Articles by Natalie Zina Walschots

Caspian

Live At Old South Church

PUBLISHED Jan 10, 2012

Boston, MA-based Caspian fall into that strange category of indie bands that appeal to a great deal of metalheads. The instrumental post-ro...

Haemoth

In Nomine Odium

PUBLISHED Jan 10, 2012

It has been six years since French black metallers Haemoth released an album, and by the sound of things, they spent every second of that t...

Lvcifyre

The Calling Depths

PUBLISHED Jan 3, 2012

London, UK-based black/death metal band Lvcifyre released only one other EP, Dying Light Ov God, in 2009, which contained just two tracks....

Top 10 Metal Albums to Get You Through Holiday Visiting

PUBLISHED Dec 22, 2011

Ah, Holiday visiting -- that special time of year when we spend a few days (or weeks) at our parents' homes, sleeping in our childhood sing...

Top 5 Worst Metal Christmas Albums 2011 Edition

PUBLISHED Dec 20, 2011

As a devout metalhead, listening to most Christmas music, especially the bland and tasteless stuff blared in every public space from Decemb...

Saturnian Mist

Gnostikoi Ha-Shaitan

PUBLISHED Dec 15, 2011

Having released a self-titled demo in 2008, a split EP with Creatura and a solo EP, Repellings, in 2009, Gnostikoi Ha-Shaitan is Finnish bl...

Sandrider

Sandrider

PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2011

This self-titled release may be a debut effort by Seattle, WA-based Sandrider, but that's not an indication of experience or lack of chemis...

Sonata Arctica

Live In Finland

PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2011

Fans of Finnish power metal icons Sonata Arctica will have to wait well into 2012 for a full-length follow-up to 2009's The Days of Grays....