by Tom Mis | Mar 25, 2025 | Photos, Reviews
As the popularity of extreme metal continues to wax and wane in different forms in the United States, there are some international bands you just don’t expect to see here – especially after the loss of Brooklyn’s Saint Vitus Bar, which seems to have slowed down...
by Tom Mis | Mar 17, 2025 | Reviews
Who will carry the torch when the old gods die? When Priest hangs up their leather, and Saxon gives up their denim? UFO has already called it a day. Where do we go from here? Lots of bands play “traditional” heavy metal, sure, and there are some standouts...
by Tom Mis | Feb 27, 2025 | Photos, Reviews
Few bands outside of the “Peaceville Three” demand to be uttered in the same breath – the iconic trio are responsible for what we now know to be gothic doom and death-doom. But a decade later, Swallow the Sun would emerge and energize a genre that...
by Tom Mis | Feb 13, 2025 | Reviews
Suppose you don’t count Lacuna Coil’s re-recording of their classic 2002 record Comalies. In that case, the gap between their pre-COVID album Black Anima and 2025’s Sleepless Empire is the longest between studio releases in their storied career....
by Tom Mis | Jul 29, 2024 | Reviews
Final Girls is on the precipice of something great – and their new EP, Prey On the Weak, is just the beginning. Three songs, clocking in at just over 10 minutes, give us a taste of what’s to come – and it’s proper death metal with a strong...