Anyone who knows my tastes knows that I really appreciate novelty and stereotypes pretty much the same amount, but at the end of the day it all depends on the band in question as to whether or not it’s pulled … Continue reading Ash of Ashes – Down the White Waters
Of all the places in America that have become synonymous with different kinds of metal, there’s one place where thrash reigns supreme more than any other: Bay Area in classy California. We’ve gotten countless acts from the Area over the … Continue reading Laceration – Imitation
There are so many times that I’m flipping through so many high energy records that I simply get overwhelmed by all the high octane nature of it all. It doesn’t happen incredibly often, but a brief change of pace can … Continue reading Movement of Static – Naegleria
The idea of perseverance over time is something that so many metal bands can relate to and even embody as we still have bands that have been going for decades upon decades who were formed in the infantile days of … Continue reading Artillery – The Face of Fear
Coming into this year, I already had the bar set for the entire year with the latest offering from Arkheth being the pinnacle of the year thus far for me with the band’s extremely colorful take on experimental black metal … Continue reading Veilburner – A Sire to the Ghouls of Lunacy
When I heard Iron Reagan’s grand album of crossover thrash last year, “Crossover Ministry”, I figured the band would take a minor break with the members focusing on other acts like how the vocalist is in Municipal Waste which did … Continue reading Iron Reagan – Dark Days Ahead
About two years ago now, there was a collaboration between the two highly respected albeit new acts of Downfall of Nur and Selvans that really gripped the online metal scene in a big way much like the releases from both … Continue reading Selvans – Faunalia
Ever since I heard the last Cattle Decapitation, I’ve been ever so slowly working my way into the world of grind with incredibly few albums under my belt. It’s been a truly vicious experience so far that no other style … Continue reading Cripple Bastards – La Fine Cresce da Dentro
It’s no secret of that I love death metal in many of its numerous forms from the incredibly extravagant to the ridiculously simple. But, like all music, it depends on how it’s being presented and who’s behind the music that … Continue reading Coffin Rot / Molder – Split
The thing with black metal and all of its different substyles is how differently each of them can sound while still undoubtedly being black metal to the very core, and that’s something that can really help someone like me get … Continue reading Negativa – 03
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