Through the proliferation of retrospective music documentaries and natural classic rock radio evolution, a new generation of musicians melded together what’s known today as sleaze metal. Taking off first Read more […]
Slovenia’s blackened death crew had remained notably silent since the release of 2010’s Imperator. Five years have passed, but now the band has returned with their second effort, Descend…into Nothingness. Read more […]
The amalgamation of subgenres has often allowed for some interesting results. Black metal itself within the last decade has seen some serious cross-pollination capabilities, with some rather impressive Read more […]
After hearing claims about the heaviness of Black Tongue, it seemed to be worth checking out. Using a more doomy and lurching approach than many of their deathcore peers (don’t expect a blastbeat fest), Read more […]
No doubt about it, early Amorphis had some tremendous impact and made some incredible and timeless albums (notably Tales from the Thousand Lakes and Elegy), but when the dust settled after the shake-ups Read more […]
Wasn’t really feeling the cover art on this one, but pushed forwards based upon some of the praise the band had been receiving from members of Suffocation, Cryptopsy, Misery Index, and more. Sometimes Read more […]
Millennials often get a bum reputation in entertainment circles for they grew up during the Internet/social media revolution, where downloading and streaming digital content is the norm and not the exception. Read more […]
One Master is a New England/east coast-based black metal outfit, going way back to 2002, and now unveil their third full-length studio album with Reclusive Blasphemy. What jumps out right away with the Read more […]
Hitting the 25 year mark for any death metal band is something deserving of a milestone. While Sinister always stood as a band that was a bit underappreciated (particularly their early works – Cross Read more […]
The buzz around Myrkur was strong last year, as the one-woman band made a distinctive mark on the black metal world with a self-titled EP. Combining ethereal clean singing with snarling black metal undercurrents Read more […]
When ideas and time come together, the possibilities are limitless for the musical community. Swedish traditional heavy metal act Black Trip have a formidable lineup that already gives them a bit of a Read more […]
Growing up in the upstate NY region, the hybridization of death metal brutality with hardcore’s bite was basically par for the course. One has to admit that there is a real good fit between the two Read more […]
Clearly one of 2015’s most hard-working bands, Australia’s Hybrid Nightmares is back for their third EP release in the span of the last 7 months. The Third Age continues to tell the story of man’s Read more […]
Many times in life, you don’t get a re-do. But it’s not always the case – just ask Akron’s Fully Consumed. Last year, they released an ‘unpolished’ version of Incendium but the band was not Read more […]
Nothing like making a major splash at the world renowned Wacken Open Air festival- as Israeli extreme thrash act Hammercult did in 2011 by winning the unsigned Metal Battle, leading to their first record Read more […]
Nautik doom metal is the calling card for Germany’s Ahab – certainly a unique approach in terms of conceptual themes from record to record as the quartet sail on seas and oceans afar. Climbing out Read more […]
The Frenchmen of Anthropofago return after a four year wait following their debut, Beyond Phobia. More technically-driven madness is the name of the game for the band, whom should find some good company Read more […]
With melodic death metal, after all these years, still a weakness for this scribe, its easy to be on the lookout for fresh talent for the subgenre. It often means that it takes more effort to truly impress, Read more […]
Death, Endless Nothing, and the Black Knife of Nihilism is quite a mouthful, but undeniably a pretty intriguing title. The same can be said for song titles such as “Cursed Blades Cast Upon the Slavescum Read more […]
To echo the comments of many that heard Nile’s last effort, 2012’s At the Gate of Sethu, it just felt too ‘clean’ overall. You could still tell it was Nile but it seemed a step down from what Read more […]
Journalists lob the ‘supergroup’ tag a little too freely in the metal realm, especially if multiple members come from a rather well-established act. Los Angeles, California’s Act of Defiance contains Read more […]
Latest in the ‘that came from out of nowhere’ line is Germany’s Burial Vault. Unity in Pluralism is their third full-length album, though admittedly this is the first exposure that DR has been privy Read more […]
It takes a bit of commitment to create a symphonic black/death album that doesn’t just feel like a rehash of what has been done before. With an uptick of bands trying to apply the Fleshgod Apocalypse Read more […]
Hailing from Vancouver (well, technically they are an international group but use the city as their home base), Obsidian takes a host of clearly defined influences and somehow whips them into something Read more […]
Rivers of Nihil came out of the gates in a big way with their 2013 debut, The Conscious Seed of Light. An intriguing 4-album concept based upon the seasons, some crushing riffs with a technical edge, Read more […]
We all mourn the loss of our favorite lineups in music – so take a few seconds to accept the fact that Tad Morose are still alive sans Urban Breed helming the microphone. Although mighty important in Read more […]
Veering between a break-up and long waits between albums, Moonlyght has never really generated the fanbase they deserved. The Quebec-based band now operates (since 2011) as a studio band only, and Return Read more […]
Given the recent drama and accusations between guitarist/vocalist Jeff Lohrber and bassist Amanda Daniels, it’s probably safe to say that you’ve heard of the new Enabler – even if they weren’t Read more […]
Welcome one and all, to yet another case of ‘retro wonders.’ This of course, referring to a rather large number of bands that have resurrected in recent years (many of which from Sweden) after fizzling Read more […]
Shutting down all operations on bands/projects you’ve built for the last decade plus takes nerves of steel, but that’s what vocalist/guitarist Tuomas Saukkonen did in 2013 when Before the Dawn, Black Read more […]
