Der Metal Krieger Let's make this world metal shall we?

hen I saw that Avantasia was due to release a new album I was immediately interested in giving it a listen as I have always found Tobias Sammet to be an excellent singer, and one of the only singers I have heard to sound like Bruce Dickinson). His other band Edguy, I always thought was made up of talented musicians ... Read More »

t’s been three years since we had another Finntroll album to sink our teeth (and ears) into, and what a long three years have they been.  Rooting from the tale of the Swedish priests who encountered a wild savage man-beast in Finland, Finntroll has brought a mixture of black metal, folk melodies, and traditional humppa since their formation in 1997. ... Read More »

Swedish death metal band, Hypocrisy, has always managed to keep my interest with original themes, experimentation, and the incredible writing ability of Peter Tägtgren. His signature style incorporates death metal riffs with memorable melodies, all while creating a unique and dissonant atmosphere. End Of Disclosure superfluously resonates all of these qualities. This album reinforces the classic Hypocrisy style, combined with ... Read More »

I have always been a fan of the early New Wave Of Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) sound which was so instrumental in spearheading the surge in heavy metal popularity in the early to mid-80’s before you had the mega successful bands finally able to be financed by mega record labels and placed inside recording studios to give them an ultra polished ... Read More »

Darkthrone needs no introduction; everyone knows about these guys and the tremendous impact they’ve had on extreme metal. While they are largely known as a black metal band with their early albums engraved as milestones in the Norwegian scene, many don’t give their diversity enough justice. That comes to a screeching halt on their latest work however. You just have ... Read More »

TJ here, with my first album review for DMK.  Oh Visions of Atlantis (VOA)…where do I even begin with this review?  I have to admit I had never heard of the Austrian symphonic metal band Visions of Atlantis until I volunteered to review their upcoming album Ethera due out in March. After listening to it, I wished I had not volunteered… Band: ... Read More »

Keep in mind fellow metal heads, I am not keen on live albums. I feel that live is a title that should be enjoyed physically in the pit, or in bowels of the venue, listening and observing the masters of music at work. So when I woke up today to see Arkona had a live album, I had a bit ... Read More »

If you have been keeping up with our posts on the DMK Facebook page,  you’d know that we have been hyping up Gloryhammer, the Power/Fantasy Metal band driven by the quirky Alestorm frontman, Christopher Bowes.   Wizards, Unicorns, Scotland…need I go on? But as the time draws near to their debut release in March, we finally got our hands on ... Read More »

Let me begin this review by saying that I was once a huge fan of this band. There is no elitist bias here; I used to worship these guys. Yup, that was me in the Scream, Aim, Fire shirt with my hair over my eyes back in the 10th grade yearbook. I was bad man; it shames me to look ... Read More »

The forerunners of Power Metal have created another masterpiece. Stratovarius, a power metal band nearly 20 years in the making have debuted a new album and corresponding sound that will silence all critics which once hailed these legends of  metal as done for. Band: Stratovarius Album: Nemesis Genre: Power Metal Label: Armoury Release Date: February 26, 2013 Anyone familiar with the ... Read More »