As a play on the name of the Somerset town of Weston Super Mare, English multi-instrumentalist, Tom Stevens, makes it clear he has a sense of humour. Weston Super Maim…
Tag: progressive metal
Few bands can match At the Gates when it comes to influence. Carcass might have laid the blueprint for melodic death metal, but At the Gates were the artist that…
Progressive metalcore heavyweights, Born of Osiris, are famous for having Jason Richardson as their lead guitarist on 2011’s The Discovery LP and for graduating from the same high school in…
This reviewer first came across the work of Tamás Kátai when researching an article for modern bands that might qualify as the avant-garde successors to Celtic Frost. Thy Catafalque’s Meta…
You must forgive this reviewer for sneezing and coughing after listening to the debut album from London trio, Urne. Imagine a cloud of dust blowing against your face as a…
Denmark has already given us contenders for death metal and thrash albums of the year with Baest’s Necro Sapiens and Artillery’s X. Ghost Iris also stand a good chance of…
Big Mess blusters in like Danny Elfman’s hulking, muscled frame crashing through the window and draping himself over your bed, a lascivious grin creeping over his sixty-eight-year-old features, as he…
Anyone who heard the debut EP release of Interloper’s A Revenant Legacy earlier this year will know that the Los Angeles trio carry the hopes for the next wave of…
It’s not unusual for progressive metal artists to create a concept album based on a sci-fi setting (Voivod), a sinister cult (Queensrӱche), a classic piece of literature (Mastodon), or even…