An album’s posthumous influence can lead to band reuniting. Think of Cynic and At the Gates. The former came back together after the internet petitioned for them to return. Likewise,…
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It growls, it grunts, it buzzes, it cries, it chugs, it illuminates and produces adrenaline. We’re talking about the electric guitar, the focal point of rock and metal music. For…
Metal is famous for its wide range of vocal styles. Some of them can reach operatic levels, others can project aggression like a murderous avenger. Whether hostile or sorrowful, malevolent…
We celebrate the good each year, but what about the albums that disappoint? Let’s be clear: singling out underwhelming records by some of our favourite artists is no celebration, but…
The Top 7 Darkest Albums award is not like the other accolades. Is it something its recipients should carry as a source of pride? We don’t score these albums out…
The experimental impulse in metal is essential to the genre. Without it, the conservative traditions would dominate, and the music would become stale. Innovators over the years like Celtic Frost,…
Progressive metal is in a period of flux once more now the Meshuggah-inspired boom has ended. Five years ago, you had a queue of artists from Haken to Periphery and…
It’s no secret that we enjoy the slower forms of heavy guitar music at Scream Blast Repeat. We created this accolade after excluding post-metal from the avant-garde category. That made…
It was another quiet year for death metal, with few big-name releases to whet the appetite. As a genre, it continues to subsist on a large underground support base and…