The mix of Melodic Death Metal with a slight touch of Doom and Black Metal makes the band Wolfheart quite unique. The melodic, atmospheric and emotionally composed music has found an ever-growing fan base since the foundation of the Finnish Melodic Death [...]
Formed in 1991, Katatonia were pioneers in the rising doom, death and black metal movements. As the band progressed, they transitioned into masters of progressive metallic rock. A passage that saw them grow in popularity and push ever more into the [...]
Experimental and avant-garde metal; people either seem to love it or to hate it. Personally I love it. Along with (and combined) with the progressive metal, it’s my favorite of the myriad of metal subgenres out there. And one of the best bands doing [...]
Hexvessel almost foresaw the revival of the popularity of the occult in popular culture (the resurgence is seen in The VVitch, Hereditary, and many other films). Along with Blood Ceremony, Hexvessel was instrumental in bringing the psychedelic folk [...]
The unhinged aggression of “Children of the Next Level” opens the proverbial gate with a bang. Its lumbering gallop adorned with Eastern-tinged harmonized guitars provides vocalist Chuck Billy with ample space to flex his gravel-throated [...]
Full disclosure, I am a huge fan of the “new” incarnation of Aborted, by which I mean the version of Aborted after 2008’s divisive “Strychnine.213”, and beginning with a reimagined, less grind-focused, more-straightforward [...]
Throughout the historical timeline of heavy metal, the 1980s is and will always be a hallmark decade spawning countless artists, many of whom are still active today. Metal Church is one such band that has maintained a fairly consistent stream of [...]
In these fickle times of disease and dismay, there are few artists out there with the capacity to be reassuring of a dependable status quo as Detroit’s The Black Dahlia Murder. Breaking their album-every-two-year-cycle was cause enough for fans to [...]
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