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Even as a staunch supporter of Richmond’s metal titans Lamb of God, their last album Wrath simply didn’t compare to their previous releases. The...
When it comes to thrash, I’m a very easy sell. So long as the songs are well made, have solid vocals, and most importantly,...
Hardcore in its myriad forms is outside of my comfort zone. It's funny, then, that I should be so comfortable with the music of...
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...
Lurching entreaties to rage and windswept howls of purging catharsis are two of the many pleasures offered up by Brooklyn bootstrappers Batillus. With a...
Deconstruction and Ghost have certainly been some of the most anticipated records of the year for me personally, and now the wait is finally...
Ipsissimus are some funny dudes. Last Saturday at a show in Connecticut, bassist and lead vocalist Tichondrius stated proudly: We're gonna play something off our...
Canada’s Protest The Hero has been making quite a buzz in the metal scene ever since their 2005 release, Kezia. The band has always...
By Atanamar Sunyata Woods 4: The Green Album is a paean to the art of songwriting, a hymn to the almighty riff and a...
By Kit Brown Deathcore, though constantly at the wrong end of too many bad jokes in the metal community, has been making some positive...
by: Noa Avior James LaBrie, you didn't continue life as a battered woman. Mike Portnoy left you for a young piece of meat but...
By: Graham "Gruhamed" Hartmann Before Katherine Katz made her debut as the official third vocalist of Agoraphobic Nosebleed on their 2009 release Agorapocalypse, the...
Would Valley of Smoke continue down the same path the band had been carving out for themselves since their inception, or delve into new...
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: Navjot Kaur Sobti “The path to salvation is an excuse for aberrations:” A warm welcoming note on the packaging of Nuclear’s Jehovirus. You...
By Ben Apatoff LORDI look like GWAR. Now that that's out of the way, remember that originality is overrated, and that being a pioneer...
By Ben Apatoff The title (Collisions and Castaways) and cover art (a treasure chest washed upon the shore) of Alaskans 36 CRAZYFISTS' sixth album...
By Ben Apatoff Five records into their career, NORMA JEAN aren't losing any energy. Most metalcore vocalists could learn from CORY BRANDAN's ferocious clean...
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 Graham "Gruhamed" Hartmann “Cry for help.” A single drum sounds, echoing into nothingness. Time after time it comes, foreshadowing the dark and depraved...
by Graham "Gruhamed" Hartmann I once read online that Daughters vocalist Alexis Marshall’s style could be accurately compared to the sound of Elvis Presley being...
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 It may not be fair to compare DOOMRIDERS to guitarist/vocalist NATE NEWTON's better known day job, but Darkness Come Alive delivers...
