Deluxe two disc (CD + DVD) pressing of the 2009 album from the Metal monsters includes a bonus DVD that contains a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the album. Aided and abetted by guitarists Rob Barrett and Pat O’Brien, not to mention the unmistakable throat of Mr. Fisher, longtime Corpse members Webster and Mazurkiewicz dismembered and reassembled …
Released in 2003, Damnation is easily the most radical departure of Opeth’s career. The companion piece to the previous year’s Deliverance set, to which it was originally inextricably married (before record company marketing men got their dirty little hands on them), the album is the first to explore the group’s non-heavy metal-based songwriting both at length and exclusively. …
2012 album from the California Progressive Grind Metal masochists. The album was produced by Dave Otero of Denver’s Flatline Audio and sees the band exploring innovative new techniques in songwriting without abandoning their signature formula of confrontational audio wreckage and self-loathing lyrical content. Monolith Of Inhumanity is an achievement that stands out as one of the most volatile, …
2009 release, the seventh studio album in their 10 year career. The album showcases the core guitar duo – Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson – incorporating influences from a plethora of guest musicians, bringing the SUNN O))) sound to epic new levels. The band collaborated with composer Eyvind Kang on various acoustic ensembles, in addition to the …
The Sword is a retro metal four piece hailing from of all places the singer songwriter haven of Austin, Texas. Beginning in 2003, The Sword with founding vocalist and guitarist J.D. Cronise joined forces with guitarist Kyle Shutt, bassist Bryan Richie, and drummer Trivett Wingo, and they appeared at Austin’s famed SXSW Festival. They did national touring …
The Scottish buccaneers stand ready to capture the wealth of the Seven Seas by offering a treasure chest of sweeping Scottish Pirate Metal worthy of any loot-loving corsair. Irresistible growling choruses from the port side and lively keyboard melodies and heavy metal riffs from the starboard side form the basis of this highly explosive rum-induced metal mix. The …
2013 reissue of the Progressive, Technical Death Metal band’s debut album including one bonus track. The Montr‚al, QC, Canada-based band (Simon Girard: Guitars, Vocals; Dominic Lapointe: Bass, K‚vin Chartr‚: Guitars, Philippe Boucher, Drums) released The Aura in 2011 to critical raves. Founded in 2005, Beyond Creation has quietly become a force that the rest of the Metal world …
Between The Buried & Me release their 2008 album, Colors- Live which includes a bonus DVD of one of the finest exhibitions of true performance art. The fantastic voyage that Between The Buried & Me charted at the creation of their groundbreaking record Colors was both cathartic, magical and life-affirming for the band. Becoming one solid unit of …
Atreyu is taking the world by the throat once again with their stunningly intense and highly anticipated new album, A Deathgrip On Yesterday. Quickly devouring any preconceived notions about their trademark metallic riffs and evil, thunderous, guttural vocals, Atreyu have not only written the book on exceeding expectations and reinventing genres, they continue to live it with A …
2010 album from the American Death Metal monsters. Carnifex’s destructive debut album has already sold 25,000 copies in the U.S. alone and the band has conquered several parts of the globe including South America, Russia and mainland Europe. Hell Chose Me takes a darker and far more blasphemous approach to their already visceral Metal. There is a …