This is it. The origins of power metal. The origins of some sub-genres of metal can be debated endlessly until your blue in the face, but there is no debate about the origins of power metal. Melding high melodies, soaring vocals with speed metal (note: as always, speed metal is NOT synonymous with thrash metal, [...]
Effigy of the Forgotten, the debut record of Suffocation, one that would would bring a whole new world of brutality to American metal. In my opinion, this album, along with Cannibal Corpse’s Eaten Back to Life kind of paved the way for what would become the modern form of death metal, leaning away from the [...]
Very few times in history has a side project matched (or even exceeded) the quality of the participant’s main projects, but in the case of Demons & Wizards’ self titled record, this rings completely true. Created in 1999, by Jon Schaffer (Iced Earth) and Hansi Kursch (Blind Guardian), both perhaps in the primes of their [...]
When people think of classic albums, usually a Hammerfall release is not one that comes to mind. Hammerfall is one of those bands that is completely competant at what they do, but have very few outstanding releases. What has kept these Swedish power metallers in the limelight for so long is the very reason I [...]
One of the first melodic death metal albums recorded, Heartwork laid the groundwork for true melodic death metal that lacked one key component–Swedish origins. That’s right, the grind Gods from England, Carcass, are responsible for this album, along with the band’s signature grind-based death metal that they had perfected on Necroticism – Descanting the Insalubrious. [...]
The following is an article I wrote for MetalReviews.com while I was a writer there. I was racking my brain about what band to do for Uber Classics as I have been falling behind in this category, and I kept coming back to this EP. Instead of re-writing a review that was already well written [...]
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 [...]
