Hi, what are you looking for?
Each week on ‘Throwback Thursday’ we dust off a crucial but underrated album, without which heavy metal’s evolution would have turned out quite differently....
When I saw Nails at New England Metal and Hardcore Fest in 2011, I was instantly won over. They had such a raw, no...
Each week on ‘Throwback Thursday’ we dust off a crucial but underrated album, without which heavy metal’s evolution would have turned out quite differently....
By the turn of the century, Enslaved had produced a quartet of compelling albums, establishing themselves as reliable and unique purveyors of the blackened...
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...
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...
Four years is a long time to go between albums, but when you're working from a relatively unchanging, traditionalist template it's probably not a...
So, it would probably be a fair assumption that if you were considering getting this album, you’re a prior fan of Voivod. And, if...
Venomous Maximus – debuting on LP here after an independently released EP earlier this year – are 80's metal children, to be sure, but not...
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...
For someone who likes heavy music in all its forms, Vision of Disorder really is the best of all worlds. In one band you...
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...
Ostensibly borne of black metal, Krallice suffer from the simplicity of that label. Summoning a protean confluence of speed, intricacy, melody, and rhythmic ardor,...
Maybe it has something to do with apocalyptic musings given to the year, but 2012 has already seen a lions share of bellowing, doom...
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...
With cover art that looks like Skeletor having 'Nam flashbacks, you might be inclined to assume that Fastkill – relentlessly old school, unapologetically cheesy –...
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...
Unlike other old school Swedish death metal bands like Entombed and In Flames, who have frequently tweaked their musical formula in order to evolve...
The PR cycle for Psalms of the Dead comes front loaded with some unfortunate news: after five years of fronting Candlemass, singer Robert Lowe...
Sweden’s Marduk has long been one of my favorite Black Metal acts. While they are rightly criticized for their overuse of blast-beats and other...
Dopesmoker was never gonna fly; not as an album title, not on a major label. It was actually the least of the band's worries....
Beyond Black Sabbath, traditional doom puts me to sleep. My interest in the bleak arts is only piqued by the extraordinary; Pallbearer are precisely...
