A pleasant little surprise that was tucked under my virtual doorstep was Lysithea’s third release, Realms. Lysithea has been plugging away down in New Zealand since 2008, also firing off two EPs since Read more […]
Comprised of members from the much-missed Lifelover (more on them in a second) and Kall, Sweden’s Hypothermia is solely an instrumental band playing what could be described as post-black metal, just Read more […]
Veteran Polish grinders Antigama are back at it again with their seventh full-length, The Insolent. Not one to avoid taking a complete 180 here or there within an album, there’s not really much for Read more […]
Not to be confused with “Satan’s Fall,” the legendary Mercyful Fate song, Australia’s Lucifer’s Fall are pretty much on the nose when it comes to tried-and-tried-blue doom. As in, this is about Read more […]
Outsiders could view the large exodus of Sabaton members in 2012 as career suicide. As the smoke settles, we see their career ark skyrocketing, while the former ‘Primo’ gentlemen didn’t want to stop Read more […]
Madison, Wisconsin may be the last place you would expect to find “the most Metal band on Earth,” but that’s where Lords of the Trident call home. The epic fantasy power metal quintet’s sound carries Read more […]
Some may remember The Crinn’s last release, Dreaming Saturn, which appeared on Nuclear Blast back in 2010. Clearly, there’s been a bit of downtime since that point, with minimal news of the goings-on Read more […]
Some labels just seem to get that golden seal of approval. One of the labels with that Midas Touch for a few years now is that of Dark Descent Records, particularly in the realm of extreme metal. There’s Read more […]
Loincloth warriors adorning your album cover alert listeners to not expect anything modern or breakdown related when it comes to Portugal’s Ironsword. Active for 20 years, they play a type of straightforward Read more […]
Sowing the seeds even when the deck stacks against you can usually mean a reasonable harvest when tides turn. For Florida symphonic power metal band Kamelot, their early 90’s origins meant they needed Read more […]
Hype has a way of inflating expectations sometimes. Currently riding high on the Dark Roots of Thrash II tour with Testament and Exodus and already prepping for this summer’s Mayhem Festival, many eyes Read more […]
Long-running New Zealanders Dawn of Azazel all but disappeared after their aptly-titled third album, Relentless. Now resurfacing six years later with The Tides of Damocles, some things have shifted a Read more […]
“Ex-Trivium drummer” sounds a lot better than it used, probably because Trivium as a whole are better than they were say, ten years ago. It’s a bit of a moot point when discussing the 2013 departure Read more […]
In their own words, Teethgrinder are “giving grindcore a new approach.” Amen to that. Someone has to, and whether this Netherlands-based can or simply cannot, it’s an endeavor worth partaking. The Read more […]
Distinguished Norwegian avant-garde metal superstars Arcturus bummed a lot of folks out with their 2005 effort, Sideshow Symphonies. A common complaint leveled at the album was simple: There was no Garm. Read more […]
Visible for a nano-second on these shores thanks to the Nuclear Blast release of their 2002 album, Machinery, French death thrashers No Return have quietly held court as one of their home country’s forerunners Read more […]
Considering Candlemass’ status as purely a live, non-recording entity, it makes sense that the members would seek out ways to flex their creative muscles in other formats. Guitarist Lars Johansson felt Read more […]
Vouch-o-rama for these guys all the way, for they’re one of the real standbys of ugly, miserable metal. Forgotten Tomb, unlike the shocksters in the Swedish Shining, have a long-running lyrical bent Read more […]
In the pre-internet days, to gain metal credibility you needed to prove yourself on a tape trading, flyering, letter writing and live show DIY basis. That’s how vocalist Chris Barnes during his Cannibal Read more […]
Legends like Raven have been through the corporate ringer and come out the other side stronger, wiser – integrity intact. How you view one of the original NWOBHM purveyors depends on your entry point Read more […]
Japan’s Sigh are like nobody else out there. That in itself says a lot, given the sheer number of metal bands these days. Now, they’ve been at it for quite a while, dropping their first album back in 1993 Read more […]
Tribulation has already proven to many that they aren’t going to stand around and copy the rest of what the rest of the metal world is doing. From humble beginnings pushing towards old school death Read more […]
Business as usual is a good way to describe the latest from Sweden’s death metal warriors of Unleashed. Capturing the momentum from 2012’s Odalheim, Dawn of the Nine has all of the pieces that you Read more […]
Operating under the “blackened crystal death” tag (whatever the hell that is), Japan’s Cohol are a trio, who like a lot of Far East acts, place equal importance on visuals and music. While the band Read more […]
Rewinding back to 2012, Abiotic was catching quite a bit of buzz for their debut, Symbiosis. A blend of technical death metal with some traces of deathcore, it was clear that the band was on to something Read more […]
Always get these Swedes confused with Diabolical and Centinex (bassist Martin Schulman splits time between both bands, so there you go), although Demonical will reach their first-full decade of existence Read more […]
The latest significant entry to the brutal death metal genre, Castrator is a bit of a supergroup, as well as an international act with members from the US, Mexico, Sweden, Norway, and Columbia. The band Read more […]
Formed in 2005 in Austin, Texas, Dead Earth Politics has been honing its groove-laden modern thrash sound through the release of several EPs and a full-length debut album. The band’s first output saw Read more […]
The quest to be the heaviest band on earth forges ahead for some, many of whom will be enjoying the spoils of hearing aids in no time. Heaviness doesn’t always equate to quality, unfortunately, something Read more […]
Ambition, drive, and purpose fuel artists to unforeseen new horizons. In a risk/reward model, many musicians in heavy metal once established wrestle with meeting expectations of your burgeoning following Read more […]
