Since Rob Flynn and Machine Head have made quite a splash with the well-received and acclaimed “The Blackening”, I(G?) feel it is time to reflect back upon their only live album appropriately titled “Hellalive”. Released at what many consider a serious low-point in the band’s career (when the band was at it’s most nu-metal) and recorded during the touring for the almost universally disliked “Supercharger” album you would think “Hellalive” is destined for...
Well time passes really fast after all. Six years have passed since 2003 the year when “Of Empires Forlorn” by the Virginia, US based Doomsters While Heaven Wept was released and to me it is like just yesterday. We are now on 2009 and yes we all have been waiting for so long for the follower “Vast Oceans Lachrymose” album. Its release has been announced almost immediately after the release of the “Of Empires Forlorn” followed by many specific details given by the band’s main man...
Seventh full album for death/doom progsters Novembers Doom, and second after the exemplar The Pale Haunt Departure which firmly established the band in the progressive metal scene. And “established” is a focal word when describing the music in Into Night's Requiem Infernal. It is the music of a band that has its own sound and style, and its own vision. A band that does not care to impress but rather to produce good music. Without repeating themselves, Novembers Doom have produced a mature...
After leaving their mark on the scene with 2008’s Go West Young Man, Let The Evil Go East, Greeley Estates have returned with a sure to be shocking, heavy approach to their music, taking everything to the next level of intense. After the sad ending of Science Records, Greeley found a new home on Tragic Hero Records and set off with Cory Spotts (Blessthefall, Job For A Cowboy) to create their newest record. Changing things up a bit, No Rain, No Rainbow takes Greeley to a much...
