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 Michael Roberts. Say what you want about Caliban, they certainly have a strong work ethic. Following on quick smart from last year’s lackluster The Undying Darkness, The Awakening is the German metalcore outfit’s third full-length since …
originally written by Chris McDonald WARNING: The goal of Audiopain’s music is to messily and painfully shred the facial features off of unprepared listeners with sonic tidal waves of thrash brutality and complete, unadulterated metalness. If …
Originally written by Ian Chainey “Metal is paint on a palette?” you’ll say. “This guy, this guy and his shitty angles!” Indeed, I’ve reached with angles before, but hear me out on this one. My …
Originally written by Dan Staige. Recently, I had the chance to interview myself about my feelings on the new Prong album, Power of the Damager. What transpired is as follows: DS- Do you have a history with Prong or is …
At the beginning of most album reviews, we writers normally like to include a brief history lesson, or perhaps a whimsical anecdote or thoughtful musing about the artist. Frankly though, Helloween has way too much …
Originally written by Jordan Campbell “Where is the fighting man…?” In recent years, the popularity of bands branding themselves ‘folk metal’ has grown exponentially. Many (if not all) of this genre’s practitioners are of the …
originally written by Chris McDonald Fans of Sabbat and other thrash/black hybrids, take notice–Slaying The Lifeis a seriously destructive album. Bestial Mockery (who are now, unfortunately, split-up) take old-school thrash riffage and channel it through the blasphemous energy and …
Originally written by Keith Fox. French and great are becoming synonyms when it comes to talking about black metal. Recent years have shown the French scene more than fit to put out an interesting and …
