Vessel is an album which is thematically and stylistically similar to its predecessor, yet written and produced with a more professional ...

I notice a lot of 'Swede fatigue' when talking shop with my fellow metalheads, but it's hard not to be humbled when a single c...

It's been 13 years since Scantropolis , and while many who had a negative reaction to that record might feel this absence was likely f...

I've mentioned a few times in the past that Exhumed was around for quite awhile before striking up their deal with Relapse which prod...

I'm a little conflicted over whether or not an album like Gore Metal even warranted a re-recording. Not that it's my call to make...

When it comes to a collection of covers like this one, I'm always more interested in hearing how bands can transform tunes that you mi...

Hellenic black metallers Acherontas have yet to waste my time with any of their full-length records, yet I'd be hesitant to claim tha...

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...

Beyond the Red Mirror is one of those albums of which the first track is not necessarily representative of the work as a whole. This has ...

Sinbreed 's 2010 debut When Worlds Collide was a solid enough addition to the decades-spanning German power metal dominance (in popul...