…beckoning for more. The Search Won’t Fall… keeps the steady ascension in place, ready to assault stages far and wide to convert more metalheads in the process. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKOwHggGnrg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p62kXs9hBeQ Critical Defiance on Facebook…
…o desire a group that stands true to the ideals of the genre – but doubt creeps in that Midnight Forces will be more than a local favorite. Time will tell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rRXa9sxd0Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrHoW6-59d4 Inner Axis on Facebook…
…. I may also say Escuela Grind, seeing them inspired me to want to start a band. Dead Rhetoric: What’s on the agenda for BRAT over the next year or so to promote the record? Moate: We are currently lining up some tours, some fests. That will be announced in the coming months. Selfish: We have a four-day run coming up in March, but we will have more tours and fests later this year. Moate: We also have four dates announced with Millions of Dead Cops…
…or blemish on an otherwise very strong Wounds album, so enjoy! Standout Tracks: “Dismember and Devour”, “In the Maw of the Beast”, “Birth of a New Light” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBrhzSpXWSE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjFDEpAd0e8 Wounds on Facebook…
…ements one could want in a multi-pronged metal outfit today – once again highlighting the strength, passion, and tenacity of the Canadian metal movement to the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc4chbzZ0Ww https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl5SfC-oTMI Lutharo official website Lutharo on Facebook…
…Slayer / Kreator textbook, the energy palpable even when settled into a mid-tempo comfort zone. A Savonian twist (a la “Toxic Waltz” / Exodus) comes into focus for “War”, gang-vocals plus double kick aspects along with some sinister point/counterpoint riffing provides numerous aural hooks to cause incessant headbanging sequences. An acoustic flamenco-oriented instrumental section takes the otherwise heavy groove-laden “Into the Void” into a left f…
…vania, things of that nature. We don’t have anything on the books, and we want to be on the West Coast for September/October. That’s about it for right now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deQwH7NN03A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rdV2udd3kk Leather Lung on Facebook…
…ops new records consistently – as we need more acts that push this genre into great songwriting matched with killer performances like what we have here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6Vx4aVhab0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOeBusB_Zak Cave on Facebook…
…we have the Zelda-inspired cut “Power of the Triforce” that melds the happy-go-lucky chorus and mid-tempo riffing with some high-octane bursts of shred. And while it wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea, “Doomsday Party” has to be a major highlight, with it’s more ’80s inspired synths and melodies done in a very melodic Dragonforce way, something that’s bound to be a fun break in the live scene in between more furious bouts of extreme power metal. It’s a…
…e cannot say yet, but I guess we will announce them soon. It’s really cool! It’s a very busy year for us. We are also already thinking about new stuff, and I think it’s already starting to roll. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmwTOz1-jSM&pp=ygULaWxsdW1pc2hhZGU%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS5Q_i71p8Q&pp=ygULaWxsdW1pc2hhZGU%3D Illumishade on Instagram Illumishade on Facebook…
…t put them on the map but also could propel them to a second (or third) generation of metalheads because we are in the presence of top-notch performances. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub6OMbVRBAg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECg8hBDyhn4 Atrophy on Facebook…
…is twelfth album shows Aborted as not willing to sacrifice any of their brutality as of yet, still raging on with everything they have, and having a blast doing so. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCCU0p7CbOw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCDHt7QjH1Q Aborted on Facebook Aborted on Instagram…
…te the two sometimes. I’m also the manager of the band, I deal with the day-to-day things. I’m the guy who’ll talk to the booking agent, the record label people, the PR people, the tax accountants, the travel agents. So many people are involved. We had a manager for ten years, and then in 2016 I took the initiative and handled it all myself. It was a great decision; I don’t regret it as I’m a hands-on guy for a lot of things. I’m a very DIY guy, I…
…sure to catch your ear. The best part, is that they avoid the usual power/symphonic metal ‘more is more’ philosophy and keep things short, sweet, and full of energy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfPDijUzgqM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLlu54XVvVc Alterium on Facebook Alterium on Instagram…
…om-oriented festival audiences raising a glass, pint, or favorite beverage in homage to the honest material pouring out of your speakers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLbo9tYyAl8 Saturnalia Temple on Facebook…
…of the mammoth, 14-minute plus title cut effortlessly. Add in the modern, low-tuned guitars against the varied jazz fusion/progressive keyboard swirls, as well as forward-thinking bass passages that often prop themselves up to boost the adventurous angles and it’s easy to understand that Binary Dream for Turbulence could be their strongest record to date. This is a modern progressive metal recording that exudes confidence, hopefully garnering the…
