Interviews Greet Death’s Sam Boyhtari: 5 Albums That Changed My Life January 27, 2020 2:08pm Michigan-based trio Greet Death dropped their critically acclaimed second album New Hell late last year via Deathwish Inc. The follow-up to their 2017 debut album Dixieland sees the group pushing the boundaries of their sound, […]
Interviews Victorius’ Dirk Scharsich: 5 Surprising Songs I Love January 23, 2020 3:24pm Victorius may be that rare band that can rightfully claim to be the leaders of a genre of one. That genre? German ninja power metal. The stealth-fighting, fast-shredding quintet recently dropped their latest album, Space […]
Interviews Konvent’s Rikke Emilie List: 5 Albums That Changed My Life January 21, 2020 2:08pm Drawing influence from the crushing likes of Candlemass, Cult of Luna and Nails, Copenhagen, Denmark–based doom-death upstarts Konvent are set to release their debut album, Puritan Masochism, on January 24th via Napalm Records. (You can […]
Lists Mandatory Metal: 5 Essential Rush Songs January 17, 2020 1:48pm Heavy music is full of legendary bands boasting deep catalogs stacked with iconic songs — sometimes it can be hard to know where to start, or what to consider their best. With that in mind, […]
Lists Mandatory Metal: 5 Essential Black Label Society Songs January 14, 2020 2:45pm Heavy music is full of legendary bands boasting deep catalogs stacked with iconic songs — sometimes it can be hard to know where to start, or what to consider their best. With that in mind, […]
Interviews Victorius’ Dirk Scharsich: 5 Albums That Changed My Life January 10, 2020 2:19pm There are plenty of swords and sorcery–themed power-metal bands. There are plenty of military history–themed power-metal bands. But ninja-themed power-metal bands? There may be only one: Germany’s Victorius. As the ass-kicking, hard-shredding quintet prepare to […]
Lists Mandatory Metal: 5 Essential Volbeat Songs January 8, 2020 3:30pm Heavy music is full of legendary bands boasting deep catalogs stacked with iconic songs — sometimes it can be hard to know where to start, or what to consider their best. With that in mind, […]
Interviews Polyphia’s Clay Gober: My Dream Supergroup January 7, 2020 3:45pm Texan progressive-metal crew Polyphia are a supergroup unto themselves. Instrumental virtuosos, they shred like nobody’s business — just crank up their last album, 2018’s New Levels New Devils, which incorporates elements of pop, EDM, funk and […]
Interviews Misery Loves Co.’s Patrik Wirén: 5 Surprising Songs I Love January 3, 2020 2:55pm Swedish industrial-metal veterans Misery Loves Co. broke up 20 years ago after releasing three explosive albums — 1995’s self-titled offering, 1997’s Not Like Them and 2000’s Your Vision Was Never Mine to Share — which […]
Interviews Apocalyptica’s Mikko Sirén Picks Best Albums, Movie, Concert of 2019 December 31, 2019 4:05pm Finnish cello-rockers Apocalyptica first made their names with their neoclassical covers of Metallica songs. They then went on to make original music with big-name guest singers ranging from Slipknot and Stone Sour’s Corey Taylor to […]