REVIEWS

Arguably the biggest metal band in the world, Metallica celebrated the 30th anniversary of their fourth studio album ‘…And Justice for All’ earlier this year. A landmark record which was for many reasons a tectonic shift in their [...]

It’s very hard to make it in the power metal world. The constant criticism of it being a stale genre and the fierce competition make bands feel the need to leave their safe space and often times reinvent themselves. Sinbreed was one of those bands, [...]

Henry Miller wrote “Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything [...]

Arsis is a technical death metal band from Virginia, United States. The band has been a compelling force lying in the depths of the underground when it comes to high quality face melting music. With an existence of almost two decades, they are one of the [...]

Saturday night in the giant metal hub of Chicago, IL can almost guarantee you a great metal concert. Saturday, October 6th, was no different at the Bottom Lounge where the Wintersun, Ne Obliviscaris, and Sarah Longfield show was happening. Finland’s [...]

Ambition is very much the norm for the progressive metal genre. Long elaborate songs, lengthy concept albums, all are commonplace. But even within the genre Berlin’s The Ocean Collective stand out as exceptionally ambitious. Throughout their career, [...]

Not much sounds sweeter than a sold out, Friday night metal show at Reggie’s in Chicago. I have a feeling this is going to be a recurring theme for me since settling down in the Chicago land suburbs – I can only hope. Last week, after weeks of [...]

Perhaps Cancer have one of the most antagonic careers in all of death metal, having released two marvelous classic albums in the early 1990’s, only to completely fall from grace in their latest entries, which definitely raised some questions [...]