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t’s hard to think of a heavy metal band that has explored as many genres as Amorphis. These guys have done just about everything, from death metal, to melodeath, to doom, to progressive, to folk, and so on.  They never stay in the same place for too long though, and constantly strive to evolve their sound as a band, demonstrated ... Read More »

Coheed and Cambria isn’t what you would call your average heavy metal band. In fact, it would be wrong to label them as metal to begin with. So why review them on a metal website? Well, bear with me here. Coheed is a very unique group that blends together a multitude of genres, namely progressive rock, punk, indie, and yes, ... Read More »

Good evening gents and germs, Gabe again here with another amazing local folk metal band album review. Trolhaugen was a band I heard about through an interview that I did with and up-and-coming power folk metal band Wilderun. You can come and check it out here! After hearing about this band that according to Wayne Ingram sounded like ametal version ... Read More »

Hey guys. Gabe again with another email interview with another crazy unique band that you guys really need to check them out!  They have redefined the folk metal genre.  They are an amazing band all the way from down under, but once you listen to their new album Ramshackle, your world will be flipped down under and they will be the ... Read More »

The TIME has come! Well at least the first part anyways.  It has been eight years since Wintersun arose from their snow-capped homeland of Finland with their self-titled debut album, leaving both critics and the metal community in awe of their epic fusion of melodic death and power metal. As fans eagerly awaited the next album originally scheduled for a ... Read More »

Though it took them a little while to get going (the band formed in 2000), Sylosis has nevertheless established themselves as one of the more interesting and versatile bands in the metal scene today. Incorporating several styles into their music, the band fuses together the riffing of thrash, the melodies and lead guitar work of melodic death, with a hint ... Read More »

My metal brothers and sisters, I bring you something new in the metal world: Djent! Now I know when you all hear Djent, you probably think about Meshuggah and very strange time signatures in the music. Yes they set the grounds for this genre, but there is another name out there who is perfecting this genre. Periphery! Releasing their second ... Read More »

BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME release “Telos” and “The Parallax II: Future Sequence” track listing; pre-orders available now BTBAM on tour now as part of The Summer Slaughter Tour 2012 Agoura Hills, CA – July 23rd, 2012 – Globally celebrated progressive rock / cutting-edge metal innovators Between the Buried and Me (BTBAM) recently announced that their new album, The Parallax ... Read More »

After having the pleasure of viewing their live performance at Paganfest, and having the opportunity of reviewing their upcoming album, Shadows, I had the honor of interviewing Fallen Martyr’s guitarist Gabriel Luis. This guy is one of the best shredders that I have seen in a while, and am very honored to do Der Metal Krieger’s exclusive interview with him! Talvi: Let’s begin ... Read More »

There’s always been something magical about Folk Metal; the heroic guitar riffs, pagan lyrics, and the epic and moving folk instrumentation.  As the twenty year old genre slowly makes it way up the mainstream metal ladder, more and more veteran bands lose some of the spotlight.  Swedish Folk Metallers, Vintersorg, however is a band that never ceases to diminish.  This ... Read More »