Tag: heavy metal

  • Grand Magus – Triumph and Power

    Grand Magus – Triumph and Power

    When I first popped Triumph and Power, the 7th album from Swedish trio Grand Magus I was taken aback. It had been a long time since I’d listened to them and their style has changed significantly in the last decade. Back in the early ’00s all I listened to (pretty much) was considered “stoner rock/metal.”…

  • Slough Feg – Digital Resistance

    Slough Feg – Digital Resistance

    By Danielle Griscti Even if, like me, you’re not exactly an expert on SLOUGH FEG, I’m willing to bet your face will hurt by the end of the first track. “Lost and forgotten it’s his greatest fear, the lone obsolete engineer is here!” … ah, I thought, this *is* going to be as fun and…

  • Ashes of Ares – Ashes of Ares

    Ashes of Ares – Ashes of Ares

    By Jason Wellwood When Matt Barlow left Iced Earth the last time, I thought he had retired from music for good. Needless to say, I was very excited to hear that he had returned with a band of his own, featuring former Iced Earth bassist Freddie Vidales and ex-Nevermore drummer Van Williams. Given the past…

  • Iced Earth – Plagues of Babylon

    Iced Earth – Plagues of Babylon

    By Jason Wellwood Apparently Dystopia was a hard act to follow for Jon Schaffer and company if the reviews I’ve seen are to be believed.  And I can believe it: Dystopia was a solid album and featured some of the best songs and performances from Iced Earth in over a decade. However, that shouldn’t overshadow…

  • Satyricon – Satyricon

    Hellbound Metal: “Satyricon took a chance when they first ventured into black’n’roll territory on Volcano, and many of us were ecstatic. Nothing made more sense than the ceilingless fury of black metal put to driving, Motörhead pace. It made instant converts of many. Now Satyricon seek to further push that envelope, a phoenix once again…

  • My Dying Bride – The Manuscript EP

    Hellbound Metal: “A wonderful soul-searching blast of heaviness from one of Britain’s greatest metal bands.”

  • Black Sabbath – 13

    Hellbound Metal: “It sounds awful, but 13 is not a bad album – it’s simply not the Black Sabbath album that a lot of fans will accept as a rousing return.”

  • Sylosis – An Interview With Josh Middleton

    Sylosis have just unleashed their latest masterpiece Monolith through Nuclear Blast on October 5th. On this, their third album, the band has taken their blend of progressive thrash and moved things forward. While still a complete ‘shred fest’, Monolith has more feel to it, more ambience if you will. Taking the band to record where…

  • Eluveitie – The Early Years

    Eluveitie – The Early Years

    The Early Years is a decade of primal folk, and a document that has evidently shaped one of metal’s most extreme divisions today.

  • Interview with Yasin Hillborg, director of Så Jävla Metal

    Interview with Yasin Hillborg, director of Så Jävla Metal

    Currently set to celebrate its Canadian premiere at the NXNE festival in Toronto, Så Jävla Metal is a documentary about the evolution of heavy metal music in Sweden. The film traces the beginnings of heavy metal through hard rock, beginning with bands like Europe, and continuing to trace the development of the sound as the…