It’s a sad day when a Kalmah album isn’t reviewed, because these guys are one of the most under-appreciated bands in the history of metal. Sadly, AMR failed to review this album back when it came out despite being a magnifficent display of modern melo death. Well now I am encouraging all of my readers [...]
Combining the likes of Opeth, Arcturus, Agalloch and Amorphis, Sweden’s In Mourning are a come out of nowhere success in the underground metal scene. Despite finding their roots as early as 2000, In Mourning have only released two albums since 2008. Monolith, the band’s latest album, is making waves as the next Swedish sensation with [...]
Arsis have had a short, but storied career since their 2004 debut, A Celebration of Guilt, which immediately set them apart from their contemporaries as technically gifted death metallists. Since then, the band, while generally staying in favor with most critics and fans, has experienced a mixed bag of criticism from their next two efforts, [...]
Italian deathcorians, Stigma, have released a few new streaming tracks off of their upcoming album Concerto for the Dead due out on Pivotal Rockordings, and they are damn good! Metalsucks.net is hosting some of this new material, but feel free to check it out over at Stigma’s Myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/stigmahc.
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, [...]
Wintereich – Immortal Souls
Canada’s Aquila are yet another band to take a stab at the melodic metalcore sub-genre, but unlike many others who steer towards commercialized clean vocal pop during certain interludes, Aquila are completists when it comes to their loyalty to creating a true metal record. 2009’s Imperium is the band’s full length debut and demonstrates what [...]
Alright, that’s kind of a cheap shot seeing as that I have listened to and reviewed many a quality self released album in 2009, but it seems like as of late many of the self released albums I have been getting haven’t fulfilled my expectations, to such an extent that I have been in a [...]
Falling to Pieces, the Bay area metalcore quintet perhaps most notable for having former Bleeding Through guitarist Scott DaNough amongst its ranks, has released its second full length record, Awaken the Weak. By combining the stylings of the late Light This City, with a little early Bleeding Through, Falling to Pieces attempt to take a [...]
I have no qualms about revealing my utter admiration for the band known as Scar Symmetry. Their last two albums have been totally brilliant, so when I found out that vocalist Christian Ãlvestam was departing the band, I was quite dismayed as I never really thought Scar Symmetry would find a vocalist with the same [...]
