by Emily Schneider | Nov 6, 2025 | Reviews
The uplifting Finnish melodeath band Omnium Gatherum is back with their 10th studio album, May the Bridges We Burn Light the Way. Their brighter melodies and blending of death metal with 80s rock elements earn them the endearing alternate subgenre label...
by Emily Schneider | Oct 30, 2025 | Reviews
Lunatic Soul is one of those projects/bands that has captivated me in such profound ways. I discovered the predominantly one-man band with the sixth album, Through Shaded Woods, when it came out in 2020. It was a spiritually healing album for me in the height of the...
by Jordeana Bell | Oct 29, 2025 | Reviews
There’s something almost romantic about the idea that Despised Icon managed to survive both deathcore’s mid-2000s cultural extinction and the internet’s insatiable need to parody anything sincere. Every metal band eventually has to confront its own...
by Chris Loomis | Oct 28, 2025 | Photos, Reviews
Not much in life is guaranteed, but you can always count on Richmond, Virginia’s, scumdogs of the universe, GWAR to do an October/November fall tour every year to deliver their over-the-top bloody massacre on stage. Here in 2025, the band is headlining their...
by Jordeana Bell | Oct 23, 2025 | Reviews
Narrowing down Sumo Cyco is a weird contractual negotiation between three things that usually don’t talk to each other on good terms: Metal, Disney pop style hooks, and Punk’s social anxiety. Not a bad thing, but the obvious contradiction makes for an epic...
by Jordeana Bell | Oct 23, 2025 | Reviews
There are bands you can joke about, and then there are bands you just don’t. The Acacia Strain belongs firmly in the second category. They’re basically a physics experiment on how much sonic weight you can drop on a human skull before it liquefies. They operate on a...