While going through lineup and name changes can be difficult for many bands, sometimes it can be the best possible thing to happen to...

Poland has produced some of death metal's biggest bands over the years, with Vader, Hate, and Behemoth being three of the longest-lived in the...

It’s often said experimentation leads to innovation, a notion that is especially true in metal. By trying new tunings and experimenting with different guitar...

With this sophomore LP, the French band of Lòdz have assembled nearly an hour's worth of music, aiming for sizable tracks with twists through...

Wovenwar are not As I Lay Dying 2.0. Although this should be a pretty obvious statement by now, it bears repeating. Despite the fact...

Since the beginning of metalcore, back in the late 1980’s, there have been debates on which bands get put in this category, particularly when...

Hatebreed have been churning out socially and politically-driven moshpit anthems for over two decades now, becoming one of the torchbearers for metallic hardcore in...

You can’t always judge an album by its cover, unless you see corpsepaint, inverted crucifixes, and spikes, in which case your assumptions are probably...

Going into this album, I was worried. The inclusion of the phrase “Hardcore mentality for a metalcore generation” in its press release had hairs...

I'm a sucker for strings, so the menacing pizzicato intro of “Receipt” had me by the short and curly right off the bat. Trevor Strnad carries this pizzicato along with...