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)
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
Siderian captured my attention with their single, “Reduced Aisle”, as it was a nice mixture of so many things that did not clash or disagree with one another, and now that their debut EP “Cancel Your Future” is out I can safely say the entire album is like that and it shows nothing but good things for this band’s future. Albeit there are only 4 tracks off of “Cancel Your Future”, Siderian still manage to have an interesting sound throughout all of them and even though they were pretty far from perfect (in my opinion) they were still very good … Continue reading Siderian – Cancel Your Future
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
I wasn’t blown away by this debut, but I can honestly say that it is definitely a very nice album if I do say so myself. Gateway has created an album where death and doom metal mold seamlessly together even though the death metal overpowers the doom just a little bit to where it’s noticeable if you’re paying attention. By that I mean the tracks aren’t as slow or as long as traditional doom, but it still holds a slow enough tempo and a crushing beat to satisfy me in my need for quality doom. Then the vocals come in … Continue reading Gateway (self-titled)
If there was anything that got me intrigued by Audiotopsy it was the fact that two members are from one of my favorite all time bands and the band that got me into metal music: Mudvayne. I would never compare this band to them as they are two different beasts, but it’s a nice bonus. Now onto the real topic of the day: “Natural Causes”. And I have but three words to describe this debut: very well done. Not perfect. Not terrible. Very well done, and one of the most well done albums of the year for me at that! … Continue reading Audiotopsy – Natural Causes
If recently you have ever thought to yourself “damn, I want a brand new band to put a debut album that is some kick ass melodic death metal” then you are in fucking luck as Nothing Lies Beyond’s upcoming debut album, “Fragile Reality”, fits those requirements perfectly! The vocals off of this have a real guttural sound to them while they still maintain a good amount of melody that had a fantastic feel that carried on for all 30+ minutes of “Fragile Reality”. In each track there were brutal guitars that had great hooks and riffs to them that would … Continue reading Nothing Lies Beyond – Fragile Reality
In terms of how intense an alternative metal band can get, Talpa is one of those bands that is really pushing the boundaries. The only band of this genre that pushes more intensely off the top of my head is Disturbed, and Talpa is right on their tail with their solid EP “Happy”. What is really neat about this album is that the vocals are done by a woman which to me have a more natural ebb and flow to them for whatever reason and that really allows “Happy” to become very melodic. The guitars and bass have a great rhythm throughout … Continue reading Talpa – Happy
This is one of those albums that you’d listen to if you were just on a long drive and wanted some nice rock to listen to all the while. Santonegro’s new and debut album, “Derailing”, has a real crunch to it that I don’t find a lot in the world of stoner rock, but I welcome it graciously as all five tracks off of this record have a great sound that any real rock fan out there can agree with at any time of the day. The vocals have a really nice flow to them that for whatever reason I … Continue reading Santonegro – Derailing
Alternative metal really is just the music that radios prefer because it’s easier on people’s ears and is usually censored, and I don’t care enough to see if both of those quality for Magen’s debut EP simply because it’s good and that’s all that matters to me. “Thoughts in Greyscale” feature a female vocalist which is something atypical of metal music overall sadly, but Magen doesn’t let that stand in their way as they use the vocalist to her maximum potential as she creates an interesting flow that I feel like would be lacking a little if the vocalist was … Continue reading Magen – Thoughts in Greyscale
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