An album at the centre of the bands career in Groove Metal, it seems unbelievable that “Resurrection” by Cleveland Ohio bruisers Chimaira has reached its fifteenth anniversary. Released in March March 2007 it was the bands first after exiting their contract with Roadrunner Records, something which the documentary The Dehumanizing Process had pointed as as
Back in 2008 Italian German Death Groove Metallers Humator released a demo album called “Anger Castles” with an original line up long since departed leaving the original axis of evil in drummer Piero Geloso and guitarist Ray Caltagirone the only men left standing. Now a quintet they recently unveiled “Curse of the Pharaoh” via
20 years ago Swedish Melodic Death Metallers Arch Enemy released their first EP “Burning Angel“, the second with German vocalist Angela Gossow at the helm. Produced by Fredrik Nordström (At The Gates, In Flames, Architects) it was considered by some a stop gap release between their critically acclaimed “Wages Of Sin” and it’s follow up
In a parallel universe, Dino Cazares never returned to Fear Factory and left the “Transgression” era of the Los Angeles Metallers to soldier on, instead continuing on with Travis Neal, Tim Yeung and the sadly now departed Joseph Reece Payne in Divine Heresy, a project that he built from the ground up to release two
In a change to our usual programming instead of insisting that our Monday morning mood lifting throwback from yesteryear is at least a decade in age, we go back to 2017 because as the cliché goes, rules are made to be broken. Five years ago Athens Georgia Southern Death Metal trio Guillotine A.D. dropped a
Skipping over the fact that it’s Valentine’s Day, either an opportunity for you to ask someone you’ve had your eye on to go for a drink or the height of commercialism ruining a decent idea depending on your point of view, it’s also Monday and that sucks, especially if you’re back to a nine to
Formed in 1988 in the suburbs of New Orleans Louisiana, Soilent Green released six albums of Sludge Metal with hints of other genres including Grindcore and Bluesy Southern Rock between 1995 and 2008 with obvious comparisons to bands like Corrosion Of Conformity and Crowbar. Taking their name from the 1973 American ecological dystopian thriller Soylent
Five years after it landed in 2017 “From The Unforgiving Arms Of God” from Supergroup END remains as brutal now as it has ever been. The band, a collection of musicians who are known for their work in Counterparts, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Fit For An Autopsy, Misery Signals, Shai Hulud and Reign Supreme have
In the summer of 2011 Siege of Amida Records let loose the debut EP “Inhaling the Ashes” from Londoners Dripback, recorded with renowned producer Russ Russell (Napalm Death, Dimmu Borgir, Evile), the ferocious five piece mixing elements of Hardcore, Death Metal, Punk and Grindcore and going off like a Molotov cocktail. Shows with Biohazard, Nasum
Ahead of next months release of “Vessels Of Grief” the sophomore album from The Final Sleep comes the 5th anniversary of their 2017 debut “I” and album that was very warmly received and ultimately let to the band, who feature in their ranks members of Arsis, Burning Human and Withstand being able to share stages
