Hail the return of Polish death metal purveyors Vader! (Being a life-long Star Wars fan the name Vader wins bonus points in my book.) This band has been around forever...
Read MoreThe wait is nearly over. “Agony” will be hitting the streets next week and what a welcome arrival it will be. Described as Italian technical death metal, I have to wonder...
Read MoreIf I’m doing my math correctly, the average age of the three founding members of Diamond Plate is 18. They released their first EP in 2008 at 15 years old.
Read MoreWhat happens when you take some people from power metal bands and throw them together with some people from death metal bands? Well in this case you get Mayan.
Read MoreRare are those moments when you come across music that really connects with you and you just know that you’ve found a new favorite band. Some people have a new favorite band every week which dilutes the experience.
Read MoreSome people will never admit they are wrong and will fight to uphold a mistake long after it makes any sense to do so. Not me though, I can admit when I’m wrong.
Read MorePoking around in the new releases on iTunes this morning I noticed that Sinister Realm just released a new album, “The Crystal Eye”. I liked their first album...
Read MoreHere we are again: Another show at Jaxx, and another complaint about how they never open on time. I checked their website before leaving work and it said the doors were at 6PM.
Read MoreGrunge. I remember well how it came along like an avalanche from nowhere and killed off the pop music and hair metal of the 80s. Most of the remaining metal went...
Read MoreWikipedia lists All Shall Perish as a deathcore band from Oakland, CA. I’m not a real fan of the term deathcore or the bands that are generally associated with it.
Read MoreI seem to be on a Viking/Folk metal kick lately, because today we have Falkenbach, a Viking metal band from Germany. It is funny how time gets away from us...
Read MoreHow many people actually listen to music which is sung in a language they do not speak? I’m just curious. I wonder how successful bands are that sing only in...
Read More“Baldur” is the debut album from Icelandic metal band Skálmöld. The only other music I know from Iceland is Björk, and this is a wee bit heavier.
Read MoreI’m willing to bet most people have never heard of Artas; I know I hadn’t before receiving this album to review. And I know a lot of metal bands. So I must say I was...
Read MoreIn late 2007, with four albums already under their belt, Decapitated’s career suddenly came into question after a tour bus accident which took the life of drummer Witold "Vitek" Kie?tyka...
Read MoreEpic. That is the word that first springs to mind during the first track from “A Rose for the Apocalypse” the latest from Draconian. Vast, sprawling textures…Epic.
Read MoreI don’t know about you, but to me Cerebral Bore sound like a bunch of pissed off Scots. What’s that you say…they are a bunch of pissed off Scotts? Well there you go.
Read MoreIn my last review I talked about Ghost and how they do an awesome job channeling the early Mercyful fate sound. I have to admit that it was all part of my evil master plan to...
Read MoreThere are a lot of new bands forming these days that are forsaking the current trends in metal and creating music that sounds like it could have been released in the 80s.
Read MoreOnce upon a time, in the far away land of England (far away for me anyway) there lived a band. This band’s name was Black Sabbath. And one day Black Sabbath invented heavy metal.
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