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Enslaved were one of the earlier Scandinavian bands to begin rigorously unraveling the increasingly staid black metal template. Though they've been at this "controlled...
If you’re going to listen to Oceans Ate Alaska for the first time, the things you’ll notice right away (apart from common metalcore tropes)...
There are a lot of purist black metal bands that hide behind the shield of "keeping it trve" to defend rote, uninspired songwriting, but...
There's no taking it easy or leaving time to breathe for a band like Primitive Man. The band has laid down some of the...
When listening to Eye of Providence, it feels is as if an entire new band is here. It's quite a drastic step in a...
A blackened death metal feel is the overall sense this album portrays. The creative foundation that is present in almost every track turns out...
Though it’s commonly summed up as a homogenized slab of Gothenburg riffs and 90’s hardcore breakdowns, the metalcore explosion of the mid-aughts was actually...
To their credit, Blind Guardian have been content to just lay back in the cut and perfect their craft one album at a time;...
Black metal is a unique genre. Generally, the creators who make the music are doing it for themselves, which is fine, artist are encouraged...
By now, fans know what to expect, and that is the assurance that Taake continually manages to walk the fine line between creative expansion...
There is no better way to celebrate black metal history month than to pick up a copy of Marduk's new album Frontschwein on February...
ach person has his or her own way of delving into an art form. For me, books and documentaries have a colorizing effect on...
Welcome to Hell and Black Metal served as a slap in the face to headbangers and a launching pad for extreme metal. The influence...
Well this was unexpected. With narry a feint or dodge that they might be going in any other direction, Black Sheep Wall begin their latest...
For those who enjoy labels, this band resembles sounds to include both a deathcore influence, as well as a brutal death metal influence.
Is djent a real genre? We may never know, but Periphery will transcend past the classification and continue to be something special.
The pairing of Primitve Man and Fister coming together is something of a match made in Hell. Both bands are known for their crushing...
Writing grindcore songs is hard. Writing good grindcore songs is even better. In lieu of the saturation of nearly everything, it's important to recognize...
Crows push forward with a sound that is utterly restless without sounding like it's trying to be tougher than the toughest kid on the...
Unsacred has managed to focus their sound from their previous albums and target a mood that can't be ignored. This undeniable direction makes False...
First things first: love the name! Normally, when bands start combining and mashing up words for monikers and album titles, it screams of uncreative...
If you haven't somehow come to check out Full of Hell in some incarnation right now, albeit their FOH Noise versions or their blasty,...
Raw may be the name of the game when it comes to traditional and prototypical grindcore but that's not to say well polished bands...
