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When it comes down to Japanese heavy metal, Loudness are probably the first band you’d think of and while that’s understandable, I’ve always preferred Anthem...

Sometimes my curiosity gets the best of me and I’m often glad that it does. It made me want to try out this Chinese restaurant...

As a progressive metal fan that prefers the earlier incarnation of the style that was brought to life by Fates Warning, it’s hard to find...

During the 1990’s doom/death metal was all over the place in Europe, yet Poland is most likely not one of the countries you’d think of...

Perhaps I’m a bit conservative with my ideas, but if you ask me bands writing more radio friendly material often results into trouble. Not even...

Sometimes you stumble upon a unique band that that figuring out their obvious influences results in a massive headache. Enter Dark Millennium, who are a...

Sometimes you stumble upon an album that’s enjoyable on its own, but compared to what a band had released before just feels a bit pale,...

One thing that I love about cover artwork is its ability to represent what kind of album you’re dealing with and of course plenty of...

It’s been some years since John Arch and Jim Matheos formed Arch/Matheos and once I’ve heard the two men would come up with a second...

When one speaks of mid-paced black metal, there are often a variety of scenes and/or bands that come to mind; think of the Greek trinity,...

When band members leave and get replaced, it’s often a question whether the shoes aren’t too big to fill. In Anthem’s case, this wasn’t an...

By the mid-90’s doom/death metal was all over the place and Mythological Cold Towers were one of the earlier doom/death metal bands to rise from...

Have you ever looked back at the time when you were a kid and your imagination had no limits? Me neither…but if I would, Awaken...

By the time Virgin Steele started to release concept albums it would only be a matter of time before the band would start to take...

Long before Amorphis played mellow sauna metal, they were yet another Finnish death metal band with no hints of what was to come in sight....

Whereas plenty of death metal bands from Europe made the switch to something softer and less metallic overtime, Sentenced remain unique in this category when...

While I’m rather fond of Forest of Equilibrium there are several things unclear about it. Why does that goofy purple creature on the cover artwork sticks out...

Once Conception had reached their peak with In Your Multitude they had seriously turned into one of the best progressive metal acts of all times. Surely this...

There’s something rather fascinating about the progression Fates Warning made early on in their career. Each year marked a huge step forward for the band...

By the time Individual Thought Patterns came out, Chuck Schuldiner had already distanced himself from the horror themed sounds that characterized his early records. By...