Interview: STARGAZER
There are many metal bands out there claiming to tap into mystical, esoteric energies. But how many actually conjure that feeling within the listener? How many bands successfully fill your ears with...
View ArticleMitochondrion – Parasignosis (Profound Lore, 2011)
Listen to “Trials” Profound Lore has become quite the haven for death metal of late. Not the over-produced, overly-technical, overly compressed, click-track bullshit that the big metal labels are...
View ArticleOpeth – Heritage (Roadrunner, 2011)
I’ve never been able to understand why musical evolution is largely frowned upon in extreme metal circles. It’s as if something went horribly awry back when rock music begat heavy metal and then heavy...
View ArticleInterview: OMNIUM GATHERUM
Finnish sextet Omnium Gatherum is a band that’s been on my radar for many years, but with 2011′s New World Shadows, they went from being a pleasant blip on my screen to a “holy shit it’s coming right...
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