We are now over half way through 2021. Whilst we cannot say the world is in much of a better place than the dumpster fire of 2020, we certainly seem to be heading in a better direction. The return of live shows and festivals here in the UK is a […]
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 […]
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 […]
2021 has produced plenty of stunning albums, and we’re not even half way through yet. UK metal has always provided albums worthy of the global stage. With the apocalypse of the past 18 months slowly coming to an end we can hopefully get to tearing it up in the mosh […]
Ah, the breakdown. Probably the single biggest bone of contention to be included within a heavy metal song. Often derided, mocked and vilified, but there is no doubting its impact on bringing heavy music to a wider audience. Part of its rejection is that the incorporation of breakdowns into heavy […]
Hailing from Hertfordshire, on the northern shore of Londontown England, VEXED have arrived with their debut album Culling Culture. Modern metal incarnate, taking a heavily djent influenced style of brutal deathcore, with clean melodic passages (and an absence of bree’s), VEXED have taken most of modern metal’s usual tropes and […]
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 […]
When the king of party rocking has taken a sharp turn to the dark side, does that sum up the modern world in one succinct action? Whilst the world is simultaneously recovering from and being further battered by Covid, political differences and agenda’s coming out of every orifice, heavy metal […]
Spirits and oceans collide on this week’s edition of Metal Track of the Week. Along with a certain crustacean labelled form of metalcore making it’s long awaited resurgence. There have been some standout heavy metal albums released this week. But we’re not here for that, we’re here for the mighty […]
Back in the year 2000, an album that was relatively mildly received at first, went on to define an entire generation. It might have been Korn‘s debut album that gave birth to nu-metal, but it was Linkin Park‘s debut release Hybrid Theory that caused nu-metal to dominate the musical sphere […]
