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[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 Jordan Campbell The Kandidate are a groove-laden, mosh-mongering Danish collective, fronted by former Hatesphere and Allhelluja throat Jacob Bredahl. And…yeah. There’s really not much to sink your teeth into here, so we’ll …
Browsing the influences section of Avicularia’s Myspace page will instantly give you a very clear (and honest) idea of their sound. They cite Immolation, Cryptopsy, Origin, Gorguts, about ten other apt bands, and even jazz/fusion. …
Last time Enthral gave the metal world anything at all to talk about was in 2003 when they unleashed their third LP, Subterranean Movement, which was an unheralded but no less kick ass mash up …
Swedish power thrashers Nostradameus bring us their sixth record of melodic and epic, Helloween-and-Nocturnal–Rites-indebted speed metal. All the requisite components are here—guitar work with riffs equally melodic and aggressive, throaty vocals that reach into the …
Originally written by Ross Main. For those who think the culminated sound of Kreator and Obscura, with the shrill vocals, bass presence and progressive madness of Persefone’s Truth Inside the Shades album might be worthwhile – read on. For those who …
Wow. I needed that. To let you in a bit on my life of late, I’d struggled across the last few months with a review or two of albums that were solid enough but in …
Born from a motherboard buried deep inside the High Life-soaked medulla oblongata of guy named Brad Van, Wisconsin’s Droids Attack strike the target with a swaggering stoner-rock/metal gem that’s sure to appeal to cloudy and …
Thanks to John McEntee’s Ibex Moon Records, this latest effort from Brazilian death metal outfit Headhunter D.C. finally hits US shores some two years after the album’s initial Brazilian and European releases, with some bonus …
