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Lurching entreaties to rage and windswept howls of purging catharsis are two of the many pleasures offered up by Brooklyn bootstrappers Batillus. With a...
When it comes to the David Vincent era of Morbid Angel, there’s really no debate; the band was at the top of their game....
By Atanamar Sunyata Flashback (eleven years) to college: sitting in a friend's apartment, drinking 40s and watching the “Over The Edge” WWF pay-per-view event. ...
by: Graham "Gruhamed" Hartmann When I first saw the lineup for the 2010 DECIBEL DEFIANCE TOUR, I did the following in order: 1. Shit...
by: Joseph Romanowski I’m not a huge fan of shtick. I don’t know. Maybe it’s because I haven’t been a teenager for many years...
by James Zalucky When it comes to THE ACACIA STRAIN, I usually enjoy their music live rather than on record. Vincent Bennett's brutalizing growls...
By Ben Apatoff They've got a band name that's impossible to take seriously. As with their last album, their third release's title sounds like...
By Ben Apatoff The cover art suggests that they've missed ALICE IN CHAINS' comeback. The title is taken from a a poem that's almost...
By: Shannon Joy I've spent most summers of my adult life running the festival circuit throughout Europe, though oddly enough, I've never experienced their...
By Ben Apatoff Like any remotely interesting hardcore band these days, CANCER BATS don't play it straight-up. The Canadian punks have a strong southern...
By: Navjot Kaur Back in the early days of Feel the Fire, when tape-trading was the way to market yourself in a glam-metal dominated...
By Ben Apatoff Until the Light Takes Us, a new documentary chronicling black metal-related crimes in Norway in the early '90s, tells a fascinating...
By Ben Apatoff Why bother reviewing a new album by SLAYER? You'll enjoy it if you liked the last few, and you'll steer clear...
By Ben Apatoff Shame on anyone who pronounces thrash metal to be dead. Bands like MUNICIPAL WASTE and SKELETONWITCH are fanning the neo-thrash flame...
By Ben Apatoff UPDATE: You can now stream the entire disc on the band's MySpace page. (Also, don't miss our epic live footage of...
Last weekend will be a weekend that I will never forget. Vice Magazine and Scion (the car company) teamed up to present Scion Rock...
No band has done more for American metal under the Bush years than LAMB OF GOD. For eight years, Virginia's finest upped the ante...
Vader are fond of exclamation points. This EP, originally available during 2007's Death by Decibels tour, has songs titled "Lead Us!!!" and "Die!!!". They...
Below is the inagural edition of Crustcake Presents. Every week, renowned music blogger Crustcake will present to you an album that will sync with...
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 been into AS I LAY DYING since “Frail Words Collapse” in 2003. I think that album is a landmark in time. Not only...
In a strange turn of events, the only one man black metal band I ever sent an e-mail to (who shall currently remain not...
Before I even start this off, I know what many of you will say as soon as you see the band name, “That’s not...
