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 …
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Allegedly a “mysterious, clandestine collective of Swedish black/death metal scene legends,” the foursome that comprise Horde of Hel have chosen to cloak themselves in anonymity. While the mildly astute could deduce a …
A quick check of the googles for Nahemah will yield several results that tag the band as progressive death metal. There has been some mild but entirely warranted debate over how appropriate this label is, …
Originally written by Sasha Horn Don’t ask me why I had a good feeling about this one. I just did. For absolutely no reason. And having spent this last week with it, it can be …
posted on 6/2009 By: Jordan Campbell Let’s get one thing out of the way: I’m a total Devin Townsend geek. Roughly a decade ago, Strapping Young Lad‘s City cracked my skull open and imbedded itself in my frontal lobe, and I’ve been …
Chris McDonald’s take: I’m never one to condemn a band for making radical changes to their style. Throughout my years as a metal fan I have stood behind many bands as they underwent noteworthy sound …
While I certainly appreciate those bands that push the envelope and inject a level of freshness to our genre, nothing knocks me to the curb with greater walloping clout than those records that effectively deliver …
This bunch of gloomy-doomy stoner-droners from Connecticut released this three-song EP back in October of 2007, and just recently, they’ve made it available for free download over at Last.fm. Since we missed reviewing it the …
Originally written by Ross Main. It’s the World Series of Melodic Thrash Metal Poker and representing Norway at one of the final tables is Susperia. They often find themselves holding a pretty good hand of cards, …
