Carcass – Despicable (EP Review)
This is how you cut it in the metal industry. It is said that a tiger never changes its stripes, but in extreme metal circles…
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.
This is how you cut it in the metal industry. It is said that a tiger never changes its stripes, but in extreme metal circles…
A procession graced by impressionism. Doom metal has come a long way since the early 70s when Black Sabbath first translated the atmosphere and aesthetic…
Twilight falls upon the Viking age. Conceptual storytelling has always been one of metal’s many fortes, and while this art of merging an album’s worth…
Nature is the ultimate killer. Contemplating the natural world, including in its most fearsome manifestations, is not a new thing within black metal circles, but…
Vikings rise from the sludgy depths. When musing over the happenings of the Viking Age or the broader realm of the fantastical, if images of…
Returning to the olden creeds. Perhaps best known for its pioneering work in the grindcore field, the British extreme metal scene nevertheless fielded a small…
They’ve become one with the waves and their past. All trends come and go like crashing waves upon the shore, but what separates a temporary…
Transcending conventional practices. It might seem counterintuitive, but while folk music stands as one of the most straightforward and stylistically limited genres in existence, its…
Shaking the very pillars of eternity. The truism that times change and one would be wise to change with them is nothing to new to…
Dueling violins sing of Vinlandian lore. At this point in metal history, the quest for originality is usually a quest for a niche, though in…