No matter what new trends spring up in death metal, there will always be one stable force, and that force is Cannibal Corpse. Releasing album after album of blistering death metal since their first in 1990 with Eaten Back to Life, Cannibal Corpse has run rampant through the genre becoming probably the most popular and [...]
One of the first melodic death metal albums recorded, Heartwork laid the groundwork for true melodic death metal that lacked one key component–Swedish origins. That’s right, the grind Gods from England, Carcass, are responsible for this album, along with the band’s signature grind-based death metal that they had perfected on Necroticism – Descanting the Insalubrious. [...]
Heavy hitters DROID begin writing their next record and plan to return to the studio in early 2009 with a new CD release following shortly after.
Until then, a free MP3 download is available on the band’s new website located at www.droidmusic.com. Fans must register to the website to receive the new MP3 titled “Condemn the [...]
The 3rd Annual California Metalfest is looking to be good. It’s small in comparison, but it surely packs a punch! Here is the line-up for the day long event being held on March 28th.
Saxon, perhaps the most legendary underground band of all time. Despite writing hit after hit, release after release without wavering; despite being a founding member of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal in the late 70’s and early 80’s, and despite being one of the most respected metal bands of all time, Saxon has [...]
Here it is folks, much to my surprise, the majority of the 11th Annual New England Metal and Hardcore Festival is here…in January?! Seriously, for those of you who have been going to this festival for a while now (this will be my 7th consecutive year…wow), you’d know that Scott Lee and his crew usually [...]
Metal, quite literally, knows no boundaries as demonstrated here with a cover of Rihanna’s Umbrella by the band Midnyte. I had never heard of this band before, but if you do a search even resembling this concept, you’ll stumble upon this song. Is this a good song? Well, it’s pretty catchy and surprisingly well produced, [...]
Riding on the wave of success brought forth by bands like Mastodon and The Sword, Ontario’s Fiftywatthead is another example of doom and stoner metal’s rise to prominence in the metal scene to fill the void left by metalcore and melodic death. Unlike their peers in the equally resurgent thrash scene, doom bands led by [...]
Florida based power metal group Kamelot is probably best known for the soaring vocals of Roy Khan, who actually hails from Norway unlike his bandmates. He has traversed the world with Kamelot, and has appeared on 6 albums with the band since around 1998 when he joined. Interestingly though, despite the accomplishments of Khan and [...]
Teutonic thrash juggernauts Kreator needs no introduction or artist comparison, they stand on their own and have a longevity that most metal bands would kill for. With that said, the discography Kreator has given us has been relatively mixed with moments of greatness and moments of confusion. However, what can be said is that Kreator [...]
