In terms of trying to create a unique sound that is both interesting and dynamic while make it sound good, progressive metal is one of the best places to find that combination. Albeit, it doesn’t work out all the time, … Continue reading Odetosun – The Dark Dunes of Titan
When it comes to death metal, most of it has been done before by someone else and many others a multitude of times. But sometimes a band comes along and takes that style and creates just enough of a unique twist to … Continue reading Islay – The Angels’ Share
Never did I once think that out of the City of Brotherly Love would come a melodic death metal band that showed promise that Parius have done with their debut track “Confined” off of their upcoming debut album, “Saturnine”. Let … Continue reading Parius – Confined (single)
Cryptopsy have been known for being one of those bands that have been literally molding extreme metal into what it is today and they have done some great things. Well with “The Book of Suffering – Tome 1” being the … Continue reading Cryptopsy – The Book of Suffering – Tome 1
The genre that is known as progressive death metal has seen so much weirdness in its time here on planet Earth that it is ridiculous, and just by looking at that cover art you know as well as I do … Continue reading Xenosis – Sowing the Seeds of Destruction
“Halo of Blood” was this band’s crowning achievement. It led to the top of the metal world for a small period of time, and it has kept that as one of the most popular melodic death metal bands in today’s world. Today, Children of Bodom has released their brand new album, “I Worship Chaos”, and I believe 100% that this album is an equal to its predecessor which says a lot to any of us who heard that album and liked it. I’m not bullshitting you either with that statement because this album is exactly what we wanted from it. Each and … Continue reading Children of Bodom – I Worship Chaos
I remember hearing Arreat Summit’s debut full length, “Feast of the Wicked”, and thinking to myself, “pretty good, but can be done a little better”. And their newest release, “Frostburn”, proves that Arreat Summit have really started to create music that sounds both dynamic and interesting for anything who can listen to death metal like myself. The first thing that got my attention was the hooks that the guitars pulled off very nicely at the beginning and at several points throughout the two tracks that are featured on this EP. The vocals had a good rasp to them that usually … Continue reading Arreat Summit – Frostburn
There are ever so many combinations that can be made with the various genres out there, and sometimes they make great matches while others not so much. Tine has decided to combine the three different genres of black, death, and little bit of symphonic metal for their debut album “The Forest Dreams of Black”. Stretching out to almost an hour long, this album is very interesting in every sense of the term as each track is its own little adventure with this two-man band. One such example is one track, “The Crusade of Dracul” (which is my favorite), being about … Continue reading Tine – The Forest Dreams of Black
In terms of how high the quality of a progressive death metal can go, Obsidian Tide is pretty far up there as their latest album, “Debris”, is an excellent piece of its genre to say in the absolute least. Even though out of the 5 total tracks off of “Debris”, two of them are completely instrumental and they showcase the band’s versatility and intriguing sound that isn’t stuck completely to death metal. But the actual death metal is really good as it’s intense, got a great pace, and the vocals switch between awesome guttural growls to a calmer set of clean vocals that … Continue reading Obsidian Tide – Debris
Some things in this world are truly made for each other and make a perfect match. Today’s example is the combination of death and thrash metal that usually turn out great albums and one such album is Chugun’s brand new debut “Virus”. Keeping things quick and packing a punch the whole while, Chugun leave no stone unturned or untouched as each track was amazingly fast and intense that will surely get fans of both genres will find plenty of things to enjoy from “Virus”. Thrash metal fans will love the speed of the tracks with only one track being over … Continue reading Chugun – Virus
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