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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...
This was a hard one to review. Not that it was hard to listen to, that part was easy, and it was great! I’m...
The most famous Nintendo-core band of all (and yes, I found a slew of underground bands playing Nintendo-core back when mp3.com was still cool)...
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...
The obvious question is of course, what the hell does the number twelve look like? The guys in SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY came up...
I just got a bunch of stuff in from Ibex Moon Records, and I was so ecstatic to see that all the bands had...
There’s something that can be great about bands that have very few members. The route to what the artist’s interpretation can be easily portrayed....
The saga of North American musicians worshiping Swedish melodic death metal continues. Actually, I thought people had gotten over that whole “the only good...
Hey! These guys named themselves after a Meshuggah album, so they must be on of those Meshuggah influenced bands! Oh, sorry, that was “ChaoSPHERE”....
I consider death metal to be a perfectly viable form of art, meaning that unlike some other places, I don’t grade death metal on...
Judging from crowd reactions, "Upper Decker," from 2005's Clients, is easily the best thing The Red Chord have ever written. While the Boston band...
Houston is known for scorching heat, 110% humidity, it's status as the United States' fattest city and a crime rate that rivals New York...
Every once in a while, an album comes along that gives you goose bumps. 'Ashes of the Wake,' 'Spiritual Black Dimensions,"Annihilation of the Wicked'-...
Katon De Pena's yowl is just as distinctive as those of '80s greats like Paul Baloff or Steve "Zetro" Souza. However, while his band...
Over three full-lengths and a slew of splits, Poland's Antigama have honed their simultaneously retro and futuristic take on grindcore. The latter aspect has...
Crust punk verging on grindcore, Ale to England was originally a 7" that slipped through the cracks due to a fly-by-night label. Not only...
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...
On its debut full-length, San Diego's Warface serves up no-frills, old-school death metal. Suffocation comes to mind in the death growls, blastbeats alternating with...
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...
In some ways, this album (and this review) is a triumph against the odds. First, Equal Vision sent this CD in a plain, unpromising...
