I am a fan of both doom metal and more extreme styles such as black and death metal, and as such the wicked procreation that is death doom holds great appeal. I love the monster riffs and melancholy...

Unless we are talking about one of my favorite bands, I don’t usually tend to bother with albums that repackage demos from early in a band’s career. However, I have been listening...

Brennan Dylan is one of the more energetic and likeable people I have encountered while reviewing music. A lot of the material I receive for review, that doesn’t come from a label or my own obsessive searching...

Fans of traditional doom metal rejoice, for Sweden, the land of Candlemass, has put forth a new doom metal band worthy of note. I speak of the band Below and their full-length debut, “Across the Dark River.”

Today the dark lords of metal bestow their unholy gifts upon us, for this day marks the birth of a new Triptykon album, and we, the unworthy masses, may now bask in its uncompromising greatness. 

Last week I was poring over a list of new releases and saw the band name Crypt of Silence. I thought that was pretty cool sounding, so I looked the band up on YouTube to try to hear them.

A little over a year after the release of their last album, South Korea’s Harry Big Button is back with a new EP called “Perfect Storm.” I have had the pleasure of reviewing...

As we close in on four years of living in a world no longer blessed by the presence of one of metal’s greatest voices, we wake today to the release of a new tribute album in honor of the late, great Ronnie James Dio.

Today I complete this week’s Bandcamp hat trick with a third album purchased from the site. This is the funeral doom band Suffer Yourself and their debut album, “Inner Sanctum.” 

Have you ever wondered what it might sound like if Alice in Chains played doom metal with a splash of progressive black metal? Me neither, but then I came across Italian band Shores of Null and their first album, “Quiescence.”

This week I seem to be on a roll with the Bandcamp artists. A few days ago I came across the Spanish black metal band Frozen Dawn and their second album, “Those of the Cursed Light.”

I don’t usually find myself listening to much in the way of new death metal these days. Far too many death metal bands have been putting out far too many albums lately that all sound the same.

Psalm Zero is an avant-garde duo from New York and “The Drain” is their first album. I came across these guys while looking over a list of new releases and gave them a listen on iTunes...

Today I bring you the recently released third album from Norwegian melodic black metal band, Subliritum; this is “Downfall.” I’m curious what the band name means. 

How many Anvil fans we got out there? The correct answer is: not enough. Anvil has been around forever, yet for whatever reason, they’ve never received the success and accolades that they really deserved. 

The last few years have brought us a number of cool heavy metal documentary films, but few and far between are the actual fiction movies with an overt metal theme.

Godhunter is a doom/sludge/hardcore style band from Tucson, Arizona and “City of Dust” is their debut album. I mention doom because some of the riffage on the album seems like it qualifies...

So far this year there have only been a few albums that really excited me and made me eager to put fingers to keyboard. I know for a fact that there are a number of albums on the horizon that I am greatly anticipating...

Much to my most unholy delight, Behemoth has this week graced us with their tenth and latest album, “The Satanist.” Sure, the release of a new Behemoth album is reason enough...

Well, hello there! Long time, no see! I know; I have been neglecting my writing duties here for the last six months or so. Last year was a tough year. Trying to write regular reviews...

Kröwnn is an Italian doom metal band and “Hyborean Age” appears to be their first demo/album. When I think of Italian metal, mostly I think of power metal and symphonic metal because there is a lot of great music in those styles coming out of the country. 

Chthonic is a Taiwanese black metal band with Eastern folk influences and “Bú-Tik” is their seventh album. Back in 2011 I reviewed Chthonic’s last album, “Takasago Army” and thought that was brilliant, so it shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise...

Sound the horns and grab your steel! The mighty Amon Amarth have been sighted on the horizon; they come bearing their ninth album, “Deceiver of the Gods.”Man, have I got a lot to say about this album. First and most obvious – A NEW AMON AMARTH ALBUM!

Alexi and the lads, aka Children of Bodom, have returned with their eighth and latest album, “Halo of Blood.” I’ve been a fan of Children of Bodom since the band’s first album was released in 1997, but I have to admit...

Happy New Black Sabbath Day! The day we thought would never come has finally arrived: the release of a new Black Sabbath album featuring Ozzy Osbourne on vocals. Granted, only three of the four original...

My first review of 2013 was of Tengger Cavalry’s “Sunesu Cavalry.” I loved what I heard, and so I was very excited to recently receive the promo for their latest material. Tennger Cavalry is a Chinese folk/black metal band...

A Sound of Thunder is a metal band from Northern Virgnia (NoVa!) and “Time’s Arrow” is their third album. Last year I came across A Sound of Thunder when they released their second album, “Out of the Darkness.” I was blown away by the vocal power...

Satan is a UK metal band from the NWOBHM era and “Life Sentence” is their third overall album and their first since 1987. With a name like Satan, these guys were bound to catch my attention as a young kid in the 80s. I remember seeing "Court in the Act"... 

Atrocity is a…well, they were…yeah, but then they became…only now they are…well, let’s just say nailing down a particular style for Atrocity is like hitting a moving target.

Cathedral, the legendary UK doom metal band, has returned with their tenth and final album, “The Last Spire.”I covered Cathedral not too long ago in a 365 Days of Metal video when I talked about their 1995 third album, “The Carnival Bizarre.”