Tag: Melodic
5Q5A – Helcaraxë
Over the course of their decade-plus existence, New Jersey’s Helcaraxë has tooled around with their death metal formula here and there, but the one thing that has stayed constant is the bombast. Plain and simple, …
At The Gates Announces New Album – Are We At War With Reality?
Yesterday, At The Gates announced that they will release a new album later this year. Entitled At War With Reality and due via Century Media, the band’s first release since 1995’s seminal Slaughter of the Soul …
Astrophobos – Remnants Of Forgotten Horrors Review
Some styles of music and metal aren’t just scarce in quality, they’re just plain scarce. Melodic doom/death in the Finnish style is one such limited sound, as is melodic black metal in the Swedish, Dissectionian …
Amon Amarth – Deceiver Of The Gods Review
Originally written by Chris Redar Time to dust off your leather wristbands and fill those steins high with the mightiest of mead: Amon Amarth is back with another ten tales of bloodshed and war! That’s probably how …
Dark Tranquillity – Construct Review
Originally written by Rae Amitay Dark Tranquillity are melodeath legends and juggernauts of the original Gothenburg scene, but they’d grown weak and predictable after consuming too much of their own watered-down formula. Damage Done, Character, …
Hypocrisy – End Of Disclosure Review
We are all doomed to repeat ourselves right? Yeah, sure… but that’s hardly a fitting intro for a review of a new Hypocrisy album, as they’ve most assuredly repeated themselves over their long career. There …
Rotting Christ – Kata Ton Daimona Tou Eaytoy Review
The past several albums from Greek metal OGs Rotting Christ have seen a really fascinating bifurcated progression – on the one hand, the band has introduced a wide variety of new instruments, sounds, and musical …
Wintersun – Time I Review
originally written by Chris McDonald After eight years, countless delays, and a tremendous amount of both eager and aggravated anticipation, Wintersun‘s second opus is finally upon us. We’ll just go ahead and bypass discussion of …