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Heaven Shall Burn – Wanderer
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...
Interviews
Classic Metal: An Interview with Wolf Hoffmann
Accept are one of the seminal acts in classic heavy metal. From their early hard rock beginning to their glory days as the militaristic, bombastic...
Reviews
Wolf Hoffmann – Headbangers Symphony
Headbangers Symphony is the follow-up to Wolf Hoffmann's album Classical, in which he began to follow his vision of classical music translated into metal....
Reviews
Earth Ship – Hollowed
With this latest album, the German group of Earth Ship continue their exploratory combination of sludge, doom, and stoner metal, with crunch and grit...
Reviews
Suns Of Thyme – Cascades
Following up on 2013's Fortune, Shelter, Love & Cure, the Berlin-based quintet Suns of Thyme now bring their sophomore album to bear, simplifying the...
Reviews
Destruction – Under Attack
Destruction have long been my favourite band from Germany's "Big Four". Their talent for combining Maiden melody and gallop with the relentlessness of early Slayer...
From the Editor
Paris, Beirut, and the Exploitation of Terrorism
What happened in Paris is a tragedy. Pure and simple. There aren’t “ifs” or “buts” about it. The people who committed these acts of...
Reviews
Vanden Plas – Chronicles of the Immortals: Netherworld II
Continuing on from 2014's Chronicles of the Immortals: Netherworld I, this German quintet decided to forget about brevity and continue following the adventures of...
Reviews
Grave Digger – Exhumation: The Early Years
Dating back to 1980 (though their first album didn't arrive until '84), Grave Digger have maintained a steady clip of releases, not couting their '86-'93 hiatus....
Reviews
21Octayne – 2.0
If the stylized band-name doesn't set off a few mental warning bells, you might hear them once you flip over to check the track...
Must-read
The Dark Side of Business: An Interview with Scott Ian Lewis of Carnifex
Scott Ian Lewis on the dangerous state of live music, comics, and Necromanteum
“The songs you love, but not played well” – An Interview with Devin Townsend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RPb_jsnY2I
Get Ready for Wacken 2023
Get ready to unleash your metal power because Wacken Open Air is back with a bang for its 2023 edition! Mark your calendars for...