Every year, the world of melodic death metal seems to get even more interesting. No matter if we’re strictly talking about the heavier side of the style or its more innovative, colorful side, or even both, melo-death is arguably in … Continue reading Carchosa – Realms
It really does feel like some musicians are simply filled with more talent and ambition than others. That’s not to say everyone else isn’t talented or lazy by any means, but there is absolutely a select group who always seem … Continue reading Miasmata – Unlight: Songs of Earth and Atrophy
Death metal, like all forms of extreme metal, has long been subjected to many different forms of experimentation, but there are very few things that can compare when it’s stripped down to an immensely basic form whose only goal is … Continue reading The Harvest Trail – Instinct
Simplicity can often be the greatest tool that any band of any style can wield. It’s what drags many people into the new single on the radio or what keeps us listening to an album that’s filled with simplistic but … Continue reading BruteAllies – Ash and Nails
A strong melodic factor is something that people are constantly gravitating towards across all the different styles in all of metal with how accessible it is right from the beginning, and it’s over the decades that bands have taken that … Continue reading Decaying Days – The Unknown Beyond
It’s very interesting to witness a particular style gain a foothold in the already vast world of metal for it to slowly grow into something very interesting with many bands growing the sound into something very special. I couldn’t say … Continue reading Godark – Forward We March
Most of the time that I encounter melodic death metal, it tends to be in the form of something really heavy but still incredibly accessible like what we’ve been getting from Amon Amarth lately but in varying degrees of heaviness … Continue reading Slaying of Death – Spiritual Orphans
There is a very tricky thing to the seemingly easy concept that is melodic death metal, but it only occurs if you don’t want to go the “easy” route of just taking straight death metal and shoving a ton of … Continue reading Ephemeral – VII
Five years can really seem like it goes by without much thought but also feels like forever when music is the topic of discussion, and that’s especially when it involves a band you’re eagerly awaiting new material from. Chugger put … Continue reading Chugger – Of Man and Machine
To stand out in any crowd that’s constantly overflowing with new material, you need to do something that makes you stand out from that crowd. Some bands try to do something crazy in order to shine like a flashlight in … Continue reading Neaera – s/t
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