Of Breath and Bone is the third studio album by Australian melodic death metal…
Be’lakor – Of Breath and Bone (2012)
Engel – Blood of Saints (2012)
Blood of Saints is the third album from Swedish melodic death metal/industrial band Engel…
Shadows Fall – Fire from the Sky (2012)
Shadows Fall alienated some fans with 2007′s Threads of Life. They’d signed to Atlantic and brought the hooks and…
Shadows Fall – Madness in Manila: Shadows Fall Live in the Philippines (2010)
This CD/DVD set’s title tells the whole story. A 70-minute live set recorded at some festival or another, documenting…
Before the Dawn – Deathstar Rising (2011)
Like so many bands in the Scandinavian extreme metal scene, Before the Dawn have had their share of lineup…
God Forbid – Equilibrium (2012)
Packing all of the technical fun and exploration into a surprisingly concise package, God Forbid continue to explore a progressive sound on Equilibrium while scaling…
Barren Earth – The Curse of the Red River (2010)
This Finnish art-doom band is something of an underground all-star project, featuring members or ex-members of Swallow the Sun, Kreator, Amorphis…
Barren Earth – The Devil’s Resolve (2012)
The Devil’s Resolve is the second full-length album by Finnish progressive death metal band Barren Earth. [1] The album is said to contain even more 1970s progressive…
Swallow the Sun – Emerald Forest and the Blackbird (2012)
Although they’ve generally remained sonically true to their melodic death/doom foundations over the course of four-and-a-half, mostly superlative albums, Finland’s…
Bleeding Through – The Great Fire (2012)
Orange County metalcore outfit Bleeding Through’s seventh studio album wastes little time in pulling the meat off…
Universum – Mortuus Machina (2012)
Mortuus Machina is the second album by Australian Melodic Death Metal band Universum. This album features…
As I Lay Dying – Awakened (2012)
Honing their sound with razor-sharp precision, As I Lay Dying return with more driving, melodic thrash on their sixth album, Awakened. While the band’s level of technical acumen and intensity isn’t much…
Amorphis – Forging the Land of Thousand Lakes (2010)
It’s easy to be skeptical of live records. Oftentimes they’re put out by labels looking to bring in a little extra money between releases while…
Svartsot – Maledictus Viser (2010)
Mulmets Viser is the second album from the Danish folk/Viking metal…
Nothnegal – Decadence (2012)
The Maldives are not the kind of place you would typically go searching for heavy metal talent, but it is in fact the port of origin for most of the members…
Nightrage – Insidious (2011)
Insidious[1] is the fifth album by the melodic death metal band Nightrage. The album was released September 26th in Europe and a day later in North…
Insomnium – One for Sorrow (2011)
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While they’ve never exactly qualified as paparazzi targets, the members of Finnish gothic death metal ensemble Insomnium always…
The Unguided – Hell Frost (2011)
Prior to the release of Hell Frost the band released an EP including the two tracks “Green Eyed Demon” and “Pathfinder”, which…
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter – Moral & Wahnsinn (2011)
On their eighth album, Moral & Wahnsinn, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter follow the more accessible direction of its predecessor Licht, offering few of the grunted…
Anterior – Echoes of the Fallen (2011)
Anterior should be drawn and quartered over their befuddling moniker alone, but since it’s far too late…
World Under Blood – Tactical (2011)
Tactical is the debut album by American melodic death metal band World Under Blood, released on July…
Svartsot – Maledictus Eris (2011)
In the year 1347, a ship landed in the harbor of Messina, Sicily carrying an unwelcome cargo – the bodies of a plague-ridden…
Eluveitie – Helvetios (2012)
The ancient Helvetii — the Celtic tribe that lived on the lands that are the modern day Switzerland — fought against the Roman Empire, around the Gallic Wars…
In Flames – Sounds Of A Playground Fading (2011)
On Sounds of a Playground Fading, the band’s tenth studio album, In Flames officially complete their transition from…