Heavy Metal Albums

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 […]

In Flames Anders Friden

As part of the first wave of the Gothenburg sound of Swedish Death Metal, In Flames helped to pioneer Melodic Death metal, alongside fellow countrymen At The Gates and Dark Tranquility. Over time they have evolved their sound, and as such comfortably rose as the most popular of the Swedish […]

Dimman band

Finland’s modern melodic death metal crew Dimman release second single Obscenity, from their upcoming debut album Songs and Tales of Grievance. Their first single Paroxysm showcased how Dimman can blend a mix of different modern metal styles into a single track with ruthless efficiency. Obscenity shows how their debut album […]

Wizardthrone

Rejoice defenders of the ethereal realm, Extreme Wizard Metal is back. Wizardthrone have released their second single Forbidden Equations Deep Within The Epimethean Wasteland. Try saying that after a few Sambucas. Harnessing the devastating energy of folk inspired melodic death metal – think Wintersun on interdimensional steroids. Wizardthrone‘s debut album […]

Boss HM-2 Pedal

Guitar playing readers, who is foaming at the naughty bits for the return of Swedish Buzzsaw in a box? After prices have been steadily rising recently with a resurgence in popularity for the legendary Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal pedal, the geniuses at the Boss Waza division have presented us with […]