Massachusetts progressive metalcore institution Within the Ruins are a band that very quickly found their sound, honed it to a near-perfect level and pretty much stuck with its core aspects, while still managing to evolve. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. To their exciting early albums Creature and Invade in 2009 and 2010 to … Continue reading Album Review: Within the Ruins – Phenomena II
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Two letters separate norwegian black metal legends’ Darkthrone’s A Blaze in the Northern Sky and norwegian power-violence/grindcore trio’s sophomore project Blazed in the Northern Sky, but sonically, there is no way the two could be more different. I mean, one is a black metal classic, which put the genre on the map for many people … Continue reading Album Review: Rat Lord – Blazed in the Northern Sky
Florida has long been one of the USA’s major exporter of metal music, from death metal legends such as Death, Obituary, Deicide and Morbid Angel, to more melodic acts such as the always fun Running Wild and power metal institution Kamelot, it is undeniable that the 27th state is home to some of the best … Continue reading EP Review: Bodysnatcher – Vile Conduct
These last 5 years or so have seen quite a lot of renovation going on within metal. One of the major trends taking place was undoubtedly the rise of hardcore-adjacent metalcore bands, your Knocked Looses, Alpha Wolfses, Kublai Khan TXs. Few of these bands have achieved so much success so quickly as the Swedish quartet … Continue reading Album Review: thrown – Excessive Guilt
To quickly preface this review, Spires released last week, and I was supposed to get this review up before that. Unfortunately, I spent most of the week sick. I’ll spare the details, but I wasn’t able to draw out the brain power to write. That did allow me, though, to listen to this amazing EP … Continue reading EP Review: Axamenta – Spires
The release of their sophomore album The Unforgiving Reality in Nothing [review here - Mosh] has marked the start of a new era for UK blackened deathcore stalwarts Turin. Turin has been making waves in the British underground, having played major stages such as Bloodstock and Tech Fest. Now, hardened by the pandemic, a new … Continue reading Interview: Ben Adcroft of Turin