Album review Enforced-A Leap Into The Dark
Enforced fill in the gap with A Leap Into The Dark, a six track EP that serves to tide fans still suffering whiplash from the band's 2023 sophomore release, War Remains. The Virginia quintet get to business on opening salvo, “Betting On The End.” The ...
Powerful “Ashes of Leviathan” Tour Makes Red Rocks Shake
Randy Blythe - Lamb of God Ashes of Leviathan Tour ft. Lamb of God + Mastodon w/ Kerry King & Malevolence Red Rocks Amphitheatre - Morrison, CO - 08/29/2023 It seems anniversary tours are the "in" thing right now. In fact, anniversar ...
Album Review: “The Gates Beyond Mortality” by Eternal Evil
The Swedish metal band Eternal Evil conjure the spirit of Old School Metal on its sophomore effort, The Gates Beyond Mortality. The haunting opening chords of “Depths of a New Eternity” set a dark tone, but offer merely a glimpse of the impending meta ...
Album review: “The Way of All Flesh is Decay” by End Reign
Baltimore, MD quintet End Reign serve a batch blackened crossover on its debut, The Way of All Flesh is Decay. “Desolate Fog” opens with a haunting spoken word and eerie guitars before speeding to a punkish tempo. Vocalist Mike Score's tortured, shrie ...
Album review: “Killing Innocence” by Graveworm
Italian dark metal outfit Graveworm have returned from its eight year slumber with the release of Killing Innocence, out June 2nd, 2023. “Escorting The Soul” opens the record with sorrowful piano and strings creating a haunting atmosphere, before indus ...
Album Review: “Death Becomes My Voice” by Ringworm
Ringworm's eighth release, Death Becomes My Voice, continues the band's vicious hardcore metal assault over the past three decades. The title track is a pugnacious combination of hardcore drumming and thrashing guitar riffs that grip your jugular for five ...
CD Review: “Electric Messiah” by High On Fire
High On Fire pay tribute to the legendary Lemmy Kilmister with its aptly titled eighth record, Electric Messiah. The trio's blend of Motorhead, Black Sabbath and Slayer is in full throttle throughout the record. “Spewn from the Earth” is a straight trashe ...
Slayer Final World Tour
Fifteen thousand metal-heads, ninety degrees of Georgia heat, five thrash bands, and one dixie storm was the formula for the Atlanta stop of Slayer’s current tour on Friday, August 10. Luckily the rain ceased before the beginning of the show, but an early ...
CD Review: “Downfall Of Mankind” by Nervosa
Brazilian death-thrash trio Nervosa deliver a blistering dose of speed on its third album, Downfall Of Mankind. The album's brief intro is dissonant and foreboding, merely hinting at what is in store. The next track, “Horrordrome,” is a full on thrash ass ...
Slayer’s Summer Tour drenches Baltimore
Drenching wet, save for my camera, I stood dripping under the canopy of the Pier Six Pavilion in Baltimore. Umbrella or not, blocks of walking through the streets overflowing with water had left me and my fellow concert-goers far from dry. Our victory ...