The Devils of Loudun, a symphonic and melodic death metal outfit from Seattle, Washington, step confidently into the spotlight with Escaping Eternity, their long‑awaited full‑length debut. Though the band previously issued a pair of EPs, this release marks their...

I don’t listen to black metal nearly as often as I did 15–20 years ago, but every so often an album emerges that demands attention. Tales of Othertime, the latest offering from Denver-based Stormkeep, is one of those rare...

Over the past couple of decades, extreme metal has splintered into a dense thicket of subgenres, and even seasoned listeners can struggle to pin down where certain bands belong. Pathology, however, has long been rooted firmly in the brutal...

Massacre’s story stretches all the way back to Tampa, Florida in 1984, when the band emerged during the formative years of American death metal. After a handful of demos in the late eighties, their debut From Beyond finally arrived...

A View From the Top of the World, Dream Theater’s fifteenth full‑length album, arrives with a striking cover that nods subtly to Norwegian landscapes. As is often the case with these prog‑metal veterans, the record demands several listens before...

Norwegian death metal stalwarts Blood Red Throne return with their tenth full‑length album, Imperial Congregation, released through Nuclear Blast Records. While the band remains firmly rooted in the old‑school death metal sound that has defined their career, three elements...

Philadelphia‑based progressive death metal outfit Burial In The Sky showed plenty of promise on their first two full‑length albums, but they hadn’t quite reached their full potential. Their third release, The Consumed Self, is a different story entirely. This...

This album may have been out for a few months already, but it only recently landed on my radar and it certainly deserved a closer look. Warrior Path, the Greek heavy/power metal project founded by guitarist Andreas Sinanoglou, returns...

More than 45 years into their career, Iron Maiden show no signs of slowing down. I caught their performance at Trondheim Rocks in 2018, and it remains one of the most memorable concerts I’ve attended. Now, six years after...

Every now and then, you stumble upon new music entirely by accident, and that’s exactly how I discovered Ulthima’s debut album on YouTube. Information about the band is surprisingly scarce, but what I did find suggests that Ulthima is...