As fans within the metal community, we run this strange line of punishing bands for straying from their established style, whilst simultaneously vilifying them for releasing the same thing over and over again. However, some bands have a tried and tested no frills approach that works, and they stick rigidly […]
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 […]
Not all music lasts forever. Psychedelia, Electro-Pop, Bitpop, Disco, Nu-metal, Pop Punk. All were huge mainstream success, but didn’t survive for long, mostly not beyond their decade. Thrash metal emerged in the 1980s to huge success, but by the 1990s had all but disappeared. Normally this would mean the end […]
Florida’s Trivium have been around long enough now to be mainstays in the heavy metal world and are onto their ninth studio album in 2020. Comprising of vocalist/guitarist Matt Heafy, lead guitarist Corey Beaulieu, bassist Paulo Gregoletto and stickman Alex Bent, their lineup has been largely stable over their career. […]
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 […]
