Wolves in the Throne Room – Celestial Lineage
The band ups the ante with their most diverse and interesting album to date. The songwriting, production and number of songs have all increased dramatically. The best metal album of the year without question! Rating: Wolves in the Throne Room – Celestial Lineage Southern Lord Wolves in the Throne Room is one of the most [...]
Cradle of Filth 2/20 at House of Blues
Sunday night droves of metal fans celebrated Presidents Day Eve by packing the House of Blues for the Creatures of the Black Abyss Tour, headlined by Cradle of Filth. The venue filled up early and the place was full of eager metal fans, all dressed in black and some even wearing makeup. Daniel Lioneye got [...]
Winterfylleth – The Mercian Sphere
Long, complex black metal with actual melodic parts and harmony mixed in. Wonderfully fresh seasonings on a solid black metal foundation. Rating: Winterfylleth – The Mercian Sphere Candlelight Records Winterfylleth in Old English means “winter full moon” which I particularly hate due to my hatred of snow and cold weather. Thankfully the hatred doesn’t extend [...]
Krieg – The Isolationist
An excellent album of black metal that isn’t afraid to get experimental, resulting in a very interesting collection of songs that really shine. Rating: Krieg – The Isolationist Candlelight Records Krieg is a black metal band that has been around since the mid 1990s and this is the band’s sixth full-length album. The Isolationist features [...]
Valdur – Raven God Amongst Us
About a half an hour of solid black metal that’s only flaw is the overly muddy production. Rating: Valdur – Raven God Amongst Us Bloody Mountain Records Hailing from California, Valdur finally offer up their first proper full-length album after a hand of split releases and EPs. The band has been around for about five [...]
Enthroned 8/25/10 at Reggies
Wednesday night was a big night of Metal at Reggies as bands from all across the globe converged for a show. Enthroned made their long-awaited return to headline a four-band bill. A local band named Cardiac Arrest opened the show. They played some really speedy death metal with thrashing guitars and guttural vocals. They were [...]
Cradle of Filth reveals new album artwork and details
Long-time black metal superstars, Cradle of Filth, have released the details and artwork for their forthcoming album on Nuclear Blast Records. The album, titled Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa, is their ninth full-length studio album and fittingly enough will be released on the ninth of November. The artwork for the record frontman Dani Filth calls, “without [...]
Behemoth to release DVD and tour this fall
Blackened death metal heavyweights, Behemoth, are returning to the United States this fall for a big tour to promote their upcoming DVD. The DVD will be titled Evangelia Heretikaand will see a release date sometime this fall via Metal Blade Records here in the States, Nuclear Blast in Europe, and Mystic Records (not the Doug [...]
Emperor Magus Caligula To Leave Dark Funeral
After a 15 year run, Emperor Magus Caligula, the singer for Dark Funeral has decided to leave the band. He had this to say about his decision to leave. “I would like to inform all of our fans that on Saturday, August 21, at the Summer Breeze festival in Germany, I will be doing my [...]
Emperor songs added to Rock Band network
Black Metal has finally found its way to the Rock Band series of games. Two Emperor songs, “Curse You All Men (Live)” and “Inno A Satana (Live)” are now available for download via Rock Band 2 for Xbox 360. Both songs are taken from Emperor’s 2009 double-live album, Live Inferno. The songs represent UK-based Candlelight Records’ first to appear via [...]
Ov Hell – The Underworld Regime
Ov Hell – The Underworld Regime Prosthetic Records Ov Hell is a Norwegian black metal band that recently formed that is made up of members of Gogoroth and Dimmu Borgir and also features work from members of 1349 and Enslaved. With this combination of big name black metal talent, you would think that the results [...]
A Forest of Stars – Opportunistic Thieves of Spring
A Forest of Stars – Opportunistic Thieves of Spring Transcendental Creations UK black metal band, A Forest of Stars celebrate their third birthday with their sophomore effort, Opportunistic Thieves of Spring. Black metal is far too vague of a description though as while their foundation may be that of black metal, they incorporate outside influences [...]
Enthroned to tour North America
Belgian’s black metal outfit, Enthroned, are set to tour North America for the first time in almost a decade. The US/Canadian leg of the Pentagrammaton World Tour 2010 will begin in Brooklyn, New York at Europa and bludgeon its way through nearly two dozen cities before winding down at the Hostile City Deathfest in Philadelphia, [...]
Cannibal Corpse 4/29 at House of Blues
Death metal made a big return this past Thursday with Cannibal Corpse headlining a show at House of Blues. They were here for the Evisceration Plague tour and are on the road with a stellar lineup of metal bands. This show got off to a very early start as the first band went on at [...]
Lair of the Minotaur – War Metal Battle Master
Lair of the Minotaur – War Metal Battle Master CD Southern Lord Recordings Despite this being their third album and evidently the band being from my own city, this CD stands as my first exposure to Lair of the Minotaur. The band name alone conjured images in my mind of something dark and sinister and [...]
Hate Eternal, Soilent Green, Skeletonwitch 4/23 at House of Blues
Wednesday night I went over to House of Blues for a night of metal. It was a beautiful day outside and it was an early show so I skated over to the club from the train station instead of taking the bus. After having to check my skateboard at the hotel next door, I went [...]
