If you ask me, to see a band try to walk the line between rock and metal on a consistent and interesting basis for the whole of a work can lead to some of the most engaging material that our … Continue reading Bornwithhair – When the Witches Fall
When we consider the modern state of power metal, there are certain names that come to mind when we take into account those who really make the style something to be heard in today’s soundscape. For me, Powerwolf is absolutely … Continue reading Powerwolf – Call of the Wild
When we peer into history when looking through the lens of metal, it’s rare that we find ourselves going back any further than maybe a couple hundred years for one reason or another, but it’s truly rare to come … Continue reading Thecodontion / Vessel of Iniquity – The Permian-Triassic Extinction Event
When we have a conversation about anything related to post-metal or post-rock, it tends to be the latter that dominates conversations simply due to the sheer volume of rock acts that take on post elements as opposed to its metal … Continue reading Nuummite – Celetial Triarchy
If you ask me, Mexico is one of the countries that are wildly underrated for all that they offer to the world of heavy music with their ranks increasing in excellence year after year. For some time, though, I can’t … Continue reading Morbid Messiah – Disgorged in the Coffin
It’s one thing to craft a record that blends together multiple styles that populate the wide and deep spectrum of all that is metal, but to make a work that brings in so many aspects that rarely make for a … Continue reading Sermon of Flames – I Have Seen the Light, And It Was Repulsive
If we were to take the time to talk about any worthwhile band that has come out of the absolute tsunami of new technical death metal bands in recent years, we’d be here for days. To just pluck one out … Continue reading Cognitive – Malevolent Thoughts of a Hastened Extinction
It’s always fascinating to keep coming back to bands over and over again across many years and always being surprised every time you come back to them, and it’s quite a fortunately lengthy list in my case with it happening … Continue reading Norse – Ascetic
The vast and diverse world of horror is something that I think death metal will never cease to draw inspiration from, for what better source could such a vicious genre draw inspiration from where one specializes in visual terror and … Continue reading Vubar – Ad Conflandum in Horror
The undeniable empire of raw power that is Swedish death metal is in some of the best shape that it’s ever been in the current climate that we find ourselves in today, and I couldn’t be any happier to be … Continue reading Daemonicus – Eschaton
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