Camera Obscura
The San Diego post-punk scene of the 1990s has a checkered, incestuous, yet n…
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Sweep the Leg Johnny
It’s no small wonder that the present-day bands (however preciously few they …
Steel Attack
It’s a fact that fantasy-based power-metal bands, both wannabe-Hammerfall and…
Damad
Anyone who’s previously heard Damad but has yet to see them play live might b…
GF93
Helmet may be gone, but they’re certainly not forgotten, their influence stil…
Sinergy
In the short year since the release of their debut album, Beware The Heave…
Luddite Clone
Of any of the metal labels still going strong, Relapse Records have been play…
Sacred Steel
Anyone searching for heavy metal’s oft-inaccurate/-unproven/-scoffable stereo…
GF93
Helmet may be gone, but they’re certainly not forgotten, their influence stil…
Dragbody
As displayed on An Inheritance of Detriment, Dragbody have evolved fro…
The Project Hate
A project featuring Entombed bassist Jorgen Sandstrom on vocals, the Project …
Camera Obscura
The San Diego post-punk scene of the 1990s has a checkered, incestuous, yet n…
Agent Steel
Agent Steel are one of those “cult” metal bands, bands who made a few records…
In Flames
Nathan T. Birk talks with guitarist Bjorn Gelotte of the Swedish metal legends about the Gothenburg scene and the meaning of death metal.
Damad
Anyone who’s previously heard Damad but has yet to see them play live might b…
King Diamond
Eidolon
Radio 4
In these cruelly postmodern times, records like Radio 4’s debut,
Vader
To call Vader’s
New Wet Kojak
Simultaneously maligned and championed by both indie and punk kids alike, Gir…
The Crown
If the cover of the Crown’s
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