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You have to be totally at ease with your own genius to put out an album as incredible as ‘After’ and then do next to no touring in support of it. Fortunately, Ihsahn decided to grace London for a one-off gig, and what a gig it was

Of all the bands that came (and went) during the nu-metal era, Disturbed are arguably one of only three who continue to find favour in the metal community, along with Korn and Deftones. With three consecutive Billboard number 1 albums and a debut that is still heralded as a classic, ‘Asylum‘ was bound to garner

“Melodic Metal”, possibly the biggest oxymoron in music, or at least one of them, maybe only eclipsed by Apocalyptica’s cello metal! However, if it is done correctly melodic metal can be done really well, but I’d always say it’s an acquired taste and generally tends to be like Children of Bodom-esque, Raunchy never got that

I have followed 10 years for about two years ever since I saw them open for Shinedown in Philadelphia, PA. I was immediately impressed and could not stop listening to their songs (in particular ‘Drug of Choice’ and ‘Russian Roulette’).  However after a couple of months the band was put on the back burner of

Characterised by its drawn-out ominous interludes, low-tuned guitars and uncompromising lack of pace, it goes without saying that doom metal is something of an acquired taste. What is considered by some to be a brilliantly haunting, larger-than-life sound is regarded by others as plain tedious, and in spite of its reasonably large following, the genre

When I first read about, Enemy Logic I didn’t know what to expect of the four piece metalcore band from Cork, Ireland. Most of the metal I’ve heard from Ireland falls into the black pagan metal genre. So when I read there description of being a metalcore act I became interested. The band’s first EP,

It all starts well enough, heavy guitar, strong drums, everything you’d expect from a decent metal record. But that’s really where it all starts to go wrong. Everything just seems disjointed, the drums are completely out of time with the guitars and when the vocals kick in the timing just seems like your listening to

From an area in Canada where it just seems that extremely brutal bands are birthed, The Last Felony had to have had one hell of writing session to get ‘Too Many Humans’ to stand out among other bands floating around that area such as, Beneath The Massacre,  Ion Dissonance and soon to be the former

Opening with a soft but powerful track ‘The World According To Revenge’ Murderdolls make one statement, we’re back! It’s been 8 years since Murderdolls last put out an album and you can hear from track one how much the band have evolved since they went on hiatus when Joey returned to Slipknot and Wednesday continued

Within any genre of music, it is always beneficial for a band or artist to be seen as trend-setters. This status can be achieved not only through originality, but also through superiority over all others in the performance of the archetypal form of the genre, and when it comes to hardcore, Comeback Kid certainly fall

It is always frustrating when musicians who possess undoubted talent refuse to play to their strengths, opting to embark on a musical path which does not demonstrate their capabilities as effectively as it perhaps should. At times, this could be attributed to Fleshwrought, whose debut album ‘Dementia / Dyslexia’ plays host to some extremely pulsating

It’s always incredibly fun to come across a band that just defies all expectations and logic. Cannibal Corpse should not be a great band because their basic formula has never changed, but they still are. And Cephalic Carnage should not be a great band because they incorporate too many styles to be coherent, but they

The former Nightwish soprano singer-songwriter Tarja Turunen is all set to unleash her second solo effort on the world. At a special media preview, we were able to hear ‘What Lies Beneath‘ from start to finish. Here’s a track-by-track preview of the album

It has been four years since the release of the last Black Label Society album ‘Shot To Hell’, a piece of information that stuns the loyal Black Label Society fans who were used to Zakk Wylde releasing an album every year. With a four year break from Black Label Society’s last album, going sober after

What a difference an album can make. After the more accessible and breakdown minded ‘Minus The Herd’, which turned many long-time fans off, Canadian outfit Ion Dissonance have made an uncompromising return to their roots, in all its noisy glory