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Someone's been listening to their King Diamond. Oh, what the hell… there are so many Venom, Bathory and Celtic Frost clones flitting about – not to mention Sabbath, Slayer and even Blue Oyster...
How long can you keep a nostalgia act running and keep it fresh and exciting? Pretty long apparently if you're Warbringer. And even longer...
Jeff Waters and his ever-revolving door of bandmates in Annihilator are an under-appreciated entity in their genre. As the band approaches their thirtieth year, the...
By the time that this goes up, I will have just seen Black Sabbath again (writing this Sunday night since I'm seeing them Monday). I...
Everyone has seen or heard that thing that someone just nailed head on; hitting the mark with only one shot as though they didn't...
Children of Bodom have never taken themselves all that seriously. For a band that is probably known to more random Youtubers for their novelty cover...
Holy hell, you guys! The metal gods heard my complaining last week. I made the mistake of bitching about not enough notable releases, and...
The nouveau thrash movement may or may not be dead, but, regardless of how you feel about the genre's well being, Texas' Power Trip...
In 2013, melodic death metal is as musically relevant as barbershop. The genre peaked when At The Gates dropped Slaughter of the Soul, but...
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....
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 first discovered Incendiary on the first edition of MetalSucks' NYC Sucks sampler, their track "Victory in Defeat" instantly made them my new...
If you were to make a list of the most influential U.K. hardcore/punk and metal bands, you could not avoid putting Heresy on the...
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",...
Mutilation Rites’ discography is a bit confounding, traversing multiple line-ups, demos, splits, and EPs. The band’s rapid gestation has been very public, but every...
Crossover thrash is a genre that can be traced back to Join The Army era Suicidal Tendencies and the very obviously titled Crossover by party...
On a cold February evening this year, I went to see Absu and Immortal play at the Gramercy Theater in NYC. Although I mainly...
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,...
"Time bomb… ticking away, ticking away". These lyrics from the bridge of "Earth On Hell" are surely deliberate. Faced with both the personal flame...
By Atanamar Sunyata Flashback (eleven years) to college: sitting in a friend's apartment, drinking 40s and watching the “Over The Edge” WWF pay-per-view event. ...
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 Graham "Gruhamed" Hartmann Whenever I read a review about an album, song or live show, I can't help but ask myself, "Who the...
By: Navjot Kaur Back in the early days of Feel the Fire, when tape-trading was the way to market yourself in a glam-metal dominated...