Originating in the mid-1970’s as Painted Lady, this UK four-piece soon transformed into Girlschool by 1978, releasing demos and singles into the marketplace while NWOBHM was taking hold of the scene. Read more […]
Crossover thrash/hardcore has seen another resurgence as of late – different from the metalcore movement that arose in the late 90’s/early 2000’s. Drawing influence from the punk, hardcore, metal, Read more […]
Five years went by since Outer Heaven’s debut LP Realms of Eternal Decay came out and it sure felt like the band stocked enough riffs for their next festering death metal offering, Infinite Psychic Depths. Read more […]
Amidst all this genre blending that occurs in the modern heavy scene, there are some musicians content to just rip out a raw, pure form of expression that slices through your soul. Swedish trio Atonement Read more […]
After slugging it out for quite some time on their own, Greek alternative/modern metal act Project Renegade have returned with their second full-length album with a new label in Pavement Entertainment Read more […]
One of the early purveyors in the death metal realm from the late 80’s/early 90’s out of Norway, Cadaver made an impression on this scribe through 1992’s …In Pains album. Over the past few decades, Read more […]
From Newcastle, UK, Midnight Realm is a five-piece outfit that straddle the fence between melodic death metal and metalcore for this latest album Engineering the Apocalypse. Establishing themselves in Read more […]
Whether it’s the remoteness from other continents or other intangible qualities put together, it seems that a vibrant heavy music community bursts forth from Australia and has been present for quite Read more […]
Not very often in the history of heavy metal (or any genre for that matter) do you find a band reaching a fortieth anniversary as a career marker. That’s where we are with Canadian progressive, avant-garde Read more […]
What black metal band names themselves Agriculture? The answer is, a competent and interesting one. The Los Angeles based quartet’s self-described ‘ecstatic black metal’ tag is by no means a misnomer Read more […]
A.L.N. is a man after my own heart. Mizmor, his astoundingly crushing one-man black metal project, has released what is perhaps the perfect soundtrack to losing one’s religion: 2019’s Cairn. The journey Read more […]
Swedish guitarist Mats Karlsson returns with his second solo album for Mood Elevator – ardent followers of the hard rock/metal community probably knowing him best for his many years in the Swedish band Read more […]
Featuring ex-members of Massacre plus bassist Terry Butler who has legendary experience as a part of Death, Six Feet Under, and now Obituary, Inhuman Condition has been a very active band since starting Read more […]
Classic heavy metal is alive and kicking thanks in part to active scenes within parts of the world like Canada where older (and newer) musicians profess their love for the genre, spreading their craft Read more […]
Not surprising that this UK outfit Tailgunner named themselves after the opening track from Iron Maiden’s 1990 No Prayer for the Dying album. It’s evident that the traditional metal scene still contains Read more […]
Journalists seek fresh sounds that stand out against the sea of familiar styles, which can be especially tough in the metal marketplace these days. Glimmers of hope shine this time from Germany in the Read more […]
Many remember the Noise Records roster of the 1980’s mining treasures across the power, speed, thrash landscape, while other acts slipped through the cracks of even moderate success. German act Vendetta Read more […]
Polish heavy metal band Scream Maker arrived on the scene in 2010 – releasing three full-length albums plus one EP over the course of their history. Playing over three hundred shows in their country Read more […]
Making the jump from Black Lodge Records to Atomic Fire Records for their fourth full-length record, Eleine are poised to bring their particular version of gothic-tinged symphonic metal to a larger audience. Read more […]
Remembering those late 80’s to mid-90’s efforts from acts like Atheist and Gorguts that spurred a blitzkrieg movement decades later known as technical progressive death metal, the interest in pushing Read more […]
Although on the surface this Swedish death/thrash outfit Blackscape are relatively newcomers as Suffocated By the Sun is the trio’s debut album, there’s tons of experience under the belts of the players Read more […]
Avid metalheads are already familiar with the four players within this new musical entity Withering Scorn. Brothers Shawn and Glen Drover as drummer and guitarist respectively have worked with Megadeth Read more […]
Acclaimed guitarist Nita Strauss made a name for herself playing alongside big names like Alice Cooper and Demi Lovato, but has also been equally successful as a solo act. 2018’s Controlled Chaos (also Read more […]
A staple of the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas heavy music scene, Lockjaw consists of band members whose friendships go back to high school during their origins in 1998. They’ve released a series of EP’s Read more […]
With a moniker like All For Metal, there’s little doubt as to what you’ll get here from this German/Italian sextet on this debut album Legends. Uniting to a classic love of heavy metal, vocalists Tim Read more […]
In the crevices of a resurgent interest in old school death metal you’ll find newer bands putting their own stamp on the proceedings. Take Montreal’s Serpent Corpse – following a debut demo release Read more […]
The fascination with serial killers documentaries and horror movies lives through the musicians here in Ottawa’s Rockin’ Engine. Together since 2018, they’ve developed releases at a quick pace – Read more […]
Steady with output, Danish thrashers Demolizer unleash a second album for Post Necrotic Human – determined to prove to the world that they remain firmly in control of accelerated, angry material that Read more […]
When it comes to an uplifting form of power metal, German act Freedom Call embrace the style as a badge of honor. Approaching their 25th anniversary as a group, The M.E.T.A.L. Fest is another live album Read more […]
A robust melodic metal scene exists in Australia – of which Night Legion represents in the power variety category with this second album Fight or Fall. Expanding from a quartet to a quintet, there’s Read more […]
