Tag USA
With 3 solid albums and support slots with the likes of Tool, Ministry and Rammstein, L.A. industrialists 3TEETH like many were slowed down by the great plague. Without that who knows, they could be headlining bigger stadiums themselves but had… Continue Reading →
Oooookaaaay Reverend…. This is both weird and more than a little creepy in places. A minute into what has built up into a pretty cool epic/power metal song ‘Leave A Little Room’ , suddenly we drop into half spoken word… Continue Reading →
Cards on the table, I have been immensely fortunate to have been gifted the opportunity this summer to have six weeks paid holiday and whilst not wanting this first paragraph to come across as a gloating puss filled, humblebrag conceitful… Continue Reading →
Bish, bash, bosh, blasphemy! That’s the short review and if you are looking for anything in the way of significant changes in the sacrilegious craft of this long serving USBM act you are not going to find them here. Historically… Continue Reading →
There are innumerable bands with the name Thorn and not just in the metal scene as this solo project, fronted by Brennen Westermeyer, hails from Arizona in the USA. For a band that has only been around since 2020 he… Continue Reading →
The USA has given the black metal world many a fascinating band over the genre’s lifespan, and it is always fun to come across a band bathed in a good level of mystery which spans from their dark lyrics to… Continue Reading →
Modern cybergrind? The discovery of this album by Blind Equation out of Chicago suggests something colourful. What we’re being offered has influences in grind, atmospheric black metal, 8-bit electronics and Eurotrance. Quite a ride, then. Or as they have it,… Continue Reading →
Buddhist Black Metal from New England. OK the pvrists and troo believers have scattered. Now I can address the rest of you. Shunyata are a four-piece band from the USA – not to be mixed up with a Dutch stoner band of the same name. They may follow the beliefs… Continue Reading →
A friend of mine once noted that the album titles by this pioneering death metal band sort of read like statements of intent, such as Dying Fetus Killing On Adrenaline or Dying Fetus Destroy The Opposition and so on and… Continue Reading →
There are few acts with a discography as consistent as this pioneering US death metal band. Pick any release throughout the bands near 35 year history and you’ll listen to some of the finest death metal the genre has to… Continue Reading →
Imperial Crystalline Entombment? They released an album back in 2004 it seems (thank Metal Archives) and promptly disbanded and members concentrated on such projects as Aurora Borealis, House By The Cemetery, Azure Emote and Hypoxia. Now there’s a little clue… Continue Reading →
This is the sixth album by the 21-year-old band from California, with only Jadran “Conan” Gonzalez (Guitars, Vocals) still in the band, while Phillip Nuñez (Bass) and Chase Becker (Guitars) joined before their last album and Adrian Aguilar (Drums) shortly… Continue Reading →