In recent times, I haven’t really found any melodic death metal that’s really caught my fancy except a few exceptions that really stand out amongst the rest. It just seems to me that many melo-death bands are becoming too uniform … Continue reading Dawn of Disease – Ascension Gate
Exploring your options as a band and featuring musicians to bring different flavors into your sound is nothing new to metal, and it’s something that I quite enjoy. However, like most things, it’s gotta be taken in moderation. Can’t have … Continue reading Descenery – Stillborn Monolith
It dawned on me the other day that I don’t listen to very much metal that can be considered “commercially friendly”. By that, I mean stuff you’d hear on the radio or anything that’s basically not extreme metal. It was … Continue reading Avelion – Illusion of Transparency
The short description of this band on Bandcamp begins with a simple phrase: “random dude from Germany”. I like that a lot. Not the fact that the guy’s from Germany as it doesn’t matter to me where he’s from, but … Continue reading Ur – Stories Between Death and Being Born Again
In Madrid, Spain there’s this label known as Xtreem Music. The label, if you can’t tell by its name alone, deals with some of the most underground bands that actually have talent from all over the world, and I love … Continue reading In Thousand Lakes – Age of Decay
There are an absolute plethora of bands out there who have tried to mold intensity with melody to make black and death metal much more bearable for people who aren’t into just consistent chaos like we do. Some bands fall … Continue reading Hyperion – Seraphical Euphony
It’s neat to me when I go on the search for nothing, in particular, looking for anything that sounds good to me ears, and then out of nowhere, you get something that really catches your attention. But what about how … Continue reading Hollow World – Defiling Paradise (single)
I find it to be very healthy for a band to wait a few years between records so that they don’t burn out creativity or just get sick of making music. Sure, some bands can just pump out so much … Continue reading Fallen Theory – On Truth We Choke
To have the ambition to create a one track album that extends over 40 minutes long is a difficult one. Difficult in terms of creativity, musicianship, and sheer willpower to pull it off. Very few bands attempt such a feat, … Continue reading Insomnium – Winter’s Gate
There are a few bands out there that I just keep trying to get into no matter what experience I’ve had with the band before. With The Agonist, I’ve never had a bad time I can honestly say, but I’ve … Continue reading The Agonist – Five
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