Vio-Lence – Let The World Burn

Vio-lence. The name says it all. You want neck-breaking thrash metal about the darker sides of life? To feel like Slayer never went away? Then this is your band. Originally formed in 1985, this Bay Area quintet has established a solid reputation for peeling faces. After lead singer Sean Killian recovered from a rather severe…

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Batushka - Hospodi Album Cover Artwork

Batushka – Hospodi

Being taken from the Slavic Old Church word for God, you may go into the new Batushka – The Metal Blade one – album with expectations of something continuing in their ritualistic approach to black metal. You would be correct. With their sophomore release, Batushka continue in the manner that made them such an exciting…

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Amon Amarth Beserker Album Cover Artwork

Amon Amarth – Beserker

A new Amon Amarth album is always an event in the metal world. Our resident metal minstrels of the tales of the vikings have been steadily growing in popularity ever since their big breakthrough almost fifteen years ago courtesy of With Oden On Our Side. Their latest album, Beserker, seems set to propel them to…

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Whitechapel – The Valley

When it comes to music it seems that everything has to be put into a category or subgenre. Naturally when this happens, trends form, bands get big and eventually everything gets watered down and becomes deritive. It’s important to remember the former part of this sentence when discussing Whitechapel. Finding their feet during the burgeoning…

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