Generally Impressed With Riffs
[Album artwork by James Koehnline] As much as I love and appreciate the fact that my metal foundation was fortified by growing up alongside the genre in the ‘80s as a youth, I owe a great deal of my undying …
[Cover art by Fenomeno Design] Did you know that Chile is pretty darn good at death metal? If not, you must be new around these parts, in which case, I say, welcome friend! We’re glad to have you here and …
It’s a magical corner of the musical world where a band can combine an infectious nature with extreme oddness, and it’s in that corner that Idaho’s Seven Chains makes their home. Make no mistake about it, third album Swollen, In …
[Cover art by Claudio Elias Scialabba] Italy’s Into Darkness has been a band for approximately 15 years but is just now releasing its first full length album, Route to the Other Side, but all that time has been greatly beneficial …
Back in the yore days of the mid-1980’s, a band named Sentinel Beast achieved a certain cult following with their quality debut album Depths of Death. While the band was working on material for their …
I’ve found little in the world of music that compares with a new band that makes old music sound as vibrant and fresh as Sinister Realm’s self-titled debut. If you’ve any doubt as to this …
Originally written by Jordan Campbell As heavy metal surges into the 10’s, a lingering army of deathcore stragglers are attempting to leave that much-maligned tag behind by hitching their wagons to the legit DM caravan. …
originally written by Jim Brandon “Rest your weary brow in laughing sighing boughs / Soothe your fevers in the pulsing bark and rot / And dream of nothing…” While we’ve seen and heard many established …
originally written by Jim Brandon There are winning streaks in all walks of life, whether it’s being productive at your very unglamorous job, excelling at whatever glamorous sport you’re overpaid to play, or creating music. Everyone is capable …
Originally written by Ross Main. German power metal outfit At Vance remind me an awful lot of EA Sports. Once establishing their brand, they are more than happy to churn it out year after year, with slight …
Only with heavy metal is ugliness a complement. Poland’s Witchmaster revel in all things hideous and dirty, and in all things, well, metal. With this aim in mind, they spew forth nasty blackened thrash with …
originally written by Jim Brandon At one point, all too briefly, it looked as though Belphegor was primed and ready to leap quite a few rungs towards the top of the second tier of blast-oriented …
