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Overtly sinister sonic imagery requires some suspension of disbelief on my part. Either I’ll buy into a band’s bombast and bluster, or their attempts...
Short on technical ability, long on old school spirit, Australia's Vomitor evoke something Quorthon might have released on Black Mark had the label been around in 1987. Back-to-basics...
Venomous Maximus – debuting on LP here after an independently released EP earlier this year – are 80's metal children, to be sure, but not...
Ufomammut, the Italian experimenters of space and sound, have returned with their second album of the year: Oro – “Opus Alter”. This album follows on...
Becoming The Archetype present their latest album with the added pressure of introducing new bandmates to the mix. Whenever a vocalist leaves a band,...
In This Moment comes back with their latest release, Blood. People seem to be black and white when it comes to their opinions on...
Al Cisneros of stoner titans Sleep and Emil Amos have created a sonic masterpiece with Advaitic Songs. Om don’t really seem to fit into...
That there title represents that this CD compiles two out of print vinyl releases by Houston's Venomous Maximus, namely the The Mission EP and...
A few months ago, there was complete uproar in the city of Boston with rumors of Old Man Gloom returning to grace us not...
Some metal bands age better than others. Come to think of it, some metal genres age better than others. As far as I can...
Shadows Fall has made its name as one of the most influential and popular metal bands of the last ten years. Despite this fact,...
Owing either to their Italian origins or a discography heretofore released on small, defunct labels or the band's own Supernatural Cat imprint – most...
Sigh have always gotten by on a certain eclectic restlessness, an ADD amalgam of dichotomous moods and paraphrased genres. At times their sheer adventurousness...
To me, when it comes to deathcore, bands and albums are pretty hit or miss. It’s very much a gamble whenever I pick up...
It’s always a bummer when something with the potential to be awesome ends up being pretty mediocre. There’s certainly a lot to like about...
By 1993, the Norwegian black metal scene was engaged in an all-out, lo-fi war with mainstream death metal and the society that condoned it....
Without a shred of shame, I will say that I have always enjoyed Abigail Williams. In my days as a Metal DJ up at...
Cynic has always been a band known for defying the confines of any particular genre. Their classic, 1993 debut Focus remains unrivaled by most...
I would be willing to bet that the early Norwegian black metal bands didn’t anticipate their style of music to actually last for a...
I generally try to shy away from direct band comparisons, unless the antecedents were such blatant influences that to ignore them would be to...
Path of Totality isn't the album I was expecting from Tombs; this is a good thing. The band enlisted John Congleton (Baroness, Explosions in...
Discounting the formative, retrospectively uncharacteristic Retribution – well received at the time but juvenilia in hindsight – Obscura launched themselves to the forefront of...
By Ben Apatoff Solo albums tend to follow one of two paths. One being "Here's something I wouldn't normally do with my band" (see...
