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By the turn of the century, Enslaved had produced a quartet of compelling albums, establishing themselves as reliable and unique purveyors of the blackened...
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...
Dublin, California could just be another American city with a borrowed European name, lest it not be for a band comprised of arguably some...
Serj Tankian is one of the most interesting musicians in the rock/metal scene. His solo career is full of experimentation with a unique sound...
Shadows Fall has made its name as one of the most influential and popular metal bands of the last ten years. Despite this fact,...
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...
Upon graduating from At a Loss Recordings to Southern Lord for their third album, 2009's Chronomega, Bay Area sludge purveyors Black Cobra clearly felt...
With Fuck the Facts, there is no point of reference. The band's fierce creativity renders metal genre taxonomy useless. Beyond grindworthy vocals, their past...
Blut Aus Nord walk a path of relentless evolution. If you've traveled this road with them, you're certain to have an open mind and...
by Jeremy Ülrey 1992 was good to Varg Vikernes, at least from a creative standpoint. In a nine month period running through September, the...
Two years after releasing the catchiest sludge metal album in history, BIG BUSINESS are back, this time with a guitarist. For whatever distinction they've...
In the January 2008 issue of Decibel, Skeletonwitch described their sound as "Immortal beating the shit out of Metallica at a keg party." This...
Seemingly every metal label now has an entry in the retro thrash sweepstakes; Relapse's is Dekapitator. But to the Bay Area band's credit, it...
Has anyone noticed the large amount of so-called “experimental” or “art” style bands in the world of metalcore that draw heavily from their peers?...
You can just put away those ideas of what four-letter word F.K.U. might sound like, because it’s “Freddy Kruegers Underwear”. Much like many of...
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...
Straightedge metallic hardcore punk brimming with breakdowns – who needs more of this stuff? Turns out that a well-done X-fest is surprisingly refreshing in...
In some ways, this album (and this review) is a triumph against the odds. First, Equal Vision sent this CD in a plain, unpromising...
Metallic hardcore – no more and no less. But before you click away, think about why you might object to those two words. Simplistic...
If you like Hatebreed, you'll love Born From Pain. That's the long and short of it, as well as the good and bad. The...
When it comes to '80s American thrash, the San Francisco Bay Area and New York are the first places that come to mind. However,...
