ENFORCED – War Remains (Album Review)
No nonsense thrash that shows no mercy. The unrelenting beast that is thrash could be likened to the Greek myth of the hydra, for if…
Author Jonathan Smith
Jonathan Smith
Jonathan is a long time contributor to The Encyclopaedia Metallum website under the pseudonym hells_unicorn and has written for The Metal Observer on and off for the past 10 years. He was previously a lead guitarist in the Philadelphia-based folk metal band Frost Giant and played Dave Murray’s parts for the Philly-based Iron Maiden tribute band Tailgunner. He is currently the guitarist and principal songwriter for the nascent symphonic power metal project Ominous Glory.
BURNING WITCHES – The Dark Tower (Album Review)
Part throwback, part modern, all classic metal! The world at large will no doubt continue to be dumbfounded at how every prediction of metal’s oncoming…
EARTHDAY BIRTHDAY 2023: 30th Edition of The South Florida Festival Brings A Huge Dose of Rocking Edge to 53 Years of Environmentalism
For more than 50 years the modern environmental movement has been a pivotal force in shaping world politics and given hard rock’s equally long and…
SAVAGE EXISTENCE – Savage Existence (Album Review)
Savage, all too savage. With a history now spanning more than 30 years, the early 90s offshoot of heavy and thrash metal that has come…
ANGUS MCSIX – Angus McSix And The Sword Of Power (Album Review)
After the death of five, the sixth would rise. The dissolution of a lineup can prove devastating for any band, and the particular eventuality of…
TANITH – Voyage (Album Review)
Where rock and metal collide. While still a new player in the American music scene, New York natives and old school metal adherents Tanith have…
OVERKILL – Scorched (Album Review)
The Wrecking Crew scorches all in its path. For a band that has been trudging the dank swamps of metal’s thrashing edge for as long…
NIGHT DEMON – Outsider (Album Review)
A less trodden trail is blazed. With well over a decade in the rear view since what has been dubbed the New Wave of Traditional…
JOHN DEMENA – Dreams And Lies (Album Review)
Imagination and falsehood converge. Few stories are as undisputedly American as that of the driven dreamer turned immigrant crossing an ocean to try his hand…
DONALD TARDY of OBITUARY Discusses Their Latest Studio Album “Dying Of Everything”, The World Circumstances That Helped To Birth It , and The History Of Their More Than 3 Decades Long Career: “The Title Just Seemed Like It Fit The State The World Is In Right Now”
Perhaps the most fitting visual for the death metal sub-genre is the decrepit landscape of a massive cemetery, especially one located within a marshy landscape.…
