american metal

If we were to get metaphorical for a moment and compare metal record labels to restaurants, then Hells Headbangers would definitely be the little fish and chip shop down the road.

DOOOOOOOOOM! That is the keyword you’re recommended to punch in to whatever search engine you use if you want to look up the debut album of Pennsylvania 5-piece Crypt Sermon.

This album came out in the beginning of August, so I’m rather slow on the uptake this time around.

Black metal and folk music have always had something of a symbiotic relationship; they’ve meshed and melded together to create a sound that neither genre could on its own.

Imagine receiving an invitation to the most filthy, depraved party ever held. The kind held in the dingy basement of a back alley apartment block in the bad part of town.

Goatwhore is back with a new album, and it happens to sound just like a new Goatwhore album.

As a music critic, it’s a rare pleasure indeed when an album you weren’t expecting to like surprises you by being awesome.

Embrace the Darkness delivers a mixed bag of genres which creates something I can’t quite put into standard metal vernacular.

If my last review hinted at fatigue towards some of the more played-out elements of metal, you should know that such feelings are fleeting.