JOHN DEMENA – Dreams And Lies (Album Review)
Imagination and falsehood converge. Few stories are as undisputedly American as that of the driven dreamer turned immigrant crossing an ocean to try his hand…
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DONALD TARDY of OBITUARY Discusses Their Latest Studio Album “Dying Of Everything”, The World Circumstances That Helped To Birth It , and The History Of Their More Than 3 Decades Long Career: “The Title Just Seemed Like It Fit The State The World Is In Right Now”
Perhaps the most fitting visual for the death metal sub-genre is the decrepit landscape of a massive cemetery, especially one located within a marshy landscape.…
TWILIGHT FORCE – At The Heart Of Wintervale (Album Review)
Into a world of magic, we fly. Ever since metal music’s conception amid a sea of heavy rocking and mystical pursuits courtesy of the late…
CIVIL WAR – Invaders (Album Review)
Setting sails with a new captain at the helm. Originally conceived by four former members of Sabaton as a proper continuation of said band’s musical…
BEYOND THE BLACK – Beyond The Black (Album Review)
Primed and polished to a lustrous shine. Despite the explosion of female-fronted symphonic metal acts that coincided with the mid-2010s being a major topic in…
OBITUARY – Dying of Everything (Album Review)
A new laboratory of lethal germs has been opened. Opinions may vary as to which subset of American death metal is the sickest, with a…
CEASELESS TORMENT – Victory Or Death (Album Review)
Northern European thrash served up extra nasty. Thrash metal can work a few different ways, but it is generally stipulated that subtlety is its antithesis,…
THEM – Fear City (Album Review)
Terror strikes at the dawn of the 80s. Former King Diamond/Mercyful Fate tribute band turned spinoff homage band Them has been a fairly steady presence…
TOM G. WARRIOR Remarks On Recently Released CELTIC FROST Box Set “Danse Macabre”, Their Original Mission of Continual Innovation, And The Difficulties In Gaining Acceptance For Their Music In Their Home Country: “Anything In The Arts (In Switzerland) Is Not Considered A Serious Occupation.”
When one contemplates the concept of extreme metal, the most common question other than whether black, death or grindcore can claim to be the closest…
LEATHER – We Are The Chosen (Album Review)
The chosen metallic odes arise! The horizons of heavy metal have broadened quite substantially in the past four decades, but there is definitely something to…
