With the release of Avatarium’s third full-length album, it’s becoming harder to label them as a straight female-fronted doom metal band. The guitar tone is still heavy and the atmosphere is darkly esoteric, but the [...]
The 2010s have been a rather rocky time for Danzig. 2010’s Deth Red Sabaoth was a great way to kick things off and the band has miraculously not had a single lineup change through the whole decade, but any signs of [...]
I really should stop being so surprised that Dragonforce is capable of writing actual songs. 2012’s The Power Within proved that the band could show restraint and do more than just shred for the sake of shredding. [...]
Having been introduced to multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Andrew D’Cagna’s work through his bass playing for Brimstone Coven, I was not aware that he was such a busy guy. Apparently not content with just releasing the [...]
Despite only being three albums into their career. Windhand has already proven to be pretty influential in the stoner/doom scene. Their own influences are easy to guess and there are plenty of groups similar in style, [...]
Angry Machines is often seen as the epitome of mid-90s metal desperation. It is likely the most obscure album that Ronnie James Dio ever released and is solely remembered as a time when one of the biggest metal [...]
When Arjen Lucassen resurrected Ayreon with 2013’s The Theory of Everything, a new direction seemed feasible for the legendary prog project. It was as over the top as their other releases, but its suite-oriented song [...]
Anyone who loves a good trilogy knows that the second part always ups the ante. Beloved middle children like The Two Towers and The Empire Strikes Back work to expand the worlds that were conceived by their [...]
