We’re still in March, and the list of “best albums of the year” keeps getting new entries at a jarring pace. One of such entries…
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In cold blackness, a new flower blooms.Sometimes innovation doesn’t necessarily take on the form of a new sub-genre being born or something that seems unrecognizable…
1984 is generally regarded as the greatest year in metal. The release of Iron Maiden’s “Powerslave,” Dio’s “The Last In Line,” Judas Priest’s “Defenders of…
Somewhere in between Steven Wilson and Suzanne Vega resides a hidden gem of the rock world: Jane Getter. A little bit jazz, a little prog,…
A new blackened epic is unveiled. Expectations are often the sworn enemy of any union of known quantities, or super groups to use the common…
There are long-awaited albums, and then there are long-time-coming albums. Jimmy Keegan’s first solo album qualifies on both accounts. Teased for years, including a crowdfunding…
Call them black metal, call them progressive metal, call them whatever you want. But under no pretenses may you call the long-running Norwegian quintet known…
For those new to Syncatto, it is the solo project of guitar wunderkind, Charlie Robbins. Charlie is a YouTube sensation and a guitarist in the equally…
The bad news is that Fates Warning is indefinitely dormant, if not dead entirely. The good news is that this has allowed the group’s key…
For more than three decades, Ihsahn has made himself known as black metal’s indomitable maverick, a creative force so powerful that he has single-handedly reshaped…