Perhaps more so than any subgenre of heavy music, the vastly varied yet distinctive din of metalcore left a mark of mutation on both the und...

Much has been made of black metal's dissolution into a broader pool of post-y daintiness in recent months, with lines in the sand being draw...

As a healthy number of established funeral doom acts attain career-level highs in both exposure and creativity, Danish four-piece Woebegone...

A surprising venue change from modest arena Ricoh Coliseum to mid-level downtown staple the Kool Haus made this the first club show Slayer h...

Wisconsin metalcore troupe Misery Signals have lain in relative dormancy for the past several years, finally emerging to bestow their fourth...

Metalcore acts aren't known for lengthy hiatuses, but then again, Misery Signals' level of acclaim and dedication to their artistry aren't e...

Counterparts play warm, sentimental hardcore with a focus on layered melody and rhythmic complexity. While their debut featured a more metal...

Ten years ago, a collaboration like this would have implied something more manic or elephantine. Now, with Isis's final two efforts being a...

Entrails stand out among the current resurgence of Stockholm, old-school death metal groups for actually having formed during the movement's...

For a group no one ever saw as a candidate for a show-stopping reunion, the resurrected October Tide have transitioned rather confidently in...

Plying a bitter and suffocating brand of black metal that carefully eschews genre conventions without compromising its aesthetic, Aosoth's f...

A formidable ways away from their more traditionalist Deicide-/Autopsy-inspired beginnings, Denmark's Cerekloth have arrived with a new leas...

A merely decent debut in the raw black metal genre is likely to lead to failure — at least if you sound totally unsalvageable, a handf...

Wormed turned plenty of heads with 2003's Planisphaerium, a real shit-kicker of a debut that renovated the standard Unique Leader/United Gut...

In mainstream rock, double albums are typically associated with contrivance and pretension, and are rarely employed as a vehicle for extreme...

Grind resists much analysis beyond a curt, Maximum Rock'n'Roll-style mini-blurb for a host of reasons. The most obvious is that it's simpler...

Over the years, few bands in death metal have achieved the level of consistency of Morbid Angel. Their first three records are all regularly...

With over a decade's worth of only partially tapped potential under their belts and several solid but unremarkable follow-ups to the good co...

Reinforcing the fact that Hydra Head still has a touch of extremity left on their roster, after half a decade's worth of middle-tier sludge...

Following their recent reunion and a widely acclaimed comeback with last year's maliciously focused Jupiter, Atheist had expectations runnin...