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Looking through all the material I’ve gotten from Razorback Records, I’m just wondering how this label is able to get bands so focused on...
Growing up in the world metal as I did in the 90’s, I never had the opportunity to get exposed to melodic death metal...
Get into your time machine and get her up to 88 mph, because we’re going back to the old school! Are you not familiar...
Every time I kept on playing this, I thought it sounded like a soundtrack to something, but I couldn’t think of what. Then it...
The genre of black/death seems to be one of the few new things you can get into if you’re into “real” metal. The trouble...
I thought the days of SUFFOCATION cloning were done! In all fairness though, there’s a very good reason why SUFFOCATION was ripped off more...
People who have become familiar with my reviews have probably noticed that I pretty much destroy derivative albums. I mean, why buy a cheap...
12 years into its career, Darkest Hour continues to improve. Over its past three albums, this DC band has progressed from being just another...
The contents are exactly as advertised: Metal God Essentials Vol. 1. This release collects the highlights of Rob Halford's solo career to date in...
Buy a neck brace. That seems to be the message that August Burns Red is trying to get across with their sophomore release Messengers....
When you ask today's metal heads who the titans of metal are, you're likely to hear names like LAMB OF GOD, DIMMU BORGIR, ARCH...
After the demise of German black metal band Nagelfar (not to be confused with the Swedish band Naglfar), drummer Alexander von Meilenwald formed The...
It's pompous. It's polished and perfect. The first instrumental solo is blistering, full of fleet fingering and hot bends – on keyboards. The kind...
Ever since Martin Brändström joined Dark Tranquillity for 1999's Projector, the band has honed its now-signature sound – keyboard-driven, Gothenburg melodic death metal. Changes...
Dokken's 1979 demo, Back in the Streets (available for free download here), is worth hearing, as it's quite unlike what the name Dokken typically...
Marty Friedman is best known as Megadeth's lead guitarist from Rust in Peace until Risk. However, his solo career, while inconsistent, has been perhaps...
It's not a good sign when all a band does is remind you of other bands. That's the musical equivalent of sleeping with someone...
Impious' Holy Murder Masquerade has amazingly ingenious liner notes. They take the form of a comic book, with the lyrics as speech and thought...
Recording an album with a band is hard enough; recording one by yourself is exponentially harder. Thus, it's noteworthy when a one-man project like...
Allow me to state my taxonomic understanding of the no-woman's land between metal and hardcore. When a hardcore band exhibits metallic tendencies, they're, natch,...
For some reason, the YouTube test of guitar proficiency these days is how well one can play Necrophagist songs. Well, The Faceless would wipe...
When your drummer leaves your band, what do you do? When you're Savannah, GA band Kylesa, and you drink as much as they do,...
A.C.T. is probably closer to rock than metal, but open-minded folks seeking more than the newest br00tal band would do well to give it...