…opes into people that don’t deserve it. This election is going to be a shit-show coming up. I’m interested to see what happens. Dead Rhetoric: How has your relationship with your fellow bandmates evolved over the years? Habeeb: Most of these guys I’ve known for a while. I’ve known Joe in Grey Skies since 1992, Sal I’ve known since 1998. Those relationships are like brothers at this point, we are going to have ups and downs. I don’t have a brother,…
…some touring action going across North America to let the melodic death/gothic hordes savor the outstanding performances, songwriting, and talent on display. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMy70EjbnvQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCqk_d63DHE Before the Dawn on Facebook…
…style that allows the group to explore a wide array of influences – in turn probably accelerating the audience they could appeal to. Worth the escape alone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxLtawtaGaY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3L0wIjwVKI Vlad in Tears on Facebook…
…guitar/keyboard duel that descends into “First in Line” right into the follow-up “California”, it’s quite apparent that these gentlemen can still deliver ultra-catchy musical components as well as upper register vocal melodies pulsating with positive energy aligned to the Ecliptica through Reckoning Night period of the group. Scandinavian cultural / atmospheric accents come to the forefront through “A Monster Only You Can’t See”, allowing Tony’s…
…wasn’t really until high school that I got into the heavy stuff. It was a slow-moving process for me – especially getting into more growling or screaming vocals. It took me a long time for that to be something that clicked – it wasn’t until I heard Arch Enemy, and I heard a girl do this, that I liked it. Dead Rhetoric: Did you take any singing lessons or participate in school chorus as well to work on your melodic voice? Shipperbottom: I was alway…
…wasting no extraneous energy in spots to impress others. Composing the follow-up to Let There Be Witchery over the course of one weekend, its apparent that the lethal dose of venomous metal remains at peak levels for these ten tracks – sure to entertain the legions who savor the gut-punching atmosphere that is the essence of this style. Simplicity is key to the Midnight style – riding that punk-infused ethos across blackened, speedy metallic line…
…heir faces on tracks like “Once Upon a Time… Nothing” and the immediate follow-up “Speedsucker Romance,” barely giving you time to get your bearings before holding your head high! “Centipede Bite” is a full-on attack of the senses, which is A-OK with this guy! Meanwhile “Soul Observatory” just rocks, and “Acid Bath” is a tune that makes you wanna break things to. The album ends with “The Venus Baroness I” and “The Venus Baroness II”. Both tracks w…
…ital and as creatively fruitful as they are in the 2020’s – let’s enjoy these recordings, as if it’s the final studio full-length, they will have finished out brilliantly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLPaGqGzdY0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BExNIGlVJTw Judas Priest official website Judas Priest on Facebook…
…remiering new material, and also throwing in certain surprises for the long-time followers? Faulkner: Yes, but it’s exciting, it’s great. That means a tour is coming up. You know what you are going to do. With the fifty-year anniversary tour, it was a retrospective of the entire career, a celebration. Now it’s a new record, we’ve got to hit that. We will hit some deep cuts with some obscure stuff, and we’ve got to do some of the classics, the stap…
…rd. Bottom line? Profane Prayer is not only an absolute beast of an album from Suicidal Angels, it is one of 2024’s best…period. Standout Tracks: All of them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-nTIX8IU6Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ofxYJgSXAk Suicidal Angels on Facebook…
…his is not – rather a dynamic epic metal style that should plant wonderful seeds bound to full growth as the discography increases. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YEjE4oAOyA Sentry on Facebook…
…tency. If you favor melodic hooks with just enough heaviness and aggression behind them, you are bound to be pleasantly surprised by what Kill the Lights can do, if you’ve been below their radar so far. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcdrsLWExTY&pp=ygUPa2lsbCB0aGUgbGlnaHRz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-xFlLRJh04&pp=ygUPa2lsbCB0aGUgbGlnaHRz Kill the Lights official website Kill the Lights on Facebook…
…of material, the record shifts between hefty mid-tempo anthems with larger-than-life vocal choruses, occasional power/thrash forays chugging with double kick / thick riffage beyond demanding melodies, as well as the two epic efforts which showcase some exotic, dynamic nuances or dramatic twists. Many will enjoy the walking, Middle Eastern bass lines Carlos Alvarez injects into the 8:22 “Lines in the Sand” – the guest keyboard solo of Tim Mckinstr…
…ic musical passages right away on the title track plus “Black Witchery” follow-up that these gents have ingested their fair share of classic Slayer, Venom, or Metallica records – the momentum shifts gargantuan as if slipping from first to fifth gear in a nano second. The sound of the band may lead through speed rhythms where specific tremolo runs punctuate the energetic textures, yet there’s this underlying twin harmony/bass infusion between the m…
