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 »
Category Archives: Reviews
Riding The Void with Holy Grail – Album Review
Hey there fellow metalheads, Gabe here with another awesome album review! When Holy Grail came out into the metal scene in November of 2009 with their demo Improper Burial, people didn’t expect to hear such an incredibly fresh and lively heavy metal sound. Their follow-up with their first full length album Crisis in Utopia, which released in October of 2010 was a high-powered ... Read More »
Hate’s “Solarflesh” Reviewed
Hate are a four-piece death metal band hailing from Poland. They’re releasing their new album, Solarflesh, on January 30th in Europe and February 5th In the United States. Band: Hate Album: Solarflesh Genre: Blackened Death Metal Label: Napalm Records Release Date: January 30th (EU)/February 5th (NA) Hate are set to release their follow-up album to 2010′s Erebos entitled Solarflesh. Given the fact that Erebos ... Read More »
An Apocalypse For the Ages With Dying Fetus, Malignancy & Cerebral Bore: 12/21/2012 Concert Review
Dying Fetus came to the Mojo 13 in Wilmington Delaware on the eve of the so-called apocalypse, 12/21/2012, as the 22nd stop of their tour entitled The Blood of Power Tour. I can’t think of a better way to spend the eve of the prophesized apocalypse than seeing one of my favorite death metal bands of all time, Dying Fetus and, ... Read More »
Trolling along with Troldhaugen: A Review of Troldhaugen’s “Ramshackle”
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 »
An Interview with Troldhaugen: An Incredibly New and Innovative band
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 »
A Review of Wilderun’s “Olden Tales and Deathly Trails”
Howdy lads and lasses, this is Gabe Cavaliere doing his very first album review. Today I will be reviewing a band I strongly believe will be a band to look out for in the future. This band is called Wilderun and this is the debut album Olden Tales & Deathly Trails. The reason why I’m saying this is because this band has an ... Read More »
Following The Signs: A Live Review of Born of Osiris and Unearth Co-Headlining Show 11/3/12
Hello there again, Gabe here with his very first live review! Last Saturday I had the privilege of interviewing Lee Mckinney, lead guitarist of Born of Osiris. (the interview should be up in due time!) Seeing how for a while I wasn’t sure if I was even going to make it (I don’t drive, I’m basically a nomad of metal), ... Read More »
Oliver Kaah Review
Oliver Kaah ist ein Bandprojekt, welches sich schwer in Worte fassen lässt. In einem Positiven Sinne. Der Gründer dieses Soloprojektes beschreibt seine Musik als “Progressive Electro Metal“, was schon eine recht gute Umschreibung ist. Er veröffentlichte vor kurzem sein selbstaufgenommenes Album “Antigravity“, welches er kostenlos zum Download anbietet. Das Album ist von eingängigen Keyboardmelodien geprägt und mit verzerrten Gitarren unterlegt. ... Read More »
Part 1 of Wintersun’s latest epic, Time I Reviewed
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 »