TRIVIUM – “Deadmen and Dragons” Livestream Event (December 18th, 2021)
Nothing jump-starts the evolutionary process quite like pure, unabashed necessity, and it would be the understatement of the century to suggest that the events over…
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.
Nothing jump-starts the evolutionary process quite like pure, unabashed necessity, and it would be the understatement of the century to suggest that the events over…
Swedish heavy metal newcomers Perpetual Etude released their debut album, “Now Is The Time”, earlier this autumn. The group has now released a new music…
Beautiful dirges break the sorrowful earth. Since the bleak world of doom metal first came to the world via the trailblazing efforts of Black Sabbath,…
There are times when a trip down memory lane can be just as relevant to the present as a brand new endeavor, but the occasion…
A black-blooded legacy reemerges. Relegated to obscurity almost to the day of their initial inception in the late 1980s, Swedish death metal warrior outfit Unanimated…
There is no time like the past. Sweden has basically been ground zero for the explosion of 80s heavy and speed metal revivalism, culminating in…
An archaic danger looms. Though heavy metal may not be at the point of supplanting English in its de facto status as the common tongue…
The Teutonic storm has commenced. With nearly 40 years of heavy metal history at his back, veteran trustee of old school Teutonic fury Herman Frank…
Darkness envelops the natural world. Thinking outside the box and conjuring up something that is truly original is often a task best suited to a…
A primordial heroism returns. Nostalgia is a powerful ally in today’s metal scene, sharing an almost equal footing with originality, and the best bands to…