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"Without any doubt, it's a must have for any black metal fan's library."
"Ultimately, 72 Seasons is a record that sits sonically somewhere between The Black Album and Reload, if those records immediately came after Kill 'Em...
"The novelty hasn't worn off. But by the end of this 41-minute record, it's starting to show some wear and tear."
"While most of the Bay Area thrash scene are rapidly approaching their final bows, Metallica just keep on getting bigger. Rock on, guys. You...
There’s absolutely something to be said for consistency, and DragonForce has been extremely consistent throughout their career.
The kawaii-metal superstars have a world of surprises in store...
The Devil's Cradle is an essential - the essential - document of Finnish black metal
Only in New York can a Hispanic gay kid who lived in Boro Park, Brooklyn, surrounded by Hasidic Jews, hustle his way up the...
When the string of singles for this year's Hardwired... to Self Destruct started rolling out, I had a similar reaction: a fine listen once...
Black Metal is better when its weird and immersive.
Along with the two volumes of Metal for Muthas, the Metal Massacre series loom large over the history of heavy metal in the 1980's....
Extol is a band that needs no introduction. They've always been at the forefront of forward-thinking, truly progressive metal, and each of their albums are...
ach person has his or her own way of delving into an art form. For me, books and documentaries have a colorizing effect on...
The key value in this book is not so much in the research as the actual, lived-in expertise and insight that McPadden brings to...
By 2002, True Norwegian Black Metal had become a shadow of its former self; many of the subgenre's powerhouse bands had either disbanded or...
There are plenty of politically charged heavy metal bands, but few of them are as ambitious as Avram. Avram is less a band than a...
Gorgoroth. That’s it. That’s all you really need right? You know black metal, right? Has there ever been a single shred of doubt about...
We review the powerful new Lamb of God documentary.
Almost any discussion about black metal invariably starts by referencing bands from the second wave of the sub-genre like Mayhem, Darkthrone, Burzum, and Immortal. It's not surprising since...
What makes Nemesis Divina worth repeated listening and fond waxing in articles like this one is the brilliant creativity and utterly transcendent musicality and...
By now you've certainly heard your fair share about Metallica's 3D movie, Through The Never. The one lingering question seems to be "is it...
Can't think anything other than "Holy shit, I've seeing Shining Thursday with Cormorant." What should I wear to a "blackjazz" show? Corpse paint? Fancy...
Over the past decade or so Jason Newsted has been a meandering soul in the metal community. Jason played with the Canadian Prog Thrash icons...
