Generally Impressed With Riffs
[Cover artwork by Luca “Zeero” Zironi] There was always something uniquely charming about Konquest’s brand of traditional heavy metal—an almost whimsical breeziness that still felt like a near perfect balance of playful and substantive. A long-lost Italian cousin to Sweden’s …
[Cover art by Beyond Art] There are bad musical moods, and then there’s Mylingar. Over the course of the last decade this group of anonymous Swedes has concocted the type of ill-meaning black/death that makes Diocletian seem like a Care …
[Cover artwork by Subhuman at Desert Dungeon] Let’s talk about our love for quirky metal. Okay, sure, any definable level of ‘quirk’ is obviously subjective, but I’m guessing you know we’re not talking about the guy who loves The Black …
[Cover art by Mister Curse] Stack Overflow In Corpse Pile Interface. Stack Overflow in…Corpse Pile Interface? “What’s in a name? That which we call a corpse pile, by any other word would smell as putrid” – billy shakes Forgive my …
originally written by Erik Thomas Unleashed has put out three very solid albums since the band’s legendarily bad 2002 comeback album, Hell’s Unleashed. Sworn Allegiance, Midvinterblot, and Hammer Battalion were all worthy of the Unleashedname and legacy, and even with yet …
Originally written by Jordan Campbell I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t fully understand the roots of the post-rock and neo-folk influences that are slowly creeping their way into black metal. Yeah, it’s …
Vocals–they’ve killed many a metal album over the years. Other times we’re willing to make peace with them only because the music is so killer. But a great voice, only that actually makes an album, now those are in …
There is a very distinct chance that Demontage do not remember the first steps of writing The Principal Extinction, their second studio effort. It likely started with Spatilomantis (vocals and guitar), Abominable Reverend (drums), and …
It seems like only months ago that I reviewed Black Breath’s debut, Razor to Oblivion, and in the relatively brief time since that EP’s release late last year, Black Breath has undergone a stylistic change. …
originally written by Erik Thomas With the demise of Light This City, the race for the most marketable, Ozzfest-ready, popular female-fronted metal act boils down to Walls of Jericho, In This Moment, The Agonist and to some extent, Arch …
Originally written by Ian Chainey I can only imagine the rush of hunting down and reissuing a long-outta-print gem. You’re almost like the music industry’s version of a mercifully Nick Cage-less National Treasure; searching through …
originally written by Erik Thomas There are some heavy expectations for Negura Bunget and Vîrstele Pamîntului, not in only following up 2006’s critically acclaimed Om – an arguably classic, landmark black metal album that elevated the band to an Emperor-like pedestal …
