EspyRock

A year ago, djent seemed like it would be the rock world’s answer to dubstep. A generally new genre ready to sweep through and change the landscape of modern heavy music. With a few exceptions, most noteably Periphery and Animals As Leaders, this didn’t happen. Skyharbor, India’s latest export, are ready to be thrown into [...]

Somewhere between albums and EPs, these Arizonians shifted gears into becoming a death metal band. I have to admit I missed the transformation from deathcore and grindcore to fully fledged death metal. Even worse, I had gotten into them with their debut deathcore EP ‘Doom’. That style was what I had associated with Job For [...]

Cam Pipes definitely has a distinctive voice, and as ‘Metal Woman’ rolls in, that falsetto vocal hits you hard and pierces your very skull. I must say that I’m not really a fan of the style, but this man rocks that pitch with substance. Classic heavy metal is what 3IOB’s newest record ‘Long Live Heavy [...]

Something about concept albums make them seem very hit or miss. And while OSI’s latest isn’t really a concept album, every song they write is tied in with the American government agency (Office of Strategic Influence, for the uninitiated) they take their name from. On the opening track ‘Cold Call’, you can hear all that, [...]

A few years ago, all was well with Dragonforce. ‘Through The Fire and Flames’ in particular caused people to sit up and pay attention to this ridiculously OTT band who sound like a Sonic the Hedgehog special stage on speed. An appearance in the Guitar Hero franchise inspired people the world over to put their [...]

Over the years Death have been hailed as one of the greats, whether classed as death metal, technical death metal or just plain metal, they were innovative, creative and massively influential to the genre. Vocalist, guitarist and band founder Chuck Schuldiner is a legend to many who is considered a figurehead for the genre and [...]

Finally, a heavy metal band who have a truly fantastic a vocalist with great range and pitch, it is a godsend. Christian Mistress have come along with their newest release ‘Possession’ and they are ready to kick out some metal jams. This is what good music sounds like. The album opens with ‘Over & Over’, [...]