Poverty’s No Crime – A Secret to Hide (Album Review)
A competent nod to progressive orthodoxy emerges. Progression is a relative concept, and its application to music can be a tad nebulous, if for no…
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.
A competent nod to progressive orthodoxy emerges. Progression is a relative concept, and its application to music can be a tad nebulous, if for no…
A dragonfly freewheels through an abstract construct. The metal world has seen its fair share of oddities come and go throughout the past few decades,…
Theatricality is the greatest ally of any band that opts for a simplified and streamlined approach to delivering the auditory goods, and if the past…
The bodies continue to pile up. Though better known for its massive contributions to the early speed metal and subsequent thrash metal scenes of the…
Rock is a dish best served dirty. There is something to be said for breaking new and original ground when putting together a new act,…
Dissonant horrors shake the human subconscious. Though not necessarily the first band to fly the decrepit banner of death metal, it’s all but impossible to…
An icon for the new generation emerges. Though the manner in which an artist rises to prominence may have changed, the art itself tends to…
Old and new converge to recapture the original punk spirit. Super-groups have become a dime a dozen of late, which is quite impressive when considering…
With most of the civilized world still living in a proverbial prison yard for more than a year, not to mention all of the additional…
It doesn’t get much more metal than this. Some of the best kept secrets in the metal world have had a peculiar habit of being…