George Orwell got a lot of things right about 1984 in his book of the same name; but what he failed to predict was that the year would be absolutely titanic for ‘our kind of music’.
Ever so Swedish in the band's musical upbringing, the listener can instantly discern a hefty dose of melodic death metal among the songs The Generals serve up on their impressive d
In 2008, Metalbeast and I made the long pilgrimage from Perth, which often feels like the most remote corner of the earth, to Germany for Wacken Open Air.
Cynic are one of the watershed bands in progressive metal - rated up there with Opeth, Tiamat or Dream Theater in terms of creativity, influence a
Just one of the reasons I love metal is that it frequently has me looking up historical, mythological and religious references to better understand what I’m listening to.
As much as I love Metal and all its various genre off-shoots, it's nice to listen to some straight ahead rock once in a while.
Nachtmystium were one of the thousands of rubbish black metal bands no-one really gave a shit about until 2006's Instinct: Decay, which saw them drop the stage names, corp
Callejon describes itself as "A furious mix of all out metal and emotional melodies" but to me they never really go all out with the metal and the melodies are not really very emot
The next thing the website says is, 'Be Ready To Discover The Ancient Secret Trapped Between The Frozen Lands Of The Known World!', which clearly makes no sense at all.