Tag Metal Blade
In the absence of being able to tour off the back of their spectacular comeback album Forever Black, Cirith Ungol instead have taken a little trip back to their archives and recorded four old and oldish tracks that never appeared… Continue Reading →
Denmark’s seasoned thrashers ae back with their tenth album (did you spot the clue!) and after a series of high quality releases over the past few years, ‘X’ is what you would come to expect of the modern Artillery sound…. Continue Reading →
When Swedish Death Metal comes from another country is it still Swedish Death Metal? The same could be said for Brazilian Extreme Metal, very unique sounds. Ones that are highly praised too and also replicated. I think it’s high time… Continue Reading →
When we say we love a band what does that really mean? I love a lot of bands but there are probably only a handful that I truly could never be without. One of them would be Cannibal Corpse. As… Continue Reading →
I saw Dvne play live in 2018, and recall it being a very dark experience of thunderous heaviness and post metal doom. Reading about them travelling “an epic dark sci-fi universe with hints of psychedelia” sounds about right. I also… Continue Reading →
The Kings are back! If there’s one thing guaranteed to put a smile on my face in these mirth-free days, it’s a record from the Swedish masters of all things raging and furious, The Crown. While they should need no… Continue Reading →
Don’t you just hate when people are like ‘I listen to a bit of everything’ or ‘when my music is on shuffle it goes from Pop to Death Metal’. I mean I get both of these statements, but the reason… Continue Reading →
Veteran German thrashers Accuser have come roaring back with this self-titled release. Album number 12 finds them in a delightfully skull crushing mood with the return of lead guitarist René Shütz giving proceedings a classic lift. Like an aural explosion,… Continue Reading →
Five years ago I reviewed Proliferation and ended my 8/10 critique with “Fast loud and Rude” a nod to Vic Rattlehead and 80’s thrash. Somehow 2017’s “Extinction” passed me by – I think I played some singles on the radio. So, it is with a… Continue Reading →
Although black metal musicians are not exactly known for cracking jokes, French band Déluge were apparently partly joking when they decided to tag their music and themselves as “untrve black metal”. In doing so, however, they have, probably unintentionally, nicely… Continue Reading →
Fates Warning are undeniably one of the forefathers of Progressive Metal. A massively important part of the history of the genre, they pre-date the more widely known Dream Theater by at least 4 albums, and they forged the sound they… Continue Reading →
On the whole, I tend to find Symphonic Metal to be one of the most optimistic and positive of all the many fantastic Metal styles out there. Musically and lyrically the genre leans easily towards that look-on-the-bright-side approach, which, lets… Continue Reading →