Birthed from the remains of Puya, the nu-metal breakout sensation from Pueto Rico that overtook the Ozzfest scene out of no where for a brief year or two and then faded into obscurity outside of their die hard fanbase, Yeva combines heavy metal riffs and latin rhthyms to create a very unique sound. Unlike his [...]
In a world where metal’s creativity is limited only by the relative close mindedness of it’s new found fanbase, there are a select few bands who defy stereotypes by flying in the face of what is expected of them. Scale the Summit, one such act who recognizes no stereotype, embarks on a new journey when [...]
Becoming the Archetype is part of a fresh breed of extreme metal popping up America that is truly pushing the proverbial envelope about what is fresh and edgy. Taking the best parts of metalcore, the extremity of death metal, and the melodies of electronic music, this new breed following in the footsteps of all too [...]
Album: The Way of All Flesh
Label:Relapse Records/Listenable Records
Year: 2008
Finally, the critically acclaimed live album from Peaceville (yes, Opeth had a career before they were on Roadrunner!) is being released on DVD Oct 20th. To help spread the word, Peaceville has set up a mini-site devoted to this DVD, which contains a trailer, pictures, interviews, soundbytes, desktop wallpapers, etc. I highly enjoyed their first [...]
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 [...]
1. Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer (1992)
I am a huge fan of Dio era Black Sabbath, and while Dehumanizer isn’t the greatest of the three albums Dio did with Sabbath, it is indeed a great album that is painfully under appreciated. What I find most telling about this album is that it maintains an undeniably [...]
1. Fear My Thoughts - Hell Sweet Hell (2005)
Combining modern incarnations of Gothenburg favorites At the Gates, In Flames and Dark Tranquillity, Fear My Thoughts will be a familiar dose for many a metalhead, despite this group being from Germany. While their riffs, vocals and drumming are quite similar to the above mentioned bands, [...]
Being a reviewer is much more difficult than one might think. You have to listen to each song critically, and then construct sentences in a coherent way that allows readers to understand exactly what you mean. Sometimes though, you run into an album that inextricably causes a major case of the brain shits in [...]
Watershed. I mean…what can you expect from a band that’s never had a bad release? To any fan of Opeth, Watershed would be another addition to an already great discography—no way it could be bad. But for a band to improve upon such great achievements is something to admire. For, Watershed, as an [...]
