Aborted has been one of my favorite bands for as long as I can remember. I can’t remember what brought me to listen to them. I just remember snagging The Archaic Abbatoir and getting hooked ...
I remember when I discovered Swallow the Sun. A friend told me about them a few years back and recommended I check them out. I definitely thought they were unique and I liked what I ...
I’ll never forget the first time I heard Arsis. We Are the Nightmare was just released. I was just getting into death metal; a friend of mine from school first showed me the classics (Death, ...
I was happy to be a panelist at the Rock Solid Industry Showcase for another year. This year was better than the last! J-Rock and Patti chose Tampa’s best talent to gather together and perform ...
Ingested is a rising band. Every album they release gets stronger and better. Their newest release, Level Above Human, is their best album to date. They have improved as a band and coined their ...
It’s hard to find a metal band that sounds brutal and melodic at the same time. But they do exist, and a perfect example is Mors Principium Est. This band is almost 15 years old, ...
The one band that has taken the technical and progressive death metal scene by storm is Obscura. But there’s a defining factor about this band that separates them from other modern death metal bands. They’re ...
It’s very rare to find a band whose debut album is nothing short of perfect. But there’s one band who is punching right in with their first album: Monotheist. They are a force to reckon ...
You can’t say thrash metal legends without Flotsam and Jetsam. These guys have been around for decades, entrancing metal fans with their signature thrash sound. Even though they emerged during a popular period in ...
Battle Beast is on an uphill climb. Since they formed around ten years ago, Battle Beast is one of the most forceful acts in modern metal. Their old-school clash of traditional heavy metal and power ...