Essential Black Metal Albums
Black metal began in the 1980s as a prototype of and speed and thrash metal. The following list of essential …
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Paradise Lost – Obsidian Review
Death/doom pioneers Paradise Lost return with their sixteenth studio album, Obsidian. Long time fans will be “happy” to know Obsidian …
Vader Interview
Vader didn’t limp into their fifth decade of making music. The Polish death/thrash machine burst into 2020 with a barrage …
Abysmal Dawn – Phylogenesis Review
After six years and extensive touring, Abysmal Dawn return with another helping of technical death metal in the form of …
Candlemass – The Pendulum Review
Last year, Candlemass reached heights never been felt with The Door To Doom. The LP led to the Swedish group’s …
Burning Witches Interview
The Swiss heavy metal group Burning Witches are set to release their third full-length album, Dance with the Devil. Although …
Ihsahn – Telemark Review
After releasing seven solo albums, Emperor frontman Ihsahn presents his first solo EP, Telemark. The EP consists of five songs: …
Anvil Interview
Anvil is the perfect moniker not just for a heavy metal band, but also as an adjective to describe their …
God Dethroned – Illuminati Review
God Dethroned have been releasing bloody blasphemies for nearly 30 years. Illuminati follows their 2017 effort, The World Ablaze. Their …
Annihilator Interview
Annihilator‘s seventeenth album is Ballistic, Sadistic, released via Silver Lining Music. The album marks the band’s 36th year. Jeff Waters …
Exhumed Interview
Exhumed have become a staple on Relapse Records. The San Jose-based grinding death metal group have been with the vaunted …
Blind Guardian Twilight Orchestra – Legacy Of The Dark Lands Review
Blind Guardian are one of the most prominent power metal bands in the world. The German group’s latest album Legacy …
Borknagar – True North Review
Borknagar return to the majesty of Norway’s snow capped mountains and frozen fjords on True North. The group’s eleventh studio …
Exhorder Interview
After a lengthy hiatus from recording, New Orleans’ fathers of groove/thrash metal Exhorder return with their third full-length recording, Mourn …
London May Interview
Best known for playing drums in Glenn Danzig’s horror punk/goth outfit Samhain, London May also played drums with a large …
Hatriot Interview
Hatriot are a legacy band of Steve “Zetro” Souza. The Exodus frontman formed Hatriot nearly a decade ago with guitarist …
Entombed Interview
Entombed are back and ready to release Clandestine Live. The progenitors of Swedish death metal decided to do something special …
Vltimas Interview
Rune “Blasphemer” Eriksen is known in the metal community as the guitarist who replaced Euronymous in Mayhem. He helped continue …
Rotting Christ Interview
In some ways, Rotting Christ’s recent album The Heretics is the dark metal version of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. The …
Ataraxie Interview
Ataraxie have been a staple in the French doom scene for nearly two decades. The group’s music is extreme: the …
Children Of Bodom Interview
Children of Bodom have now reached a milestone in their discography. Hexed shows the Finnish metal band extraordinaire reach the …
Malevolent Creation – The 13th Beast Review
One of the architects of Florida death metal, Malevolent Creation issue their 13th full-length recording, appropriately titled The 13th Beast. …
Saxon Interview
Progenitors of the new wave of British heavy metal, Saxon have reached a milestone in their career. The group can …
Abyssic Interview
Abyssic are the orchestrated death/doom band of Susperia bassist, Memnoch. He started the group in 1997 under the moniker Abyssic …
Rotting Christ – The Heretics Review
Rotting Christ are considered the fathers of Grecian black metal or at least the first band to break out playing …
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