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Hungary is not Norway or France, but it has a thriving black metal scene of its own. Recent releases by Vorkuta and Aetherius Obscuritas (review...
Through the Eyes of the Dead are basically a new band now – and not just because only one original member remains, guitarist Justin...
Below is the 2nd edition of Crustcake Presents. Every week, renowned music blogger Crustcake will present to you an album that will sync with...
So much black metal wants to be taken seriously; Deathspell Omega actually deserves such scrutiny. At first, this secretive French outfit seems pretentious. Long...
Severe Torture has come a long way since "Decomposing Bitch." That, um, composition graced its first record, 2000's Feasting on Blood. Essentially Cannibal Corpse...
Unlike many rockers turned pop culture celebrities, Sebastian Bach isn't overexposed. This is probably because his star turns are so strange. While Bret Michaels has...
Yet more Latin-loving French black metal – if I'd known I was going to be a metal writer, I would have studied Latin in...
Ou·tré [oo-trey] –adjective: passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre. For being supposedly extreme, death metal has become quite...
What is a band debut doing on Roadrunner? These days, the label seems to trade only blue chips, solely acquiring seasoned veterans with established...
Only in the Internet age could bands so far away sound so alike. Compare All Shall Perish's (Bay Area) first album with Alienacja (Poland),...
One-man Hungarian black metal: how much more obscure can one get? Paragon Records excel at unearthing hidden gems like Aetherius Obscuritas, aka Arkhorrl, who...
Most people will know Sickening Horror for drummer George Kollias, of Nile notoriety. This is good in that his work on the Greek band's full-length...
Seemingly every metal label now has an entry in the retro thrash sweepstakes; Relapse's is Dekapitator. But to the Bay Area band's credit, it...
North Carolina's Killwhitneydead are locked in a death match with California's Graf Orlock for the title of "cinema core" kings. Their M.O. is the...
Bands have been chipping away at Meshuggah's block for a while now, hoping to take away a piece or two to call their own. ...
There are certain record labels which I trust on dealing with bands that have a lot of “artistic credibility”. The End Records has built...
I tend to compare goth metal bands to TYPE O NEGATIVE, as I think TYPE O NEGATIVE is the kind of band who always...
For those new kids out there, “Wages Of Sin” was not ARCH ENEMY's first album! For you melodic metalcore kids still high on LAMB...
I’m a total sucker for vinyls. The 7″ is one of the most underground releases you can make, and having one makes me feel...
It’s funny what goes on at Wikipedia. Sometimes I don’t think that the article neutrality header comes up often enough. I tried looking up...
I’ve always found it a little sad that DARK FUNERAL have put all their energy into the “all fast songs all the time” routine....
If we travel back far enough in time in the history of DARK FUNERAL, you can see that the lineup revolves around founding guitarist...
Has anyone noticed the large amount of so-called “experimental” or “art” style bands in the world of metalcore that draw heavily from their peers?...
