Category: Features
I AM VALBORG – Q&A With the Versatile Mr. Toyka
Valborg is not your typical metal band. I know that in these times, it’s getting harder to define what a typical metal band would be, but we’ve still got some distinctions that make bands metal: • …
Obsessed By Cruelty: Black Metal In The Modern Age
Once upon a time, black metal was hailed as our genre’s most maligned branch. It was the early 90s: Much of the death metal scene was noticeably concerned with technical ability and marketableness, because, unlike …
Fast Rites – Volume 4
The dog days of summer are here, and that’s usually reflected in a lighter than normal release schedule from record labels. August is going to be ANYTHING BUT with a slew of releases from major …
Heavy Metal In The Modern Age: Get Off My Lawn, Get Into My Car
As I’m sure you’ve noticed, our planet’s rotation through the toilet that is our universe continues to gain significant momentum with each passing year. Nature hates us, most of us are broke, those lucky enough …
A Devil’s Dozen – Immolation
To put it plainly, Immolation is one of the most unique, most consistent and flat-out best death metal bands in the world. Formed in Yonkers, New York in 1988, by guitarist/mastermind Robert Vigna, bassist/frontman, Ross …
An Interview with While Heaven Wept – A Look at the Oceans With Tom Phillips
Usually, this is the part where I’d write the intro to the article. This time, I’ll let this conversation between myself and Tom Phillips, one of the founding members of While Heaven Wept, speak for itself. …
Fast Rites – Volume 3
Fun! Fun! Fun! Let’s stay away from controversy, shall we? This month, the emphasis is on fun! And, what better way to have fun than to spin a new album from Korpiklaani?! Amidst your snorts of derision, …
Six Thoughts: Satyricon Live at the Opera
Black metal greats Satyricon recorded a live album with the Norwegian National Opera Chorus (Scandinavia, eh?). While they have added operatic and symphonic flairs to their music in the past, going all in on a …