As many of you know now, my top album of 2008 was Scar Symmetry’s Holographic Universe which I thought was absolutely stunning on so many levels. Recently however, the metal world has been hit with some sad news with the vocalist of Scary Symmetry, Christian Ãlvestam parting ways with his cohorts. Soon after, it has [...]

A nice dose of some Swedish melodic death metal for your Saturday afternoon.

Album: Death Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast
Year: 1997

Album: Year of Desolation
Label: Prosthetic Records
Year: 2007

Yes, there are 1349, Gorgoroth, Carpathan Forest, Marduk, Behemoth and other such extreme bands that push the boundaries of black and death metal, but for me, there remains only one band that lights it up like no other, and that is Absu. Containing the drummer Proscriptor who was painfully left off my top 10 metal [...]

This is one mainstream metal band that truly deserves all the damn hype they get. Every kid (the last time I checked), was under 20, with the lead singer being 15. It’s hard to talk shit about such a young band that just finished a tour in fucking Japan when most of us at 15 [...]

Album: Rise of the Tyrant
Label: Century Media
Year: 2007

Album: Come Death
Label: Earache Records
Year: 2007

The late 70’s and early 80’s in metal are often marekd by the rising tide of British metallians within the New Wave of british Heavy Metal with standouts such as Iron Maiden, Saxon, Diamond Head and Def Leppard making names for themselves internationally. However, across the pond in New York City, an up and coming [...]

Album: The Way of All Flesh
Label:Relapse Records/Listenable Records
Year: 2008

Ok so it may be a little cheesy, but Amon Amarth’s riffs are a force to be reckoned with. Cody’s review of the album can be read here.
This video is hilarious and wicked cool at the same time!!! Enjoy…
Amon Amarth “Twilight Of The Thunder God”