Contributions
11 metal choruses that will be stuck in your head all day
Choruses. You hear a lot about them in pop music and ever more radio-oriented rock, but what about metal? Here are 11 bands that bring forth the catchiness, be it through a traditional chorus or in their own unique way! Allegaeon – “Proponent For Sentience III – The Extermination” Through the mighty power invested in […]
10 bands who are too damn heavy for their own good
[Photo credit: Errick Easterday] Some bands have absolutely no interest in turning the heaviness down. It's just a destructive wake—be it through massive riffs or horrifying soundscapes—until there's nothing left but the fragments of what you once called a skull. So why bother putting off the inevitable? Here are a handful of great bands that'll leave […]
12 metal albums you’re going to need in the second half of 2016
This year has already been a whirlwind of great metal releases but the second half of 2016 looks like it’s going to pack just as much of a punch as the first. Here are a few albums you should be looking forward to throughout the coming months. 16 — Lifespan Of A Moth July 15 […]
7 un-metal projects from well-known metal musicians
Despite the stereotype of a metalhead being this untamable wild beast of a human, a good portion of us like some seriously un-metal music. Hell, some of us even make some seriously un-metal music. So let’s dive into the electronica, retro-rock, and post-rock projects from current and past members of bands like the Dillinger Escape Plan, […]
8 unknown metal albums that deserve way more love
Trying to get around to even a fraction of the metal releases that come out in any given year is a challenge. Right now on Bandcamp, there are 54 pages of newly added releases for just this week. Even if 20 of those pages are legitimate new records and not re-releases, that’s still 160 releases […]
15 songs that’ll make you love melodic death metal
Congratulations (I think)! You've decided to cross over into the heavier realm of metal, where abstract lyrics and violent imagery are discussed as readily as the weather and there are more sub-genres than musicians. In the ever-expanding universe of extreme metal, picking a starting point requires balance between accessibility with accents of crushing heaviness. So […]