Pyre is a little-known Russian death metal band that almost nobody ever seems to talk about, despite having a killer upswing trajectory to ...

Into the Lair of the Sun God is a continuation of the sound Chris and Scott had found with Nucleus , only it sounds more refined and 'm...

Out to Die isn't exactly a step 'backward' from the more tightened and refined sound of the last two albums, but it takes that s...

Cradle of Filth 's music already has such a natural sweep and bombast to it that converting the metallics into sheer orchestration only ...

Necrotic Monuments might play it a little safe in the cover department, choosing two tracks that are doom metal related and thus fit straig...

I was a bit underwhelmed by the first few Cauldron records, so when I first saw the excellent Todd Kowalski cover art (do more of these, To...

I get it, Attic , I do. There hasn't been a King Diamond  album in many years now, much less a great one, and that's a void you inte...

I quite liked the "House Wins" intro to this album, it's little more than a few sampled voices describing the mechanics of a c...

Nearly a decade after Hellalive , and a not unreasonable amount of time to wait for a band thrust so far into the spotlight, Robb Flynn an...

After 16 years of nothing consequential happening, I admit I had pretty much discounted  Prong  from ever mattering to me again. I could a...

The reintroduction of ICS Vortex into the Borknagar lineup was a truly momentous occasion; although I can understand the draw towards pla...

Now here's an example of a split release between numerous thrash metal luminaries which, at least on the surface level, seems rather a...

At 30 minutes duration, Oblivion Clock is fairly substantial for an EP, it's also a treat because it gathers not only a quartet of ne...

If beauty were really only skin deep, then I'd want to slip a ring on the finger of this full-length Possessor debut. The artwork is ...

While not advancing the band's purview far beyond it's debut, Echoes from the Stone Keeper  was a fine sophomore effort which cont...

Orloff is one of numerous projects involving Vanessa Nocera of Razorback Records, known here as 'Alucarda Bellows', and right up f...

Sir N. is a rather prolific figure buried in the Swedish black metal underground, who might be recognized by some for other projects like ...

Blackened speed and thrash metal is one of my favorite niches in all of the genre these last couple years, but it relies so heavily on the...

The marriage of black metal to the many faces of progressive rock is probably not a novelty by the second decade of the 21st century. Band...

The Swiss death metal scene arguably peaked with its most antiquated acts, some of whom were not exclusively death metal and have sowed th...