by Trevor Portz Staff Writer Hailing from the once Viking-rich fjords of, ummm, Berlin, comes yet another folk-inspired pagan metal band, Varg. Though their locale may not seem the most appropriate for their lyrical content and overall concept, after listening to their newest release, Blutaar, it [...]
by Derric Miller Staff Writer Typically, if you hear a song about a young boy walking into a forest and finding a goat’s head on a pole with its eyes eaten out, you are listening to Heavy Metal, and more likely, Black/Death Metal. So you have to thank Hellsingland Underground for throwing [...]
by John Kindred Staff Writer The ’07 debut album Runnin’ Wild put the world on notice that Australia’s next export would carry on in the grand tradition of AC/DC. Armed with beer-soaked anthems for the common man, such as “Stand Up For Rock ‘N’ Roll” and “Too Much, Too Young, Too [...]
by Trevor Portz Staff Writer Capturing a live Tesla show on record is no easy task. As is the case with many great live bands, as easy as it is to record a show, it’s virtually impossible to encapsulate the energy and atmosphere of actually being there. Alive In Europe attempts to do just [...]
by Derric Miller Staff Writer Part Metal Church, part Judas Priest, part King Diamond, you’ve got to give the gents of A Tortured Soul much respect for taking on an aggressive and seemingly impossible amalgam of Metal greatness and making it all work in the context of a single band. To do so, you [...]
by Jorden Rex Staff Writer A band name as generic as Troll, frankly, brings to mind music that is poorly produced, poorly written, and all-around sub-par. What a welcome twist, then, that Troll’s latest release, Neo-Satanic Supremacy is none of those things! It is surprisingly well-produced with [...]
by Trevor Portz Staff Writer Devoted HIM fans are surely familiar with guitarist Linde’s side project, Daniel Lioneye. They most certainly know “The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll” from not only the album of the same name, but also from its choice as noted HIM fanatic Bam [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Featuring members of To-Mera and Linearsphere, Haken is a London-based progressive rock band has quickly gained a good deal of buzz. They’ve recently opened for Riverside, King’s X and Bigelf, and they signed to Sensory for the release of their debut album [...]
by John Kindred Staff Writer Time and time, again we find that across the Atlantic, the metal storm is rising. Of the many countries in the European block, Sweden is becoming a calling ground for musicians influenced by the metal genre. From progressive metal, heavy metal to power metal, the metal [...]
by Jorden Rex Staff Writer SYN:DROM is unquestionably a Death Metal band. They have not brought in elements of Hardcore, or Grind, or tried to incorporate clean vocals in the choruses. They’ve kept it pure Death Metal; and that’s admirable. It is rare to find that level of dedication to one [...]
