A band named after a spacecraft and a new album named after an astral plain is the kind of nerd-dom to get my antennae standing to attention. Ok that sounded too weird. Named after an outflow channel on Mars which appears to have been possibly carved by water, debut album […]
One of heavy metal’s premier vocalists, former Killswitch Engage frontman Howard Jones is back with new single The Blade. New band SION has been formed in collaboration with YouTuber, guitarist and lord of memes Jared Dines. Jared is continuing to flex his muscles with recent collaborations with Trivium‘s Matt Heafy. […]
Starting off with a classic b movie outtake, then straight into a storming groovy Rammstein esq pounding riff, Hellbound are wasting no time on new album Overlords. Mixing together the best parts of dirty southern groove and European industrial metal to give us an albums full of style, swagger, piss […]
Part of the thrash/groove metal establishment, Machine Head have had plenty of ups and downs throughout their lengthy career. The Oakland natives started off with a blockbuster debut album back when heavy metal was suppressed by the early 90s grunge boom. However things got very rocky for period before re-establishing […]
Who are the most important and influential bands to emerge from the groove metal scene? Groove metal is entrenched throughout the metal scene today. However, let’s head back to the 80s for a wee moment. Thrash metal has risen to become an underground force of nature. America produced the ‘Big […]
How did I miss the eponymous debut album by Killer Be Killed back in 2014? The heavy metal supergroup consists of Max Cavalera (Soulfly, Sepultura, Cavalera Conspiracy), Greg Puciato (The Dillinger Escape Plan), Troy Sanders (Mastodon) and Ben Koller (Converge). A blend of artists of that quality can only lead […]
System of a Down are an Armenian American band formed in 1994. Well known for innovative, politically charged and totally zany approach to song writing. Front man Serj Tankian and guitarist Daron Malakian sharing vocal duties, Shavo Odadjian on Bass and Jon Dolmayan on the sticks. In their time they […]
The Los Angeles metal stalwarts release their new album Punching The Sky. Armoured Saint have sat on the outskirts of the heavy metal big hitters since their inception in 1986. As such I have never really been exposed them or can confess to knowing much of their back catalogue. However, […]
I have been listening to heavy metal music for 20 years now. But I had to start somewhere. If you already listen to metal, then you will know the albums that got you there. If not, then take note of some of the albums below, maybe they will get you […]
Would these 5 metal albums have been better received if another band had released them instead? These metal albums are often criticised for being a sharp shift in musical direction. But would they have been better received by established bands within that genre? Sometimes a band releases an album and […]
