by Natalie Perez
If you were to put Bert McCracken front man of The Used and former front man Sonny Moore of From First to Last into a blender, you’d likely windup with front man Nicolas Matthews or what he prefers “Story teller-Nicholas” of Get Scared.  Where this is going is simply this, Nicolas may possess [...]

Well, we met last month, now it’s time to get a bit closer. Snuggle up as we first dive into some doom, then some other metal releases, then the main course: as much goddamn grind as we managed to listen to in this past month. Go!
DOUBLE-DOSE OF DOOM DUDS: The mighty fucking doomsters in CATHEDRAL [...]

by Ray Henry (www.mouthforwar.net)
Is there a deep, dark dungeon beneath the mighty weight of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France? A perpetual blizzard atop it’s mighty peak?
No? Well, then how to explain this blasphemous, dissonant and bleak black metal with more than enough malevolent atmosphere leached from the catacombs of the very same city that [...]

by Natalie Perez
Since breaking out with “Silences Are Words”,(2008) the Montreal-based metalcore act Blind Witness has showcased themselves quite well, unleashing a blistering set of enraging fury, with fearsome growling attics that are occasionally tempered by guitarist Maxime LaCroix’s more melodic singing structure. The band has a straight forward attitude with point driven anthems that [...]

by Brian Krasman
Death metal elder statesmen Master haven’t exactly pulled punches during their nearly three decades together. Like, did you see the cover of 2007’s “Slaves to Society”? Yeah.
But in an era where so much “death metal” is overproduced, sanitized or mixed with something that ends in “core,” it’s nice to have something as ugly [...]

by Ray Henry (www.mouthforwar.net)
Natron have been in the Italian death metal game for about 17 years now. Rot Among Us is their first album in five years — with a new vocalist (Nicola Bavaro) nonetheless. The title of this album is an intentional play off of the Misfits classic Walk Among Us. Those are the [...]

by Natalie Perez
Start begging for mercy right now because this will indeed become the new slogan for metal go getters Bullet for my Valentine. Taking off their third upcoming release entitled “Fever” this trumpet return for the English lads has proven that they are worthy enough to take on absolutely anything.
With fast guitars, roaring vocals [...]

by Natalie Perez
With the constant buzz about everything in relation to Vampires what more could possibly be said? We got the Twilight die-hards and the new comers stake shredders the Vampire Diaries where everything else falls somewhere in between such as music? Indeed there are a handful of variety out there, Aiden, H.I.M. I Am [...]

by Brian Krasman
San Francisco’s Worm Ouroboros come across as a group that doesn’t do anything that isn’t meticulously thought through. Flowing assuredly in the same vein as other Bay Area-based bands such as Ludicra, Giant Squid, and Grayceon, they not only test the limits of what is labeled “metal” but also practically force your further [...]

By Lord Randall
Ever heard the saying “too much of a good thing”? Mortemia’s Morten Veland either hasn’t, or simply thinks that any turd he touches turns to gold since his being involved in the creation of Tristania’s Beyond The Veil got him a bit of notoriety. After his split from said band, Sirenia was [...]