Originally conceived under the too-awesome-to-not-type banner of Goat Molestor, London-based vintage death doomsters Grave Miasma already have the badge of credibility going for them. Since they adopted Read more […]
Listening to grind circa 2013…has it been perfected? Has the style seen better days, or will there be another tidal wave bringing in a Napalm Death, or a Brutal Truth, or more recently, Singapore’s Read more […]
This probably didn’t happen, but DR imagined the six gentlemen and one lady that comprise of Pursuing the End sitting in the studio after the completion of Symmetry of Scorn, suitably pleased and of Read more […]
Our own Josh Overbey quipped to DR that it “seems antithetical” for a band like Norway’s Ildjarn to have their own Facebook page. He’s right – since when was it okay in the Black Metal Rulebook Read more […]
Nine years removed from their last studio effort (2004’s FWX), and Fates Warning remains on the tip of progressive metal tongues. The 2011 Arch/Matheos album was the next best thing to an actual record Read more […]
DR was provided with a physical copy of Diabolical’s new Neogenesis album, an infrequent, yet celebratory occurrence that takes us back to when our mailbox bore daily treasures in the cardboard promo days. Read more […]
It’s good to see another modern-by-way-Europe metal band pop up; it takes DR back to the time when Mnemic, Raunchy, and Textures were starting to boil, with the trio proceeding to veer off in desirable Read more […]
Free agents after their split with Ibex Moon Records, San Antonio death metal stalwarts Hod (named after the Norse God Hodur) have slapped together a three-song primer as means to stay in the metal public’s Read more […]
Sorrow and Skin is a very Unique Leader-esque, even though this gang called Scalpel fancies Boston as its home. It’s the first takeaway from an album that doesn’t have a very large wingspan – it’s Read more […]
Get ready for an influx of Pantera-related books. It was bound to happen; you have those sugary glam years, Anselmo joining the fold, Cowboys From Hell, worldwide domination, Dimebag’s death, so on and Read more […]
Reissue two of two for doom giants Saint Vitus, Die Healing was originally released in 1995, and was intended to be the band’s last hurrah. Their subsequent reunion 13 years later nixed that, but Die Healing Read more […]
Backed by Fenriz of Darkthrone, which is pretty much the ultimate seal of approval these days, Gothenburg, Sweden’s Bombus have been road dogging-it hard since their 2010 self-titled debut, translating Read more […]
Listening to Vile Extinction, DR starts to think about how unproductive Bolt Thrower is, and how on the line Hail of Bullets are, and it’s like, “Who is after these guys?” Maybe Panzerchrist, but Read more […]
Eibon La Furies’ The Immoral Compass is nonsensical and avant-garde. That, we know. It’s not any good either, which is a bummer since most of what Code666 releases can properly toe the line between being Read more […]
Getting further and further away from their “battle metal” halcyon days, Finland’s Turisas have bounced back from 2011’s subpar Stand Up and Fight with the oddly-named Turisas2013. Guess they want Read more […]
Sometimes you just want to get something that works – Mr. Right Now, as she says. Well if what you are lusting after is a new slab of good Swedish death metal, perhaps Demonical’s forthcoming album Read more […]
An album called Ironworks, but recorded in Arizona, eh? They should have just set up shop in one of the countless abandoned steel mills in Pittsburgh to get the real thing, but GOG found a proper solution: Read more […]
What’s a death metal band from Kentucky to do? Release ten albums since 1993, that’s what. Abominant have long flown under the death metal radar, possibly due to their geographical locale, although Read more […]
Weird…if an American band attempted the brand of no-frills/meathead/”attitude” metal that Days of Anger lay out, then DR would probably be having another hissy fit over how dated and unintelligent Read more […]
A rare serious moment for GWAR, as Battle Maximus is dedicated to fallen guitarist Flattus Maximus, aka Cory Smoot, who tragically passed away during the band’s fall 2011 North American tour. It’s probably Read more […]
Non-traditional band lineups are pretty cool when you don’t realize the fact that you’re listening to something non-traditional, until further investigation. That’s the difference between a gimmick Read more […]
By most accounts, Windhand aren’t unique. They possess a guitar tone that is nearing absolute redundancy, which will one day send yours truly running to the hills in search of a 5150 to dry-hump. They’re Read more […]
The long overdue reissuance of Saint Vitus’s storied back catalog begins with 1992’s polarizing C.O.D., or “Children of Doom.” The first album without Wino (who famously went on to front The Obsessed for Read more […]
Plenty of love for Usurper, not only for their homage to the Celtic Frost song of the same name, but for their unassuming, yet convincing brand of retro death/thrash. (Well, they were pretty assuming wearing Read more […]
After nearly two decades since Carcass’s last studio release, these perennial underground favorites have returned to deliver a new slab of unrepentant extremity, and a new batch of unwieldy song titles Read more […]
Sweden’s defunct-since-’11 Slumber have slowly started to gain some respect and traction for their lone album, 2004’s Fallout. As one of the few atmospheric melodic doom bands to make headway the last Read more […]
Australian metal in general appears to be gaining worldwide attention in a variety of genres. Damnations Day is another quartet who intends to bring their creativity and songwriting wares to the table Read more […]
All sorts of firepower (pun intended) on hand for The Living Magisterium, the debut EP from Wisconsin’s Emblazoned. Featuring former and current members of Jungle Rot and Decrepit Birth (we don’t have Read more […]
Dave Grohl got his hands on this, which for some, is enough to stop reading/listening right away. (Doesn’t Zakk Wylde hate this dude?) The rather visible Foo Fighters mainman has given Blood!, a collection Read more […]
This UK thrash act has been through a three-phase career to many fans. Their first two albums Power From Hell and The Force set the British thrash template, while album #3 In Search Of Sanity featured Read more […]
