The Spanish have thrown me a zinger! The band is called Gozerk and they have arrived to bless thee with groove laden, Slayer love making death metal. Having released a new EP in September, Gozerk want to show that Europe has what it takes to take on the American groove kings. Make no mistake though, [...]
Baltimore’s Anubis Unbound, a metalcore/melodic death metal band, released their first full length last year in the form of Through Cursed Eyes. This is the first I have heard from this outfit, and one thing I am very happy to hear is a lack of deathcore in their music. While Through Cursed Eyes isn’t “old [...]
When someone mentions Machine Head and “awesome” in the same sentence, I can’t help but laugh. Anyone who knows me knows that I have a fond dislike for all things Machine Head. Their last album The Blackening was hailed by many in the metal community as one of the greateste records of the year, and [...]
Hailing from Halifax Nova Scotia, relative newcomers Uncooperative Death have released their debut record Uncooperative Death, and are setting out to bring us their take on metal. Oddly though, describing that sound is proving to be quite difficult for me with a mishmash of all kinds of influences ranging from groove metal, to NWOBHM. With [...]
New Prosthetic Records signees Unholy and their debut record New Life Behind Closed Eyes, combines the groove of Pantera with the hardcore sensibilities of Throwdown (who ironically, have adopted heavily from Pantera themselves). My average response to albums like this is usually one of indifference, and New Life Behind Closed Eyes is no different.
Groove metal [...]
1. Biomechanical – Cannibalised (2007)
Chaos, chaos and more chaos. Unlike the band’s 2005 effort The Empire of the Worlds, the groove, extreme melodies and chaos (on a controlled level) are far from being as apparent on Biomechanical’s latest album Cannibalised. It seems the band has gone off the deep end in terms of [...]
Lamb of God are back with their next “epic” release (Jesus I am fucking hilarious…) Wrath. Fanfare in magazines and online, week long devotions on Satellite radio, interviews, itunes samples, etc etc etc. I think it’s safe to say that Lamb of God have turned into heavy metal superstars. Who woulda thunk? I remember listening [...]
Classic Era
1. Metal Magic (1983)
Pantera’s first, and definitely chalk full of classic heavy metal. “Ride My Rocket” is clearly very KISS influenced, but still has a bunch of NWOBHM backbone. “I’ll Be Alright” is a perfect classic heavy metal track with NO glam influences.. Realistically, back then, this would have been viewed as a [...]
1. Norma Jean – The Anti Mother (2008)
I have heard many bad things about this album, in fact, after initially listening to a couple of songs, I wrote this album off as another melodic metalcore assraping. However, for this review, sitting down at my computer and thoroughly listening to the Anti Mother, I have [...]
When one listens to metal, they instantly try to compare and contrast it to other artists in order to come up with a likeness. However, every once and awhile, an artist peaks up from the netherworld to blow established traditions out of the water. In the last few years, our genre has been lucky enough [...]
