Category Archives: death metal
Rob’s Recommendation Roundup: Volume 7
For my seventh recommendation column, there’s some music here that will challenge the term “prog” and yes I acknowledge that Soilwork is not a prog metal band. I do think many fans of prog metal and extreme metal like or … Continue reading →
Psycroptic – “As the Kingdom Drowns”
Tasmania’s Psycroptic is BACK with “As The Kingdom Drowns” and wow, it’s a killer album. Sure it’s only 35 minutes but it’s a relentless, blistering album nonetheless! I enjoy Psycroptic in doses. Like any tech death metal band, they can … Continue reading →
Horrendous – “Idol”
I’ve seen a lot of press regarding Horrendous’ new CD Idol (released September 28, 2018). They certainly earn a cool point for the wicked cover art – it’s HR Giger plus Dalvador Dali for me. The opening track is a … Continue reading →
Rob’s Recommendation Roundup: Volume 4
Thumpermonkey sounded VERY much like Faith No More when I last heard them on “Sleep Furiously,” so when I heard a track from their new album “Make Me Young, Etc” I was surprised by how it sounded. “Veldt” is the … Continue reading →
Rob’s Recommendation Roundup: Volume 3
Time for another recommendation roundup. As has been the way with everything I do, this one is all over the place “Tabula Rasa” is the latest album from post metallers set and setting (yes,all lowercase). I got into them back … Continue reading →
ProgPowerUSA 2018 – Day Three
Each day will be listed in the order that the bands performed. And if you missed Day Two, you can find it here. . . . Manimal (Power Metal from Sweden) . I went in cold on this one. I … Continue reading →
Revocation – “The Outer Ones”
One could take the hyphenated route and describe the music of Revocation as tech-death-thrash-prog-metal or go the simple route and say extreme metal. “The Outer Ones” is available September 28th on Metal Blade Records. I guarantee you won’t be disappointed. … Continue reading →
