Greetings, mortals! That’s right – I’ve taken the keys to the pit from Jonathan this month. Wipe your feet on the mat and pull up a seat at the throne. Seeing as this is my first time kicking off our monthly ode to death metal, it must be a worthy…
The balance between technical nuance and sheer, unadulterated power in death metal is not always easy to strike. Often (at least to these polluted ears) it feels as if death metal bands must sacrifice one for the other, or fail miserably attempting to incorporate both. It’s an understandable difficulty. Technical…
Each month, we always seem to come to the same conclusion when it comes to our Editors’ Picks column: Friday release days open the floodgates and unleash a seemingly endless stream of quality new music. But while some of our Editors and Contributors sit down gleefully each week to dive into this newly stocked treasure…