The return of thrash metal in the 21st century has been nothing but positive, with contemporary acts of the genre such as Bonded by Blood, Warbringer and Evile introducing a…

Swedish death metal is a truly formidable force, having spawned the likes of Entombed, Dismember, Grave, and several other bands. After Entombed’s run of critically-acclaimed records like ‘Left Hand Path’…

Finnish metal band Amoral have had a very interesting journey in the twelve years of their career, evident in all the seven records they have released so far. In only…

Redemption are a Los Angeles-based progressive metal outfit that are quite famous for their long songs and intricate songwriting patterns. The mastermind of this project is Nick Van Dyk on…

Sometimes I wonder if the power metal genre will become (more) saturated or if we’ll end up seeing its resurrection by the hands of a few mad Swedish dudes –…

Fun and jovial albums are quite uncommon. In a forest of dark sounding metal and sometimes a pile of sonic rubbish, something purely entertaining is found while being insanely fantastic.…

Conan is a stoner/doom metal band hailing from UK’s. Formed in 2006, Conan has just hit their 10 year milestone in their music career. Back in 2012, Conan released their…

Progressive metal as a subgenre is an interesting beast. By loose definition, progressive metal contains various attributes that are intuitively perceived as progressive: unorthodox song structures, long songs, musical variety…

Having been around for twenty years now, it never ceases to amaze just how under the radar Finnish melodic maestros Omnium Gatherum have flown. While not receiving the same level…