Shadows Fall has always been a very reliable band with a sound they can call their own and a devoted following since their underground days. I remember seeing Shadows Fall in a small Burlington VT club back in 2002 when the metalcore phenomenon was on the rise. There were maybe 50 people max at this [...]
Much like their European brethen Bullet For My Valentine, Idols Are Dead are taking the American bull by the horns by harnessing the music that we across the big pond have pushed to the forefront of the metal scene, namely melodic metalcore with dashes of thrash and death metal. Idols Are Dead and their debut [...]
Oh how far we have come from the late 90’s disaster known as Coal Chamber. Dez Fafara has grown by leaps and bounds since he left his last project behind, and I think the heavy music world is much better off for it. Dez’s story is quite rare in my opinion, where a member of [...]
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 Denver, CO, Ploy For Extinction are an enigma to me. I can often pin point a band’s sound, but I am sort of at a loss on this one. The band’s EP, From Within brings to the table a sound that is very modern in nature which I can best describe as post-thrash, [...]
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 [...]
The stalwart, never say die lords of the underground, God Forbid are back with their latest offering, Earthsblood. Throughout their entire career, God Forbid have fought adversity to maintain their rightful place in the soul of the metal scene, no matter what the popular trend may be. While others such as Killswitch Engage, Lamb of [...]
Whatever preconceptions about lackluster musicianship, crappy riffs, and an over-abundance of masked morons jumping around on stage people may have had in the past, are now at a crossroad. You see, with the culmination of Slipknot’s last album Vol. 3 ; The Subliminal Verses and this their latest album All Hope Is Gone, the band [...]
For every band that makes it into the national spotlight, there are dozens who continue to work their asses off to make this dream come true. Anyone band who has ever tried and played music knows the struggle it takes to make even a small name for yourself, but for the metal bands, its especially [...]
The history of Sepultura is a long storied career that I really don’t feel like wasting time in this review going over. However, one thing that does need to be mentioned before I can go on are the divisions Max Cavalera had with the rest of the band after his departure, in particular his brother. [...]
