heavy metal
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Kvelertak delivers once again with high energy, solid production, anthemic melodies, catchy choruses, and a tastefully executed blend of influences: rock ‘n’ roll, black metal, hardcore punk, and heavy metal. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Legendary black metal-turned-crust punk stalwarts Darkthrone are about to release their, count it, 15th studio album in their lengthy career. Yet somehow, they’ve managed yet again to come up with new ideas while still refusing to stray from their classic heavy metal influences–particularly Venom and Mercyful Fate. Add
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Rocking the Night Away by WITCH CROSS Here’s a bit of heavy metal from a rock band time forgot: Witch Cross. The Danish group didn’t have a lot of releases in their heyday, but what they did put out was pretty tight, anthemic, and catchy. The label Hell’
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The new Christian Mistress record is a heavy metal throwback that’s self aware enough to find a definitive spot for itself in the genre. Oh, yeah, the songs are really catchy, too. WATCH THE REVIEW / LOVED
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Black to Gold by Christian Mistress “Black to Gold” is one of two tracks to drop from the forthcoming Christian Mistress album, Possession. This outfit may be from Olympia, Washington, but they recreate that classic British heavy metal sound as if it’s coursing through their veins. There are a
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Black to Gold by Christian Mistress “Black to Gold” is one of two tracks to drop from the forthcoming Christian Mistress album, Possession. This outfit may be from Olympia, Washington, but they recreate that classic British heavy metal sound as if it’s coursing through their veins. There are a
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Lamb of God’s sixth studio album is big on aggression, which is to be expected, but it doesn’t exactly bring enough ideas to the table to keep things interesting for me. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Elder is a Massachusetts rock band, and 2011 saw the release of its sophomore album, Dead Roots Stirring. It’s out now via MeteorCity, and the song above comes from it. Even though this track, “Gemini,” feeds into a few stereotypes for this genre, I can’t help but find
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A new track from Swedish metal outfit In Solitude, whose third album dropped on Metal Blade this past May. The LP’s title is The World. The Flesh. The Devil.. The sound here is one that’s been a metal mainstay for decades, going back to the days of King
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Is “darkness” taken seriously anymore, or has it just become a schtick that gets your band labeled “witch house”? Canada’s Blood Ceremony does reference witches, but they’re not in a house–they’re not in the ghetto either. The witches on the band’s latest album, Living With
