Tag Archives: metal

Well… It’s been a while! And here’s what you missed! (speed post edition)

by Dæv Tremblay

Maximum the Hormone (マキシマム ザ ホルモン) freaking ROCK!!! Their new album Yushu Fukushu (予襲復讐) is insanely addictive! Just listen to this video for the title song:

Get on the crazy japanese train and like them on facebook!

The new video for Haken‘s song The Cockroach King from their album “The Mountain” is Queenly Muppetish! In other words, I can’t wait to listen to the full album!!!

Like these buoys on phasebook!!!

The new Dream Theater is meh…

The new Safety Fire, on the other hand, is rather exceptional! (That means it’s good!)

Even though I thoroughly hate the … Read more

CUB3 – Identité

by Lefteris Kefalas

artwork IDENTITEWhat we have here is the very first recorded appearance of the French modern metal outfit CUB3. Although this band was initially formed before 2009, it was not until 2011 that the line up became stabilized and is now finally ready to present their first ever official release, bearing the intelligible title ‘Identité’.

CUB3’s identity is forcefully revealed by the self-titled introductory track, undeniably the perfect opener for such an album, a song that is screaming the band’s name as a statement, a menacing declaration that ‘This is the Cube, and it’s here to stay’! Heavy on rhythms and groove, … Read more

Abstract Deviation – Layers

by Dæv Tremblay

From Mother Russia, Abstract Deviation are making a lot of noise in the modern progressive a.k.a. djent scene. Mathy polyrhythms, changing time signatures, insane musicianship and female vocals are what distinguishes them when you first listen to them.

If you want some new djent madness without all the mean and harsh vocals that are used in today’s bands, you might want to get into that band. If you’re a fan of said mean and harsh vocals, go and get their instrumental version of the album and make your own growls/screams/farts.

Abstract Deviation is sure to become … Read more

DEATH COURIER – Perimortem

by Lefteris Kefalas

DEATH COURIER is a 3-piece death/thrash band from Patra (Greece), formed in 1987, and one of the first death metal bands to have ever emerged from the country, still following the DIY ethics to this day. What we have here is dmBj2B2the release of the band’s new full-lenght album, twenty years after the release of their debut “Demise” LP, presenting a collection of songs that count something more than fifteen years in the vault awaiting to be unleashed.

DEATH COURIER greet us with a short yet terrifying intro, just before the band kicks in with all the madness and wrath … Read more