Drama is definitely an appropriate word to describe the latest album from Sweden’s Soilwork. The band began in 1997 as a malicious, yet Melodic Metal band. On 2002’s breakthrough release, Natural Born Chaos, vocalist Bjorn …READ MORE
The spatial, symphonic “Times of Silence,” fading into “Voice From Behind” opens this set from the female-fronted, German Power Metal outfit Stage Two. A melancholy guitar riff introduces “Dead Angels,” the album’s best song, which …READ MORE
Sweden’s purveyors of blackened death were highly regarded despite releasing only two full-length studio albums, the latter, of which, Storm of the Light’s Bane, was released nearly 10 years ago. Dissection have chosen to reintroduce …READ MORE
Oftentimes, the coolest part about reviewing music is having the pleasure of meeting new bands. Sure, disks from Metallica and Cradle of Filth and Nickelback fall into Metal Express’ hands, but what’s the next big …READ MORE
This is pretty funny, taken from the Syanide Kick press kit: “Too bad MTV does not have these standards anymore, when you had to have a great singer and musicians that can play, instead of …READ MORE
If a band’s claim to fame was that their singer worked with Skid Row until the Skids found Sebastian Bach, should they really use that as their claim to fame? The answer is a definite …READ MORE
Takara has one of the strangest histories of any band around. To start with, on their compilation Eternity: The Best of 93-98, band leader/guitarist Neal Grusky says about lead singer Jeff Scott Soto, “For the …READ MORE
It’s sort of nice when a band just spells it out for you. Take Power Quest, for instance. From their name, you’ll be able to ascertain you are listening to a power metal disk. From …READ MORE
What is a “Northern Hyperblast?” Well, simply put, it is the self-coined term for the music style played by Canada’s Kataklysm. This musical style can be checked out on the band’s seventh studio CD, Serenity …READ MORE
Hailing from Hungary comes Ektomorf, ready to destroy the world with their fifth release, Destroy. Ektomorf has been around since 1994 and was formed by two brothers, Zoltan Farkas and Csaba Farkas. Zoltan is the …READ MORE