Beckoning in a sound that can be smartly compared to the likes of Birds of Prey, Boris, Electric Wizard and maybe a little (or a LOT) of Black F’n Sabbath thrown in just to make things spicey, California sludgsters Kowloon Walled City have, almost literally, blown my face off through the back of my head. [...]
One of the best modern metal bands coming out of America right now, The Sword, has given us common folk something to jump up and down about this weekend. Not only have they debuted their new music video for their upcoming album Gods of the Earth released on April 1st, but they are also streaming [...]
Apparently Candlemass guitarist “Mappe” Björkman has been sentenced to two years, for helping to steal almost half a million dollars in CDs from a distribution warehouse. His conviction? Two years! I tell ya, he should feel good that he lives in the Swedish land of “slap you on the wrist”, because if this act was [...]
Today I have been listening to an album that often gets face time in my headphones because of its ability to make me cooler listening to it. Seriously, The Sword’s Age of Winters is an album that simply blows me away in the catchiness department, and is a record that my closest metal friends and [...]
Birds of Prey is a band I have never had any exposure to prior to this week. However, I can say that I will be listening to what these boys put out from now on. Hailing from Virginia, Birds of Prey features a virtual who’s who of Southern stalwarts consisting of Erik Larson (Alabama Thunderpussy), [...]
In preparation for their upcoming review on this site, here is a kickass music video from Saviours.
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=_CkhnO83_O0&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=CQO3GQROBHw[/youtube]
Album: II - Crush the Insects
Label: Spikefarm Records
Year: 2005
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=y9_Xn9XL4A0[/youtube]
Album: Aeolian
Year: 2005
Label: Nuclear Blast
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=8th_3AoTm_E[/youtube]
Album: Candlemass
Year: 2005
Label: Nuclear Blast
Black Sabbath would be the first band to shape the sound of heavy metal by combining heavy tuned-down guitars with a pessimistic attitude. In the early- to mid-1980’s, their sound would be recognized and defined as “doom metal”, a term that has been accepted to imply some of the heaviest, slowest music in the [...]
