Category ALBUM
Both the title of this album and the band’s track record over their 17 years of gloomy output suggest that there aren’t going to be too many light moments here. This German band’s dark metal style has drawn comparison with… Continue Reading →
Following their meteoric rise and subsequent domination of mainstream metal in the ‘90s, Pantera’s early to mid ‘00s implosion came as somewhat of a shock. From a fan’s perspective it was a vague chain of events, seemingly initiated by the… Continue Reading →
I can’t believe this Bostonian quartet has managed to pass me by unnoticed, having been around for 13 years, the last 7 under their present moniker, and releasing 4 full length albums and a handful of EPs to boot. David… Continue Reading →
The Defiled, a hardcore metal bunch of guys from London, were formed in 2005 and released their first EP in 2009 titled ‘1888’ and shortly after, they released their first album “Grave Times’ which was given away free with Metal… Continue Reading →
Well, this certainly flipped the script on me. On the surface of things, this was to be just a regular common or garden black metal release for reviewing, which upon listening to I would be washed away in a sea… Continue Reading →
The Italians do like setting up strange shrouded musical cults. The likes of early Death SS, Opera IX and Mortuary Drape fit that bill well, playing stygian, witch-coven blackened metal summoned from the very bowels of hell exclusively. Here is… Continue Reading →
In the last of these reflections on ambient experimentation, audio seismologist Vaarwel really shakes things up. The 39 minute one track album has a droning sound on a low frequency rumbling through the entire length of the piece. Does it… Continue Reading →
It’s been a very long time in fact 2008 album Deeper Visions was the last thing we heard from NFD and they have not played a show for a long time either. Typically they announced one in London with some… Continue Reading →
At the forefront of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal, lurking between the spasming core of Lamb Of God and the thundering grooves of Machine Head, Chimaira have forged a network of paths, rarely stopping to settle too long… Continue Reading →
Even with the current rude health exhibited by the more traditional end of the NWOBHM inspired heavy metal spectrum, with two previously well received album’s it’s fair to say that Allentown PA gang Sinister Realm have well and truly got… Continue Reading →
If you know anything about Impiety, you know what to expect here. This five track mini album is the usual ferocious, no-holds barred assault. Violence is the order of the day and to accompany the artwork on the sleeve, “The… Continue Reading →
Throne of Heresy are relative newcomers to the world of death metal, only forming in late 2009. However, they’ve already popped their album cherry with 2012’s ‘The Stench of Deceit’, and are quick to follow up with this short taster… Continue Reading →