Full disclosure: I opened this promotional email, as I truly thought I was just sent a new reunion album from Swedish melodic black metal legends Sacramentum. Turns out, after some research, it is a reunited band from the 90s, but it’s a progressive, atmospheric, almost Gothic death metal band from Poland that started in 1992, […]
It’s a sunny day in the Rio Grande Valley. Spring is in the air (for now anyway), all that could change in a matter of days; but for now, it’s a pleasant day. Birds are chirping and I’m reviewing a Melodic Black Metal album. What a time to be alive! I think it’s in the […]
When one thinks about traditional Heavy Metal, a lot of what immediately comes to mind is, inevitably, British. From the obvious big guns of Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, to the more second-tier acts like Saxon, Diamond Head or Cloven Hoof, and a seemingly endless list of others, you just cannot think Heavy Metal without thinking […]