Browsing all articles from July, 2010.
Music Video: Year of Desolation – Suffer Thy Nemesis
Album: Year of Desolation
Label: Prosthetic Records
Year: 2007
Congrats to Normandy Guitars!
Our friends over at Normandy Guitars have made the top 10 list for holiday gift choices from Making Music magazine in association with NAMM. It’s nice to see independent manufacturers of higher quality instruments getting attention from the field!
If you haven’t checked them out yet, head over to [...]
Sorry About the Downtime…Ice Storms Suck!
Hey everyone,
I live in Maine, and sometimes we get a tad over-abundance of ice, and when this ice builds up on powerlines, it tends to fuck with our power. So, for the last few days, I have been frigid and in the dark with my only semblance of entertainment being an all you can eat [...]
Review: The Red Shore – Unconsecrated (2008)
Why do I keep luring myself to the ways of modern death metal and deathcore? Why? Alas, I have been suckered into reviewing yet another deathcore album courtesy of Australia’s The Red Shore whom just recently released their debut record, Unconsecrated on Siege of Amida (a subsidiary of Ferret Music, whom seem more concerned with [...]
Cody’s Top 10: Most Atmospheric Metal Bands
Alright, before I begin, I want to clarify something. My intention with this top 10 is to not give 10 atmospheric/ambient metal bands as a genre, but rather metal bands who have the ability to create imagery and texture with their music that goes beyond simple riffs, beats and vocals. These bands mold together their [...]
Interview: BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE
Becoming the Archetype is part of a fresh breed of extreme metal popping up America that is truly pushing the proverbial envelope about what is fresh and edgy. Taking the best parts of metalcore, the extremity of death metal, and the melodies of electronic music, this new breed following in the footsteps of all too [...]
AMR’s Metal Tribute to Classic Rock
Classic rock is an indelible part of what makes heavy metal so great, the dual leads, the groove, the falsettos, the attitude, everything about metal can be owed in some way to the foundation set forth by the classic rockers of the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. So, in recognition of the songs that made our [...]
If You Haven’t Heard Absu, You Haven’t Heard Shit
Yes, there are 1349, Gorgoroth, Carpathan Forest, Marduk, Behemoth and other such extreme bands that push the boundaries of black and death metal, but for me, there remains only one band that lights it up like no other, and that is Absu. Containing the drummer Proscriptor who was painfully left off my top 10 metal [...]
Calling All Metalheads! AMR Wants to Expand!
Hey readers!
After over a year of activity, it’s time for All Metal Resource to try and expand it’s level of influence. This site is a passion of mine, but as my regular readers may have noticed, I am not always able to update as often as I’d like, and with Nate and Cole occupied with [...]
2009 Metal Festival Line-Ups Update!
Added some new festivals including Chicago Powerfest and Tuska Open Air. I also added some new bands for Bang Your Head and Bloodstock which includes the following:
BANG YOUR HEAD!!! FESTIVAL
Balingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany ~ June 28th-29th, 2009
Alestorm
Blind Guardian
Driver
Hardcore Superstar
Laaz Rockit
Ross the Boss
Sacred Reich
Sodom
U.D.O.
W.A.S.P.
Warrior
Y&T
BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR
Catton Hall Derby, England ~ August 14th-16th, 2009
Candlemass
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
The Haunted
Katatonia
Sabaton
Satyricon
Turisas
Wintersun
Keep checking [...]
