There have been few bands in modern progressive rock or metal that have had a wider influence or been more loved than Britain’s Porcupine Tree. Like most fans, I was greatly saddened to learn in 2010 that the band would be on an indefinite hiatus. [...]
After pretty much stealing the show (with Seven Spires) during the latest Dragonforce tour, Visions of Atlantis are releasing their new album called ‘’Pirates’’. The Austrian wayfarers are back after 2019’s Wanderers and [...]
In the world of Melodic Death Metal, I rightfully believe that there are four titans, four bands that really stand head and shoulders above anyone else and those bands are Omnium Gatherum, Insomnium, Wolfheart, and the aforementioned Mors Principium Est. [...]
As weird as the “atmospheric/symphonic death metal” moniker might be, the genre constantly graces us with top-tier acts that can kick ass and sound sophisticated at the same time, like Fleshgod Apocalypse, Ex Deo, Horrified, and, of course, [...]
Among the many bands synonymous with guttural and brutal music, Decapitated would take the head. Being a band that musically never disappoints, the band’s latest offering ‘Cancer Culture’ is a work of excellence second to none. This is a [...]
Celebrating over 25 years as Gothenburg’s finest metal export, Evergrey mark the occasion with their thirteenth studio album, ‘A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament)’, released May 20th. A testament to a world many feel no longer a [...]
In contrast to James LaBrie’s 2013 solo outing ‘Impermanent Resonance’, which found the Dream Theater singer treading musically heavy and tempestuous waters, ‘Beautiful Shade of Grey’ finds him gazing deeply into the [...]
Matt Heafy of Trivium is known to be one of the premier metal frontmen of our times. His interests in Japanese folk and lore which would partly come as part of his Japanese-American identity have invoked the creation of a dark force that is IBARAKI. The [...]
