So, what am I taking and from which man am I taking it? Obviously the title of Butcher Babies‘ new album isn’t meant to refer to anything, it just sounds edgy and hip and makes the teeny...

All hail Rutan, the king of Metalpotamia. From his stints in Morbid Angel to his highly sought production and furious death metal band Hate Eternal, everything he touches turns to bloodstained gold. Hate Eternal’s new album, Infernus,...

Traditionally-influenced metal has been creeping its way back into the scene as of late, and although there are some releases I’ve noticed that I’m not touching with a 30 foot purple floppy dildo, it’s great to see...

The beauty of bands like Lamb of God is that they manage to attempt new things and make different songs while still retaining the characteristics that got them to the God-like status they are in today. Every...

Ah, Brazil. You are always welcome when it comes to metal. As entrenched as a regional metal scene as you can get, Brazilian bands all seem to exert a particularly raw and aggressive sound that is noticeably...

It’s been about 10 years since I’ve actually listened or even paid attention to gothic metal band Cradle of Filth, but listening to their latest album was a trip to the past, back when my head was...

Slow burns and humble beginnings. I remember listening to the first Terrorizer bonus CD I ever bought with both a sense of awe and bewilderment. There were the obvious tracks from bands like Exodus and Fear Factory,...

Post-hardcore is pretty much the ivy of the metal world; it permeates every crack and orifice it comes across, and no matter how hard you to try to stem the tide, it continues tenaciously grasping to existence....

Crowd funding is a touchy subject when it comes to music. Obviously many bands in the metal scene often cannot sustain themselves from deals within record companies and must maintain grueling touring schedules to keep their heads...

Australia, in my opinion, is one of the very few countries that are a breeding ground for curb stomping, unrelenting, fist-pumping deathcore. Honestly, there are very few other regional scenes that create “good” deathcore. Bands like Thy...