March is nearly over and soon April will bring “Tragic Idol” the 13th release from Paradise Lost. In anticipation of the new album, I’ve been listening to some of my favorite music from Paradise Lost.
Read MoreLast night, as I was shuffling through the new music available on iTunes, I was surprised to come across “Existence of Trauma” the new album from Finnish metal band Am I Blood.
Read MoreOverkill are like heavy metal cockroaches. They’ve been around forever; nothing seems to kill them, and it seems like they will be around long after everyone else is gone.
Read MoreAll hail the return of 3 Inches of Blood! For months now, I have been looking forward to “Long Live Heavy Metal”, the fifth album from these BC metal gods.
Read MoreSo I am a little embarrassed to admit that I have been mixing up bands. Somehow I have been thinking Aura Noir was Blut Aus Nord. I do not know how I got thinking that, but every time I...
Read MoreI’ve been a fan of Borknagar for a number of years. I first heard them back in 1997 when I picked up their second album, “The Olden Domain”, which featured Garm (Ulver) on vocals.
Read MoreNext up, we have Bejelit, an Italian metal band that according to Encyclopaedia Metallum plays power metal. They do have many attributes of power metal, but I think...
Read MoreDeadend in Venice is a melodic death metal band hailing from Germany. “See You on the Ground” is the band's first album. I’ve been writing up a number of metal bands recently that feature...
Read MoreToday we have Italian progressive gothic doom band Your Tomorrow Alone and their debut record for My Kingdom Music, “Ordinary Lives.” Their bio sheet lists influences such as Paradise Lost...
Read MoreToday I fired up the iPhone, looked at the schedule, and queued up Chainfist. I popped in my earphones and started playing their debut album, “Black Out Sunday”...
Read MoreSurprise of the week comes from Swedish melodic death metal band Deals Death. Their second album, “Elite”, was the only new metal release I could find on iTunes today...
Read MoreToday we have another release that I have been eagerly awaiting these last few months – the fourth Pharaoh album, “Bury the Light.” I first heard these guys after the release of their last album...
Read MoreFans of Rhapsody take heed! Italian symphonic power metal band Drakkar have returned with their fourth album, “When Lightning Strikes.” Italy is well known for operas, so their quality symphonic metal...
Read MoreTormenter is an L.A. thrash band who happens to be EBM Records re-release label mates with Prophecy and Armor Column, two bands I reviewed last week.
Read MoreToday marks the U.S. release of the twelfth Cannibal Corpse album, “Torture.” I’ve been looking forward to this album for several months. I started listening to Cannibal Corpse...
Read MoreListen up children, today’s lesson is in persistence. Nothing good in life comes quickly or easy and Brazilian thrash band Prophecy are a perfect example. Formed in 1985 under the name...
Read MoreHere we have Unbodied an unsigned band from Ohio and their self-titled five song EP. Their brief bio states that they incorporate elements of death metal, sludge, thrash, stoner metal and progressive...
Read More(In the voice of a movie trailer narrator guy): In a world where heavy metal has fractured and become segmented into countless sub-genres that all stick rigidly to the rulebook of their particular style...
Read MoreHeidevolk, which translates to “people of the moorland” in English, is a Dutch folk/Viking metal band. “Batavi” is their fourth album and is sung entirely in their native Dutch.
Read MoreYesterday I covered Napalm Death and Asphyx; today I’m starting with Corrosion of Conformity (sans Pepper). Time allowing I’ve also got albums on deck by Drudkh and Eluveitie. And don’t get me started on the treasure trove of NWOBHM-worship...
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