It's pretty hard to nail instrumental music. In their attempt to maintain the same structures that they would use in a "normal" song, many...

Although none of us nu-metal kids asked for it, nu-metal decided to make a comeback this year. Not a new wave of fresh bands...

Prior to picking up this album for review, I had only heard of Zodiac in passing. I'd seen a few of their album covers,...

Few bands are able to really capture a feeling with their music; this is particularly so when what they’re doing is trying to be...

Folk metal has been a pretty divisive genre since its earliest days; while many have embraced the pagan and mythological imagery and instrumentation that...

It's shocking that doom female singers have only recently become popular; after all, if you listen to the timbre of Ozzy Osbourne's voice over...

My ears always perk up when I hear about a new doom metal band coming out of Sweden; the track record has been pretty...

Everybody has a gimmick. Manowar have their homoerotic “true metal” thing; Arch Enemy their “I’m 15 and just bought my first Che Guevara t-shirt...

This is the sound of a band that is refreshed and revitalized. There's nothing wrong with the last handful of Grave Digger albums; after...

Do you know what's pretty awesome?  Bay Area thrash metal.  I am talking about the Bay Area thrash that helped create an entire movement...