden – The Unsettling Dark (Candlelight Records)
Matriden’s home state of Montana has about as many palm trees as metal bands, which is why Matriden is quickly earned a rightful position amongst the North American modern black metal scene. The band’s...
Various Artists – Pagan Fire (Nuclear Blast Records)
A compilation of the best-of-the-best epic folk metal bands (sans Borknagar and Tyr), Pagan Fire is an excellent introduction into another one of metal’s niches that is only picking up steam.
Heading up the roster...
Ascension of the Watchers – Numinsoum (Thirteenth Planet)
The promo copy of this comes with a blurb just under the band logo that simply states, “FEAT. Burton C. Bell.” A few small words which carry with them a lot of history and...
L’ Espirit du Clan – Corpus Delicti (Galy Records)
This one sat in the pile for a while, ignored probably because yours truly cringes whenever he sees a bunch of neo-metallers dressed to the nines in baggy, hip-hop clothing. Needless to say, when...
Avantasia – The Scarecrow (Nuclear Blast Records)
With Edguy taking a break after the mostly good Rocket Ride album, mainman Tobias Sammet has resurrected his Avantasia project, this time with a cast of characters culled outside of the metal world, giving...