by Bram Teitelman | Jan 29, 2016 | News, Premieres
Like fellow late ’90s-early 2000s nu-metal band System of a Down, Minneapolis band American Head Charge found themselves signed to American Recordings. In fact, Rick Rubin signed them based on a recommendation from System bassist Shavo Odadjian. In support of...
by Metal Insider | Jan 21, 2016 | New Music, Premieres
I learned one very important thing in 2015: if you want to make a concept album, just call Mike Semesky. The singer of Raunchy and Rest Among Ruins is some sort of concept album prodigy, as evidenced by Rest Among Ruins’ full-length debut last year. Not taking...
by Metal Insider | Jan 13, 2016 | New Music, News, Premieres
[youtube]https://youtu.be/aPMgeq0ueOA[/youtube] When you think Austrian power metal, well, actually, it’s hard to say what you’d imagine, but Tyra, Austria’s Serenity have been playing their brand of melodic, bombastic power metal since their...
by Metal Insider | Dec 18, 2015 | News, Premieres
Houston band Feign took the Texas metal world by storm with the release of their debut album, False Hope. Blending downtempo deathcore with metal and hardcore influences, seeing them open for bands like Sovereign Strength, Kublai Khan and Destruction of a King. To...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 18, 2015 | News, Premieres
Edmonton death metal band Tales of the Tomb will release their debut EP, Volume One: Morpras, on November 27th. The three-song release is described as “serial killer-themed Canadian death metal,” and sure enough, the track we’re premiering is titled...
by Metal Insider | Nov 12, 2015 | Metal on Metal, News, Premieres
Tomorrow (13), Kentucky death crust band Tombstalker will release their first full-length album, Black Crusades, on Shadow Kingdom Records. Imagine, if you will, a cross between Swedish death metal, d-beat thrash and the thrashy death of Bolt Thrower. Actually, you...