When Cloudkicker everyman Ben Sharp released The Discovery in 2008, he created the blueprint for his sound for the next two years. He further...

I bought The Contortionist’s first album, Exoplanet, based on potential. Their sound on that record could be summed up as deathcore Between The Buried...

Speaking as a progressive metal fan, djent has been clogging our airwaves for the past couple of years. Genre debates aside, basing your whole...

Reissues of classic albums can be tough to evaluate. I mean, we already know it’s a good album, what’s the point of evaluating something...

Having never heard about (or listened to) The Reticent before, I was quite curious when their label described them as "Opeth meets Tool". That...

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As the site’s biggest Cynic fan, I was excited to learn that Season of Mist would be officially issuing The Portal Tapes for the...

Power metal comes in a few different flavors, and a lot of them can be straight-up bad. When most of the genre is made...

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