The dawn of a new darkness rising. The 2nd wave of black metal is commonly regarded as a Norwegian phenomenon given the infamy surrounding certain…
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Darkness arises from the thrashing depths. The link between death metal and hardcore is not as tenuous as some might suspect, and while the two…
The master of yesterday and today. Rogga Johansson is arguably the busiest man in death metal these days, juggling dozens of currently active projects and…
An arctic blast from American metal’s past. If the prior decade has taught anything, it is that the ebb and flow of trends has a…
Squeals of insanity permeate the halls. Of all the bands to come raging out of Germany during the height of the European power metal wave…
A proper chronicle of a killer’s exploits. Summing up the career of any iconic act within the span of a single LP seems a fool’s…
An ocean of curiosities emerges. Occasionally considered a latecomer to the 90s melodic death craze that came roaring out of Gothenburg, Soilwork has subsequently taken…
There seems to come a point in every artist’s career where they make the choice to bend or break under the weight of increasing ambition.…
A very curious new sound is rising. The quest for originality in the metal world has yielded its fair share of oddities, but 2020 may…
Voivod are back! With a history as dramatic and intense as that of the protagonist of their concept albums, these French Canadians now found time…