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Raw may be the name of the game when it comes to traditional and prototypical grindcore but that's not to say well polished bands...
Those that grew up in the early 2000s probably already know who The Banner is. The goth/hardcore-punk/metal tyrants bolstered a heavy fixation on horror...
Singer/calling card Uta Plotkin joined Witch Mountin in 2009, her bluesy blend of Allanah Myles ("Black Velvet") and Heart's Ann Wilson standing out memorably...
Upon the moors of ancient Albion, a cold wind of black metal fury has been roaring, growing steadily in pitch since its first stirrings back...
Back Door to Asylum are a technical, brutal death metal unit out of Moscow, Russia, a country that I haven’t heard a whole lot...
Listening to Arizona's Take Over And Destroy is almost as fun as writing about them is challenging. How do you even begin describing a band...
Slayer's Kerry King has been quoted in recent memory as stating that if the so called Big Four of 80's thrash were expanded to...
Goatwhore occupy a singular niche in modern metal: beloved by many, but also mourned by a non-trivial demographic who bemoan the fact that they're...
Starting off as a fairly prolific crust/sludge quartet from the Pacific Northwest, Trap Them began getting a little leaner in their output as they gained popularity,...
Among the most underground black metal units the band Incurus is one that remains really, well, underground. VJS’ one-man fronted abrasive black metal assault...
Gorgoroth. That’s it. That’s all you really need right? You know black metal, right? Has there ever been a single shred of doubt about...
What makes Nemesis Divina worth repeated listening and fond waxing in articles like this one is the brilliant creativity and utterly transcendent musicality and...
Is it October in an odd-numbered year? Then it's clearly time for another Skeletonwitch record, right? Ignoring 2004's At One With the Shadows – an easy...
Heroism looms large in the metal pantheon. Yet as much fussing over the concept goes on, few of the genre's practitioners possess the conviction...
When your last album was both an underrated sleeper and a frequent inclusion on Best of 2011 lists, expectations are understandably high for your follow up....
It's been about four years since we were given Mammoth Grinder's Extinction of Humanity. And four years between albums is a long, long time...
Pedigree doesn't grow on trees: three members of new LA quartet Palms cut their teeth in the now-splintered Isis, with the fourth being none other than Deftones frontman Chino...
Rudiments of Mutilation. Do you even need anything beyond that? It's a title that is immediately identifiable and stands out. It's one of those...
There aren't many bands that maintain a consistency while constantly progressing from album to album. It seems like everyone wants to renew and reinvent...
Having been blasting and burning around for a few years, Impious Baptism have finally unleashed their first proper full length. Their offering is a...
It's somewhat disarming that, in an era where bands are forced to deliberately misspell (Pyyramids, CHVRCHES) or omit vowels (VYGR, MSTRKRFT) from their names in order...
Is there really such thing as an unlikely location for a metal band to originate these days? Process of Guilt are natives of Portugal,...
With all due respect to New Orleans, the center of the sludge universe has in recent years shifted to Savannah, Georgia, that sleepy burg...
