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 […]
With all of the bands currently out there blatantly copying the old school death metal masters (of which Death certainly qualifies) and never quite owning up to it, does it truly make a difference if one Read more […]
Remarkably, the notion of re-releasing albums from digital to physical form is still appealing to some…like Grey Skies Fallen. (And this journalist, too.) The ever-reliable Brooklyn doom brigade originally Read more […]
Onward were an up-and-comer who never quite got their due in the early 00’s, still have some resonance in traditional American metal circles, especially guitarist Toby Knapp. Knapp, who we’ve covered Read more […]
The way that some bands have tended to blur the lines between different genres seems to be the best way to go. Take some of the best bits from a number of different styles and set them up in a way that Read more […]
The product of a collaboration between several Berklee College of Music students in 2011, Boston’s Native Construct aim to push modern metal parameters through their eclectic influences and wide array Read more […]
Marduk are one of the longest-standing stalwarts of Satanic black metal around, cranking out the blasphemy since their infamous Fuck Me Jesus demo way back in 1991. Of course, true longevity in music is Read more […]
Last year’s Tied to a Dying Animal double-album displayed two very different sides of Shroud of Despondency. One album of black/death, the other was neo-folk. It shouldn’t have worked but it did, Read more […]
After a rather well-received demo back in 2013 (appropriately titled MXIII), Irish extreme metallers Malthusian are back with a three song EP entitled Below the Hengiform. With a sound that frequently Read more […]
Next in the coming from out of nowhere zone is Psychomancer, who bring us their latest EP, Inject the Worms. Their first piece of music since 2007, it was a pleasant surprise after Microsoft Paint-esque Read more […]
[9/10] These are head turning times if you are a lifer in the melodic death metal fan club. Realizing that as bands gain more seasoning, life experience, and naturally get older their outlook and style Read more […]
You know what 2015 has been lacking in? Standout technical death metal bands from Unique Leader. Last year we were spoiled early on with releases from The Kennedy Veil, Soreption, and Alterbeast, but Read more […]
If we were to rank bands based on aesthetics, then Kommandant would shoot right up the list. The Chicago-based black industrial metal troupe have fortified a look and feel that perfectly adopts the music Read more […]
To be a female-fronted thrash band in the mid-80s…either a blessing or a curse. Thrash wasn’t quite at its balloon-busting point (that would come around 1989), but it did invite all sort of new angles Read more […]
The latest album to get the vinyl reissue treatment is that of Incantation’s first release, Entrantment of Evil. Given Incantation’s status within the extreme metal scene, it’s a well-deserved look Read more […]
Hailed as one of the fastest axe men of all time by a number of prominent guitar specialty magazines worldwide, Chris Impellitteri at age 50 has no intention of straying from his neo-classical oriented Read more […]
The side-project of Novembers’ Doom guitarist Vito Marchese, The Kahless Clone, as one would expect, is of the highest quality. Being that Marchese’s main act has come to perfect straightforward American Read more […]
Sometimes, an album just needs a little extra time to brew in order to get the best result possible. Ad Nauseam’s debut, Nihil Quam Vacuitas Ordinatum Est, was five years in the making. The Italian Read more […]
Strange how some bands can just escape your grasp for such a long time. Loch Vostok being the latest example of this, with From These Waters being the band’s sixth effort. Playing with a formula that Read more […]
A little long on the self-loathing, eh? While the name “Dead Summer Society” sounds appropriate for an 80’s coming-of-age Goth movie, the band sounds as one would expect, which is forlorn, loathing, Read more […]
Perpetually under-rated groove/thrashers Byzantine have never had it easy. The band broke up originally after 2008’s Oblivion Beckons, and then reformed to crowdfund their self-titled offering back Read more […]
Initially formed in 1988 in Stockholm, Sweden, epic doom metal outfit Sorcerer released two demos before bassist Johnny Hagel left to join Tiamat in 1992. The remaining members split up and went their Read more […]
One band grabbing some momentum lately is that of Germany’s Der Weg einer Freiheit. After two celebrated albums, the band moved up the ranks to Season of Mist for their third effort, Stellar. While Read more […]
Florida’s Mindscar brings a large dose of energy to their version of modern death metal. The selling point of Trivium’s Matt Heafy doing a few backing lines and a guitar solo may swing you in the Read more […]
Dortmund, Germany’s Infesting Swarm play a style of melodic blackened death metal, or maybe deathened melodic black metal is more correct. What’s clear is that it’s all of these things. And further, there Read more […]
