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Incantation stands today as one of the most influential death metal bands of all time. And their doomy, low-end tremolo-picking style is undoubtedly one...
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Incantation stands today as one of the most influential death metal bands of all time. And their doomy, low-end tremolo-picking style is undoubtedly one...
So in case you're a complete heavy-metal philistine, or you haven't kept track of our recent posts about album anniversaries, 2014 marks the 20...
In 2011, Decibel handing Tombs the distinction of "album of the year." With Savage Gold, you'd be hard-pressed to find a more eagerly anticipated...
Among their peers in the vast New York hardcore scene, Sworn Enemy always had that extra bit of heaviness to their sound. When you...
Perhaps it's fitting then that Agalloch's triumphant return finds the band blending the best of each album into one cohesive piece of artistic expression.
Cory Brandan Putman has been the lead singer of Norma Jean since their 2005 release, O God, The Aftermath, thus taking on the lead...
Everywhere you look, bands are looking to recapture that classic heavy metal sound. While many look to the originators of heavy in Ozzy-era Black...
It's good to know that bands like Polar still exist. With their latest record, Shadowed by Vultures, the UK band has cranked up the...
A profoundly weird display of blackened noise. Weird, off-putting and almost stark in its eschewing of song-structure, any evaluation of Twilight's III: Beneath Trident's...
Nirvana is a complicated subject, especially when considering where they fit into the framework of metal, punk, hardcore and other extreme music in general....
What is the sound of death metal in 2014? With all of the cross-pollination that's happened over the past 10 years, it can be...
I'll just come out and say it: The Oath is a nearly picture-perfect, no nonsense heavy metal album. On their debut album, The Oath...
When one looks out across the heavy metal landscape and examines the commons threads, it's clear that the "Doom" variety of our beloved genre...
Grindcore has a storied history, one which ties together otherwise disparate factions of punks and metalheads and has set the precedent for just how...
Since 1982, Thomas Gabriel Fischer (AKA Thomas Gabriel "Warrior") has been one of the guiding forces behind extreme metal. With the formation of Hellhammer...
Alright, let's be real about this- being a musician is a rough way of life these days. And for a style as specialized and...
There's nothing wrong with thrashy-riffs, breakdowns and lyrics damning the pitfalls of modern society.
Celtic Frost (along with Hellhammer) could really go on any essential listening list for extreme metal. They've been so influential to Thrash, Death, and...
Protean Collective, a heavy progressive-rock band from Boston, has emerged with a new album called The Red and the Grey. I wrote about them...
The album plays like a final showdown, with some of the bands finest grooves and riffs packed into just over 34 minutes of Black...
In case it wasn't obvious enough already, legendary Black Metal heroes Immortal love winter. Like…they REALLY love it. If it doesn't involve frostbitten mountains...
Blackened death metal. Lvcifyre's style is by now an old, well-established form of extreme music with its own tropes and series of listener expectations....
New Coffinworm song and new album! Yes!
