Rather than trying to beat their ever-growing legion of imitators at their own game, Swedish prog metal destroyers Meshuggah look to prove that other bands…
Meshuggah – Koloss (2012)
Borknagar – Urd (2012)
Borknagar’s founder, Øystein G. Brun commented the following about the artwork and the album: “The cover and design for ‘Urd’ is spot on when it comes to portraying the very core of…
Unleashed – Odalheim (2012)
Never underestimate the desire for revenge as a motivating factor. Not unlike Dave Mustaine, whose ouster from Metallica gave rise…
Korpiklaani – Manala (2012)
Manala, the eighth studio album from Finnish folk metal ringleaders Korpiklaani, is named for the underworld of traditional Finnish mythology — the cover…
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…
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…
Opeth – Heritage (2011)
Heritage, Opeth’s tenth studio offering, finds the Swedish band abandoning death metal: no growled vocals, no…
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…
In Flames – Reroute To Remain (2002)
Could this actually be European death metal’s bid for a pop culture coup? In Flames already has a reputation as one of the best, most…
In Flames – Come Clarity (2006)
In Flames’ most recent LPs, 2002′s Reroute to Remain and 2004′s Soundtrack to Your Escape, made them poster boys for the dreaded “evolve or…
In Flames – Subterranean (1994)
Subterranean is an MCD released by the Swedish melodic death metal band In Flames in 1995. This is the only release with vocalist…
In Flames – Jester Race (1995)
Of the three albums that make up Gothenburg’s holy trinity, Dark Tranquillity’s The Gallery was the least immediate, with unorthodox song structures that took…
In Flames – Whoracle (1997)
A master of progressive death metal or the “Gothenberg sound” practiced by many a Swedish band, In Flames delivers one of its best…
In Flames – Colony (1999)
Like their countrymen Entombed, In Flames add the familiar influence (and sense of groove) of classic heavy metal to their extreme…
In Flames – Clayman (2000)
The production value on Clayman is instantly apparent; the album’s initial sounds jump right out and pull the listener in, conveying a power and…
In Flames – The Tokyo Showdown (2001)
Recorded in 2000 during the band’s Clayman tour, this hourlong live CD — consisting mainly of songs from the Clayman, Colony, and…
In Flames – Soundtrack to Your Escape (2004)
In Flames was certainly under the extreme-metal microscope upon the release of Soundtrack to Your Escape and its predecessor, Reroute to Remain. The band…
In Flames – A Sense of Purpose (2008)
Frantic metal band In Flames can deliver a good melody around the militaristic, precision drumming of Daniel Svensson and the occasionally guttural…
Teräsbetoni – Maailma Tarvitsee Sankareita (2010)
Maailma tarvitsee sankareita (English: The World Needs Heroes) is the fourth studio album by the Finnish…
HammerFall – Infected (2011)
At first glance, Infected seems like a major departure for Swedish power metal kings Hammerfall. The cover doesn’t feature their…
Amorphis – The Beginning Of Times (2011)
Pretty much from the very start, Amorphis’ career has been about constant reinvention (hence the name, hello!), and so the Finnish group’s albums…
Falconer – Armod (2011)
Swedish power metal veterans Falconer took an interesting detour on their seventh studio album, 2011′s Armod, re-engaging with their Viking metal…
The Absence – Enemy Unbound (2010)
With musical threads running all over the metal world, the Absence blend chugging death metal with European influences on…
Volbeat – Beyond Hell/Above Heaven (2010)
A first listen to Danish “metal rockers” Volbeat’s Beyond Hell/Above Heaven, reveals how completely they’ve consolidated all the elements…