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The world hasn’t had the benefit of a new BLS album for quite a while now. In fact, their last album “Shot to Hell” goes way back to 2006. After that, Zakk kept busy with his longstanding commitment to Ozzy Osborne and has since been retired and replaced by Greek export Gus G. While such [...]

Metalheads may take pride in the sheer breadth and diversity of their musical tastes, but the truth is they’re a discriminating lot. No surprise then that in the mind’s of most self-righteous metalheads, Bullet For My Valentine are somewhere between Britney Spears and Papa Roach. In not so many words: Near the bottom of the [...]

That particular segment of American youth who bother to embark on music careers, especially one in metal, have lately embraced the keyboard as a full-fledged segment of the aural mix. Such is the case with Society’s Plague, a youngish quintet from Kentucky who are being touted as the cutting edge of their genre. Whatever genre [...]

Matters begin on a creepy note for A7X’s fifth opus “Nightmare” as the title track oozes King Diamond eeriness before it grabs you by the collar. It’s a promising start to an album that sees the usually flamboyant band commemorate “The Rev” Sullivan’s passing. Just look at the cover; that’s him (“foREVer”) on the tombstone [...]

It’s hard being a metalcore band these days. Though in the case of Society’s Plague, the sextet should consider themselves fortunate they’ve now got a crack at starting on their legacy with a debut album showcasing all their strengths like powerful choruses, intelligent songwriting and a preference for complex arrangements. A solid recommendation for fans [...]

With Dino Cazares and Burton C. Bell reigniting their collaborative bromance, it seemed all was right in the metal world…until this comeback was almost torpedoed by the remaining 2/4ths of the original Fear Factory lineup who happen to be peddling Fear Factory lite on their own ill-starred Arkaea. With the original band’s progeny now split [...]

Nevermore. The name alone evokes tremors of ecstasy. Few bands have left such an indelible imprint on the contemporary metal world than the Seattle quartet, who’ve ventured into realms both extreme and melodic for 2005’s pre-hiatus masterpiece “This Godless Endeavor.” Back then, aside from sending shockwaves among metalheads who couldn’t really decipher which genre Nevermore [...]

In the Year of our Lord, 2010, San Francisco’s preeminent peddlers of thrash vitriol hath come down to deliver us a brutal aural spanking that’ll leave our ears sore for days. No kidding, Exodus haven’t sounded this intense since…why, never. Until this “Exhibit B” came along. Where its predecessor was a bloated affair armed to [...]

It has been quite a while since As I Lay Dying last stirred up a sizable commotion. A bunch of years removed from their “An Ocean Between Us,” America’s preeminent Christian metalcore (meaning the music is tough, but it’s got a positive message—like, yuck?) champions are back to secure their chokehold on a genre they [...]

Blame it on the water (or the a-a-a-a-a-alcohol; excuse us, Jamie Foxx), but whatever (metal) music we hear from Sweden usually turns out pretty darn good 80% of the time. That’s 80% cos one has gotta admit, the remaining 20% belongs to the occasional crap band stinking up our listening pleasure—no names though.
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