Presentations & Reviews

Houston’s Necrofier first came onto my radar when they played on the 2024 Decibel Magazine Tour with Hulder, Devil Master […]

Self-releasing an album is a monumental effort. Between production, distribution, artwork, press, blah blah, the weight of the supply chain […]

Always wrapped in mystery, the enigmatic Misotheist emerge from their frozen kingdom to lend aid to the followers of black […]

“Sleeping Giant” was always a song I singled out on Mastodon‘s Blood Mountain. After two thrashy, loud tracks, “Sleeping Giant” […]

Worm are rich fodder for metal band names and it’s not hard to see why. They’re disgusting, alien and carry […]

Something must be happening in Poland, because the country produces quality death metal like few others. The phrase “Polish death […]

Sylosis have been playing quietly in the background for years, a band that, from my anecdotal experience, many have heard […]

What a week that was for Hawk-themed group activities based in Seattle! Not only did I watch my beloved Seattle […]

Becoming a complete metalhead is when you stop associating German metal with Rammstein and start with Teutonic thrash. There’s something […]

Wait, the joke song from Guitar Hero III is turning 20? What the hell? Yeah, indeed—what better way to kick […]

Amid a recent metal dive, Scythe from Romania popped out of a Bandcamp alley and hit me with the flat […]

Steel are terrible for a band trying to bring back the rich glory of the ’80s metal sound. Let’s look […]

Seeing an album described as “blackened death metal” almost always whets my appetite. The problem with that label, however, is […]

In the metalverse, there are many unique personas, and now we can include Valira Pietrangelo among them. She has spoken […]

The melodic heavy metal band Turbo’s Tribunal heralds the arrival of Mills of Tribunal, hoping to light a fire that […]