Rising out of the simmering ashes following the sudden death of the Gothic Doom Metal icons Type O Negative came a new entity titled A Pale Horse Named Death. Shedding its dark magic onto the world in unexpected ways, the new band was originally formed...
The bridge between fantasy and reality is full of whatever those who walk across it has created for themselves. Depending on which direction you are travelling, the excitement along the journey can surprise, uplift, and surpass the mood upon destination.These thoughts in mind, in the...
The age old saying is 'you can't judge a book by it's cover,' and it's true, but that phrase also works in when referencing film as well. When presented with the idea of a Christmas themed zombie musical, one might jump to the wildest conclusions...
The opportunity to see the same bands return to tour North America year after year is simply taken for granted by many residing in the region. A privilege many other corners of the world are not offered, the largest oversight is that these bands, who...
There is a fine line between musical artistic expression depicted through usage of political propaganda or exposed agendas, and political agendas dominating the art into such a way that the music is long since forgotten. Then there are unique representations of all of the above...
Germany is home to many influential Heavy Metal bands and arguably one of the most important include Scorpions, Kreator, Helloween, Accept, Rammstein, and of course, Sodom. In the early 1980s, Sodom was one of the lesser talked about blackened Thrash Metal influences on early Black...
One of the more interesting aspects of the Heavy Metal genre is that its sub-genres pride themselves on sparking the unusual. For example, French Post-Black Metal band Alcest are one of the first to create a more somber and ambient Black Metal sound that is...
Without humor, the world would be a dull and deadly place full of angry breathing robots in continuous monotonous motion. In Rock and Heavy Metal, the interjection of humor is also essential in order to keep matters from getting a little too serious. Here to...
With the times changing, so does the music. As a result, the normal progression veers off course into an entirely different entity, encompassing some of the best moments of different bands. In the case of Swedish Heavy Metal, Bloodbath was born in the late '90s...
When tragedy strikes, sometimes it seems like all hope is lost. Especially the case when a thriving musician, Warrel Dane, suddenly passed away in the midst of creating his next masterpiece back in December of 2017, it seemed as if the recordings may never see...
