Plenty of bands these days take influence from the more obscure classic metal staples like Manilla Road and Cirith Ungol, probably more than those groups ever could’ve hoped for honestly. However, most of them seem to use it as more of a secondary [...]
Okay, Vault Hunters…it’s time to debut another new column: Rank and File. The Premise is simple enough - one of our writers goes through and ranks an artist’s entire discography. Because there’s no way that could possibly [...]
Argus was born on the thin line between doom and traditional metal but they’ve gradually minimized their associations with all things slow over the course of their twelve year long career. This is especially true of their fourth full-length album and [...]
Like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest didn’t want to just rely on nostalgia when they reunited with vocal legend Rob Halford. 2005’s Angel of Retribution was a reassuring sampler of the band’s classic sounds, but even that kept the crunchy guitar tone from the [...]
This year has already seen some unique metal in the power/prog/traditional world. Last week, Battle Beast dropped their 80s metal throwback record with an anti-Trump hit single and Sanctuary re-issused some old demos. I’ve already written about [...]
When it comes to the Indy music scene, there’s no one else who brings the metal quite like Sacred Leather. Riffs, image, stage presentation - it all harkens back to the classic 80’s bands like Priest, Maiden, and Dio, But all the leather [...]
