Saying that a band tries new things" is an annoying trope of music reviews. It's one of those phrases that is used so much...

This being their sixth album since forming in '96 (with their debut album taking 5 years to make), Diabolical give the impression of being...

Of all the different scenes in death metal, one of my absolute favorites has to be the Swedish scene of the 90s and 00s....

As they rapidly approach the thirty-year mark as a band, Poland’s Behemoth have established themselves as trailblazers in the extreme metal scene. Frontman Adam...

With their third album, the three-piece of Vallenfyre do a chainsaw act with various forms of metal, hacking them up and slapping them back...

As the band retired about a decade ago, the appearance of a new album from the Finnish outfit of Mustan Kuun Lapset (MKL) comes...

Having observed their twentieth year as a band back in 2015, Spectral's latest album gets some suitable shake-up from the guitarist and bassist getting...

Vader are a death metal band that need little introduction; hailing from Poland, Vader, led by vocalist/guitarist Peter Wiwczarek, have been slaying for over...

Katatonia's music is dark. Placing a lot of emphasis in the ambience created by their music, these Swedes have always put darkness as their main objective. With lyrics dealing with...

It's not often that you find a title that really describes the sound of an album. More often than not, album names are just an afterthought, or...