Montreal's CYDEMIND is an interesting concept...difficult to describe and way beyond my means to provide a mental picture of their...

Described as exploring "fantasy writer Patrick Rothfuss' theory on the mind's abilities to cope with pain, by weaving it together with...

Since 2004, Denver, Colorado's HAVOK have waived the thrash flag high, waving on sonic destruction for everything in their path. Four...

Defying the neat confines of sub-genres that people like myself like filing bands under Space Witch weaves their own bong laden path. If...

The anticipation of a new album by a blisteringly brutal/tech death metal such as HOUR OF PENANCE is sometimes excruciating. You weave...

Cthulhu is a subject that many metal bands have tried to conquer. Some capture the mood in lyrics only, while musically the album's just...

The debut full length from this North Carolina band finds them entering the fray with speedy double bass driven melo-death. The guitars...

Razing The Shrines of Optimism (click on the album cover to go to purchasing site!) Since their first demo in 1997, Poland's WITCHMASTER...

ALLFATHER Inherit The Dust You've gotta give a band credit when they stand up for a cause. Shortly after the release of their first...

If you had the chance to become a multi-millionnaire, and all you had to do was write the perfect radio-friendly album, and blast your...

There's something to be said for a band that's been around a quarter of a century who can still deliver music as fresh now as their first...

There's something about DARKTHRONE that's hard to dislike. Year after year, album after album, from the early days of death metal, to the...

Sometimes we have to sit back and not grade something based on past albums...not judge something on how we think it should sound, but...

KORGONTHURUS - Vuohen Siunaus Since 2000, other than a few EP's and splits, Helsinki, Finland's KORGONTHURUS have only released two...

It's never easy replacing a vocalist in an established band. Emperor Magus Caligula left DARK FUNERAL after 2009's "Angelus Exuro Pro...

It wasn’t until after I had already heard this album that I found out the lyrics are about band leader Rebecca Vernon’s struggles with...

It is rare for a band to inspire me to dig back into their catalogue. This album is the sound of a band moving forward in a way that made...

If you have been waxing nostalgic about the days of MySpace and find your self-wondering whatever happened to H.I.M, here is your answer....

Theatrical French doom metal heroes Wormfood are back from a long hibernation and they come back with their most mature, dark and ironic...

Haunting. Beautiful. There are no two better words to describe the voice and music of MYRKUR. Though living in New York City currently,...