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Black metal lyrics generally fall into three categories: (1) Satan, Satan, Satan; (2) Odin, Odin, nature; and (3) kill yourself, but not before buying...
The Arcane Order make a pretty good Strapping Young Lad. The resemblance is startling – barreling, precise, melodic death metal with apocalyptic keyboards and...
Bullet for My Valentine are more metal than you think. They're also less metal than they think. The result is music of the most...
Ingredients for a Fortress cocktail: 1 part J.R.R. Tolkien 1 part Molson Canadian 2 parts marijuana 1 part Iron Maiden 1 part Dream Theater...
Vader are fond of exclamation points. This EP, originally available during 2007's Death by Decibels tour, has songs titled "Lead Us!!!" and "Die!!!". They...
The name Animal is apt. Two records ago, on 2003's Shut It Down, Animosity developed vertebrae, of thrash, death metal, and hardcore punk. On...
Hungary is not Norway or France, but it has a thriving black metal scene of its own. Recent releases by Vorkuta and Aetherius Obscuritas (review...
Just a reminder for everyone reading these, the reviews I am posting are for the best in general, not in any particular order. In...
Below is the 2nd edition of Crustcake Presents. Every week, renowned music blogger Crustcake will present to you an album that will sync with...
So much black metal wants to be taken seriously; Deathspell Omega actually deserves such scrutiny. At first, this secretive French outfit seems pretentious. Long...
Ignitor is an anomaly; it's a top-notch power metal band not from Germany, but from Austin, TX. It also has two women in its...
Chiodos isn't the only band these days bridging Queen and Hot Topic. Between the Buried and Me, The Fall of Troy, and Circa Survive...
What is a band debut doing on Roadrunner? These days, the label seems to trade only blue chips, solely acquiring seasoned veterans with established...
It's odd that George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher, vocalist for the world's biggest death metal band, Cannibal Corpse, and pioneer of the "helicopter hair" headbanging technique,...
Most people will know Sickening Horror for drummer George Kollias, of Nile notoriety. This is good in that his work on the Greek band's full-length...
Ah, death metal – the music that refuses to grow up. While black metal is getting busy with electronics, folk music, and dark ambience,...
North Carolina's Killwhitneydead are locked in a death match with California's Graf Orlock for the title of "cinema core" kings. Their M.O. is the...
I tend to compare goth metal bands to TYPE O NEGATIVE, as I think TYPE O NEGATIVE is the kind of band who always...
I’ve always found it a little sad that DARK FUNERAL have put all their energy into the “all fast songs all the time” routine....
Good old stoner rock. And yeah, it’s stoner rock, because I wouldn’t say it’s heavy enough to be stoner metal. The fuzz just isn’t...
Beautiful woman and metal. Not exactly a combination that you see on a regular basis. Throw in the fact that the beautiful woman...
If there’s one thing I hate about my own reviews, it’s that editing one’s own work is incredibly hard. Just when I thought I...
The band name just conjures up images of emo/screamo bands making music being depressed about a breakup. I mean, you have to admit that...
