by Nick DeSimone | Apr 25, 2016 | Amplified
Amplified is a weekly column focusing on new and emerging artists. Got a band that fits the bill? Email amplified@metalinsider.net. This week brings us a very interesting submission by way of Argentinian-born and ultimately worldwide project Plaguestorm. Acting as...
by Nick DeSimone | Apr 15, 2016 | Amplified
Amplified is a weekly column focusing on new and emerging artists. Got a band that fits the bill? Email amplified@metalinsider.net. Hailing from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Pulpo Negro (Spanish for “Black Octopus,” quite brutal) are absolutely swinging for...
by Nick DeSimone | Apr 1, 2016 | Amplified
Amplified is a weekly column focusing on new and emerging artists. Got a band that fits the bill? Email amplified@metalinsider.net. Originally birthed as a one-man project, Massachusetts prog-metallers Vantablack’s debut EP The Nihilist is an utter riff-fest,...
by Nick DeSimone | Mar 14, 2016 | Amplified
Amplified is a weekly column focusing on new and emerging artists. Got a band that fits the bill? Email amplified@metalinsider.net. The first thing I thought in checking out France’s Praetoria and their debut album, Mirror of Modernity was “these guys need...
by Nick DeSimone | Feb 26, 2016 | Amplified
If tempo is what you crave, holy cow is Houston’s Some Nerve exactly the prescription. The band describes themselves as a mix of crossover thrash, crust, and skate punk, which is a pretty apt summation overall: Vultures is their second EP, this one being a...
by Nick DeSimone | Feb 19, 2016 | Amplified
Amplified is a weekly column focusing on new and emerging artists. Got a band that fits the bill? Email amplified@metalinsider.net. Montreal’s Karnon absolutely channel that frigid Canadian weather in their very first EP, Le Temps Sombre, or “The Dark...