metal

  • 2012

    Instrumental stoner rock outftit Stallone has a new EP that came out this past October. If this kinda music is up your alley, you may already be familiar with guitarist Juan Montoya due to his contributions to the band Torche on albums like Meanderthal. However, since leaving the band, it

  • Though the new Secret album presents an incredible amount of energy and force, for me, the excitement quickly wears of due to a lack of skilled writing when it comes to song structures, melodies, and riffs. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • 2012

    While most of the 80s thrash metal bands that are still kicking today are sounding overproduced and sterile, VOIVOD is still sounding pretty energetic, natural, and progressive. Loving that! The song streaming above, “Mechanical Mind” comes from what’s going to be the band’s 13th studio album, Target Earth.

  • album

    Chronopoly by Town Portal Some mathematical and progressive instrumental metal from the band Town Portal on its latest full-length effort, Chronopoly. This album serves up one groove-heavy piece of music after another, and the recording is actually pretty heavy as well. This LP is available on opaque vinyl via Bandcamp.

  • 2012

    The hard, fast, abrasive, and heavy Code Orange Kids have a debut album out coming out via Deathwish Inc. on November 20th, but you can stream the entire album in full via the widget above. With plenty of massive riffs, blast beats, and a bit of guitar heroism, this band’

  • Though the latest effort from Pig Destroyer is undeniably an all-out riff fest, I’m not feeling the same thrilling level of intensity I typically enjoy from this genre in general. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • On their sixth studio album, Between the Buried and Me creates its campiest album yet, blending their usual progressive tendencies with the overly theatrical antics of bands like Dream Theater. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • 2012

    Daylight Dies is yet another amazing metal band from North Carolina releasing an album today. This single is off of their fourth LP, A Frail Becoming, which combines the brutality of older Opeth with the somber nature of doom outfits like My Dying Bride or Novembre. It’s hard to

  • 2012

    A detailed, winding track from the new Between the Buried and Me album, the Parallax II: Future Sequence, which is coming out next week on Metal Blade. The band really knows how to pen a metal track with some interesting progressions. Typically, stuff like this is a little too pristine