On the 30 Year Anniversary of The Black Album, Who Else Followed Suit? Metallica‘s legendary 1991 self titled album – more commonly The Black Album, represented a seismic shift in style that propelled the thrash pioneers to becoming one of the biggest bands on Planet Earth. For a heavy metal […]
Heavy metal is a genre whereby the integrity of the album is sacrosanct. Whereas popular music is often driven by singles, the satisfaction of listening to a stellar album straight through is something quite special. Within this sphere, opening tracks hold a special significance. Some albums prefer their opening tracks […]
Ah, Fear Factory never do things easily do they? The well publicised inter-band angst has become as big a story since 2015’s Genexus as anything regarding new album Aggression Continuum. This time however, lead vocalist Burton C Bell has finally called it quits before this album saw release. But not […]
If there is one thing that heavy metal is well known for, it is the abundance of extreme metal vocalists. However, when one is to exert a fair amount of dirt on to their voice, it can become difficult to identify said vocalist. At the most disgustingly guttural level, it […]
Italy’s Reality Grey have released a brutal new music video for Preachers of Hatred, taken from their upcoming third full length release Beneath This Crown. Recommended for those to require a healthy dose of heavy metalcore, with some standout drumming and a pounding outro. The premise of the track is […]
Some bands release extreme music, and are therefore destined to remain in the underground. Some bands deliberately release music which will be eaten up by the masses quicker than a Black Friday TV sale. Then there is Gojira. A band which has slowly progressed from quirky death metal beginnings, through […]
With the release of Cannibal Corpse‘s new LP Violence Unimagined this week, and impending album releases from Gojira, Evile, Tetrarch, Beartooth, Sumo Cyco and Vexed amongst others, heavy metal has an exciting near future in store for us all. However, lest we not forget the mighty single release as we […]
So we have seen through the first quarter of 2021. There are always ongoings in the world of heavy metal, and with Architects hitting number one on the UK album chart with latest album For Those That Wish To Exist, and Rob Zombie seeing his highest achieving album to date […]
French progressive metalcore (or do we still just call it djent?) crew Pathfinders have released the second single from their upcoming album Ares Vallis. Accompanied by a new music video, Imposters is a brutal head banging journey through chuggy melodic riffs and of course – a savage breakdown. Just two […]
When I mentioned last week that any release featuring elite vocalist Howard Jones quickly leaves everyone else scrabbling just to make themselves viable for metal track of the week, I should have mentioned that any release by Gojira also falls squarely into this category. The French metal titans can do […]
