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I really enjoyed Soulfly's 2012 album, Enslaved; so I wasn't sure whether to be really excited or a little worried that Max and Co....
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"Between You, God, the Devil and the Dead is surely one of Avatarium's finest LPs due to its consistent songwriting and familiar yet wide-ranging...
"Simply calling this black metal, or even post-black metal, risks overlooking the ways this band has grown past labels, pursuing catharsis instead of acceptance."
I really enjoyed Soulfly's 2012 album, Enslaved; so I wasn't sure whether to be really excited or a little worried that Max and Co....
Elder statesmen of the Chicago metal scene, and one of the more seasoned lynchpins in American death metal period, Broken Hope emerged fully formed in 1991...
To summarize quickly for those who lack the patience to read this entire review: this is a pure funeral doom record, and a very...
Oranssi Pazuzu (Orange Pazuzu, in the Finnish) don’t easily fit into any particular genre, which makes their music hard to describe. Psychedelic? Yes. Bizarre?...
Since 2003, Alexander von Meilenwald, the former drummer for Nagelfar, has been releasing sprawling black metal epics under the name The Ruins of Beverast. His music starts with...
Dream Theater have had an interesting release history; from classic records like Images and Words and Scenes From A Memory, the band released what's...
Conflicting ideologies seem to spurn the best possible music. The black metal and death metal scenes fought against each other back in the early...
When they landed on this planet in the 80's, no one knew what history would tell about the interstellar group of misfits know to...
On Ginnungagap, Seidr's follow up to their 2011 debut album For Winter Fire, the Louisville, Kentucky band meld the folky doom of earlier material...
By now you've certainly heard your fair share about Metallica's 3D movie, Through The Never. The one lingering question seems to be "is it...
Can't think anything other than "Holy shit, I've seeing Shining Thursday with Cormorant." What should I wear to a "blackjazz" show? Corpse paint? Fancy...
Heroism looms large in the metal pantheon. Yet as much fussing over the concept goes on, few of the genre's practitioners possess the conviction...
On their debut album, The Fall of Omnius, France's Nephren-Ka seek to merge technical virtuosity with sheer brutality. This isn't anything new to death...
I was hoping—really hoping—that the new Inquisition album would have an even longer title than the last one did. No such luck. Also I...
On October 27, 2012 Devin Townsend – more specifically the Devin Townsend Project – performed a concert that was to be the most encompassing, career-spanning show...
Fates Warning have been the rock on which heavier progressive music was founded since their inception in 1982, and show no signs of slowing...
When I think of Satyricon, the first thing that comes to mind is a funny conversation I had with a rather enthusiastic and boisterous...
Josh Graham inaugurated A Storm of Light in 2007, shortly before exiting the band he helped found, Red Sparowes. Having also spent the entirety of that decade...
Recently I started reading Henry Rollins' Broken Summers and a sentence struck grossly true for myself: “All too often, contemporary music doesn't give me what...
When your last album was both an underrated sleeper and a frequent inclusion on Best of 2011 lists, expectations are understandably high for your follow up....
You know how there is a four pm? Did you know there is another 4 in the morning? I'm going to introduce myself to...
British progressive masters Haken have gained somewhat of an underground following since the release of their 2010 debut, Aquarius. Naturally the following only progressed...
Earlier this year Deafheaven released Sunbather, arguably one of the most beautiful heavy metal albums ever recorded. Vasaeleth just barfed all over it. All...
