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Let's be real about this: Clutch is one of the only hard rock bands in the world worth caring about. A howling, bombed out wilderness...
There’s been quite the buzz around Killswitch Engage as of late, what with Howard Jones’ departure and original vocalist Jesse Leach stepping in to...
When you think of blast beats you're mind probably goes to something like Napalm Death or Rotten Sound nowadays. Perhaps Pig Destroyer's Prowler in...
Not that I would want to subject myself to the hair-splitting involved, but if I had to give you an example of "true metal",...
It's both ironic and fitting that, while debate heats with every passing year about who is more "kvlt" in the realm of black metal,...
Suffocation are, for all intents and purposes, my death metal home base. I was weaned on the mid-90s death metal scene in New York...
As the old saying goes, "don't judge a book by its cover"; well definitely don't judge this excellent album by its lackluster, high school...
Imbroglio know that modern life is not harmonious; there is no balance, there is no such thing as solace. The band craft music that’s...
Venomous Maximus – debuting on LP here after an independently released EP earlier this year – are 80's metal children, to be sure, but not...
It's a retro world. That's not a value judgment, just a statement of fact. Some lament this fact as if its a permanent turn...
Anaal Nathrakh have never presented themselves as black metal, but few bands outside that genre generate the kind of love-'em-or-hate-'em, spoilsport vibes these Brummie...
I’m a devotee of My Dying Bride in principle, if not always in practice. The band have been indulging us in beautiful misery for...
Everyone rides that Sword jock nowadays – it's worn, broken in and smells pleasantly of oiled leather – but let's pause a moment to reflect upon...
The moment is finally here; the Time is now (hur-hur). I suppose the default question must be: "does it meet expectations?" But could anything,...
Cryptopsy's reputation has been in a constant state of flux over the last 4 to 5 years and since the dust only recently has...
I do believe that we have delivered a record that will be accepted and hopefully enjoyed by the DOWN horde — if you will…If...
From the chilly Scandinavian homeland which they draw their inspiration, Ensiferum sits atop the heap of modern folk-metal bands. Along with other genre standbys...
I don't think it was necessarily a surprise when Testament knocked it out of the park with 2008's The Formation of Damnation. Fans may...
I got so much grief from people…about “not being black a metal band.” And I’m not proclaiming to be. But it’s part of our...
It's a long journey from paying tribute to being tribute-worthy oneself. It's a common pitfall among many artists: hamstringing themselves with their own sense...
In 2012, just about every new metal band clearly wants to prove to listeners that they know how to shred, blast, and groove simultaneously....
With bass player Daniel Ekeroth having literally written the book (0n) Swedish Death Metal, you'd expect Usurpress to have their shit together, and that...
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...
