Few bands have captured the imagination of fans worldwide the way Moonspell has and continues to do so. Coming from the small nation of Portugal and achieving global success was not easy, and the poetic, dark, enriching collective has done so for nearly three decades...
The black flame of true darkness burns as brightly as it ever has, if one knows where to look. Out of Norway, the cradle of this beautifully hateful and changeless aura remains unaltered by both the PC mob and the emergence of different trends. Two...
Greece is recognized as one of the cradles of democracy and art, a rich and storied land whose history spreads far back into antiquity. In terms of worldwide Heavy Metal scenes, the small nation by the Aegean Sea has stood as one of the most...
In nature, change brings growth, and growth is not always painless. The metamorphosis of certain creatures can leave the transforming organism vulnerable to attack, but afterwards the creature is often stronger and able to meet new challenges. Music is no different. Artists can either remain...
Coming out of Haugesund, Norway in the recesses of the very early 1990s, Einherjer erupted from the heartland of Black Metal to the tune of their own war drum. Eschewing the trappings and tempo of the darkest of musical extremity, if not its anti-Christian sentiments,...
There was a time when the name Aborym was synonymous with the finest in Industrial Black Metal. Hailing from Italy, the band arose in the late '90s with a sound that was rather unique to the labyrinthine world of extreme music. Created by Malfeitor Fabban...
Hailing from the icy realm of Sweden, Tribulation has built a solid following over four albums and across sixteen years of relentless touring. Beginning life as a Death Metal band, the nuances of their songwriting and their penchant for horror always promised that there would...
During the glorious 1980s, Heavy Metal music branched into several different theaters of extremity. One of those styles, Death Metal, entrenched itself in the underground and became its own monster. Though scenes and bands sprung up all over the world, one of the pillars of...
When it comes to books by musicians in famous bands, we usually get the stories of famous singers, the frontmen or women about whom most of the attention revolves. This time, with Monsters of River and Rock: My Life as Iron Maiden's Compulsive Angler, out on...
It is safe to say that modern-day Extreme Metal, particularly thrash, would not be what it is today without the likes of Sodom. After bursting onto the nascent metal scene back in 1982, the oft-maligned group rose up and began to demand the utmost respect from...
