Formed in 1998 in Seattle Washington and taking their band name is from the Sanskrit word for “harm” or “violence“, Himsa were a Metalcore act who managed four albums over a decade long run that finished with “Summon In Thunder” in 2007, their only release for Century Media. A quintet, they had sixteen different members
Going all the way back to 1998 and the resurgence of Noise Metal that was “Semi Detached” from Northern Ireland Alternative Metal act Therapy leaves lead single “Church of Noise” as the prime choice for our weekly throwback track. This writer is actually old enough to have owned this on cassette tape with b-side “60 Watt
The brainchild of drummer Hector “Leche” De Santiago, Los Angeles Californians As Blood Runs Black blended the styles of Melodic Death Metal and Deathcore during their initial twelve year long siege. In that time the widely respected band may have only managed a trio of albums but it wasn’t for the want of trying with legalities,
20 years ago Portsmouth New Hampshire Crust Punk leaning Stoner Metal quartet Scissorfight were getting themselves into a bloody mess at both Fort Apache and New Alliance Studios with Andrew Schneider and Craig Ross recording “Mantrapping for Sport and Profit“. An absolutely killer release, took them from national to international having made their name in
If you watch the music video for “The Gift” by Nu-Metal act Five.Bolt.Main it may come across as a strong one but it becomes harder hitting when you find out it’s based on a true story. Flaw frontman Chris Volz formed the band in Louisville, Kentucky back in 2005 which spawned a single album of
Back when Dinosaurs roamed the Earth in 2003 Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States was where Dead Man In Reno formed and taking every opportunity, the quintet were eventually found by Candlelight Records and recorded their debut self titled album with Jamie King (Between The Buried And Me, The Contortionist) in 2006. A personal favourite, it sits
Inspired by Ottoman and Egyptian music, guitarist Mehmet Erkut Atay from Istanbul Turkey based Symphonic Metallers Anzeria wrote and arranged “Dibace” in 2013, one of a the final songs the band released before going on hiatus. Returning in 2020 and taking their time, the core of the band rounded out by female vocalist Damla Kayıhan
As “Organic Hallucinosis” from Polish Technical Death Metal Kings Decapitated has reached its 15th Anniversary, we’re going back to 2006 and “Day 69” from the album which was recorded a year earlier in August 2005 at Hertz Studio, Białystok, Poland. The only album to feature vocals from Adrian “Covan” Kowanek, who was seriously injured in
Back in 1999 Powerman 5000 released their commercial break through album in “Tonight The Starts Revolt!” with huge singles “Nobody’s Real” and “When Worlds Collide” helping it achieve the success of over one million records sold Worldwide. Vocalist Michael Cummings aka Spider One had been somewhat under the shadow of his older brother Rob Zombie
Back in 2001, Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz entered Zing Studios in Westfield Massachusetts for eight days with Long Island New York Post Hardcore quintet From Autumn To Ashes to record their debut album and first release for Ferret Records, having been signed by the label after founder Carl Severson (also of Nora) saw them
