Legendary German power metallers, Gamma Ray, are back with their latest studio effort since 2007’s Land of the Free II which AMR’s Cole panned as stereotypically awful power metal. I consider myself to be a bit of a power metal buff, so I figured I’d take point on this review and see if Kai and [...]
Thanks to my buddy Chris for turning me on to these guys! Gorod, in the simplest of terms, is Daath with a funk swing. This is technical death metal that needs to be made aware of, because it seems like no one knows about these dudes. So check out this album and tell your friends [...]
Saw these guys a couple of months back in Portland and they sounded exactly like on this video, only much…much louder.
Awake in Sleep – Dark Castle from Paul Myers on Vimeo.
South Carolina has brought forth their sons, Through the Eyes of the Dead, for another dip into the death metal breakdown blizzard. I have read many critical pieces on this record (and some positive, mostly from the same players that would play any scene album), so I have been looking forward to wrapping my head [...]
Here at AMR, we like to give the little guy a break, no matter how small they may be. If they have put together a proper promo and have come to us looking for promotion, we will do our best to give an honest assessment of their work. However, in light of the ever growing [...]
Spinefarm Records is pleased to announce the reissue of Valley Of The Damned and Sonic Firestorm — the first two full-lengths from Grammy nominated UK power metallers Dragonforce! Both titles will street Tuesday February 23, 2010 and feature updated packaging and bonus audio and DVD content.
In honor these re-releases of what I consider the two [...]
Greece’s Need have released their second full length, Siamese God, and it certainly shows promise. Containing a band full of members that clearly know what their doing, Need are looking to make a statement, however, is talent alone enough to make a statement true?
On one hand Need represents a fast paced, well orchestrated progressive metal [...]
The debut of the much anticipated Roadrunner self titled release from New York’s Mutiny Within is upon us. Mutiny Within is set to hit stores tomorrow and marks the most “metal” album Roadrunner has released in what feels like ages (contrary to the speculation swirling around that Roadrunner was steering away from metal releases), however, [...]
Swanky, new age hard rock with an emo-ish (I know what a cop out that term is, but find a replacement and I’ll use it), quasi-hardcore approach is a common denominator in modern rock with a range from the heavy stuff with Atreyu and Killswitch Engage to the lighter side of things with the likes [...]
Argentina’s Acid Rain has been an active prog outfit since 2002, but have only just begun releasing albums in the last couple of years beginning with 2008’s Infinity Beyond and last year’s The Descending Line which I recently had the opportunity to check out.
Acid Rain plays out just as they should, an independent level progressive [...]
