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Tobias “Wintherr” Möckl has been releasing cold, raw, harsh black metal under the Paysage d'Hiver pseudonym since 1997, and bears the standard of Swiss...
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"Defeated Sanity is one of the best in the game of absolute top-tier extremity."
Tobias “Wintherr” Möckl has been releasing cold, raw, harsh black metal under the Paysage d'Hiver pseudonym since 1997, and bears the standard of Swiss...
Somewhere, someone writing or YouTubing (or however kid's today get their point across) a review of Cannibal Corpse’s 15th album is kicking it off...
Liquid Tension Experiment 3 is a remarkable return for one of progressive metal’s greatest instrumental troupes.
Fans have long argued about which Zao era truly takes the cake, but many more should acknowledge the band’s late-career resurgence. Classics like Sprinter...
The saying goes, everything is bigger in Texas. This adage rings especially true in the riff department, exemplified most recently by Steel Bearing Hand....
Metal finds its way back into the mix on the latest outing from these Russian masters of ambient and neofolk.
The term "progressive metalcore" is quite peculiar and borderline oxymoronic. Metalcore alludes to one of the most accessible metal subgenres. On the other hand,...
The Bitter Truth, Evanescence's first album of all new material in a decade, will hit the sweet spot for longtime fans.
Genghis Tron’s third album Dream Weapon comes after 11 years of uncertainty. 2008’s Board Up The House was a classic of its era, a...
As if the grey in my beard and pubes and the number of times per night my parasympathetic nervous system rouses me in order...
The legendary UK band Saxon pays homage to artists who influenced them on the covers album Inspirations.
Call it the return of a supergroup, if you must, or call it the return of a collection of dudes known for their ability...
Suppressive Fire unleash the heavy artillery with Invasion, a thrash metal-paced crash course through four theaters of World War II. The band tells us Invasion...
Other than a few hiccups, 'A History of Nomadic Behavior' furthers the storied legacy of swampy, cynical violence Eyehategod has built.
With Product of My Environment, Jarhead Fertilizer becomes the kick in the teeth the extreme metal underground needs in 2021.
Empyrium dives back into metal and produces what may be the best album of their storied career.
Black Sheep Wall has evolved their sound, but not at the cost of ultra-heavy savagery to pile drive listeners into the center of the...
I'm always in awe of the prolificity and breadth of the Melvins. Being active nearly forty years now, they have continued relentlessly to churn...
The veteran Swedish progressive/power metal band Evergrey deliver another consistently good album with Escape of the Phoenix.
“We know that we are entering the final years of our career as musicians: the winter of our lifetime.” – says frontman Fernando Ribiero....
Suffering Hour's latest is steeped in a fog of mystery, permeating from its lofty lyrical theorems and barbaric speeds. The Cyclic Reckoning is a...
While its length can be felt at times, Mære becomes a compelling progression of Harakiri for the Sky's powerful brand of post-black metal.
Chemical Warfare is the exact kind of stagnant album dynamic you’ve come to expect from Escape The Fate. Escape The Fate is a band...