Posts Tagged ‘Metal Blade Records’
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › V on Friday, April 8th, 2022
Can you believe a brand new recording from Bay Area Thrashers, Vio-Lence, after close to 3 decades? I would never have guessed it. Seeing the band lay waste at the Thrash of the Titans benefit show for Chuck Billy and Chuck Schuldiner, back in 2001 was one my live highlight experiences for sure. Maybe the […]
Tags: 2022, Frank Rini, Metal Blade Records, Review, thrash metal, Vio-Lence
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › M on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022
Oh hey – just in time for World War III, AKA “The ACTUAL War to End All Wars” because this time around we’re all packing that doomsday-level heat. Sick. Seriously, for what its worth, who better to ring in the potential end of days, right? We’ve all been looking over at Vladdy-boy saying “Hey. HEY! […]
Tags: 2022, Black Metal, Heavy Metal, Let There be Witchery, Metal Blade Records, Midnight, Speed Metal, Steve K
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › A on Monday, February 21st, 2022
“This is great, but maybe a little too long” is a phrase that comes to mind when describing Allegaeon’s new album Damnum. Not when it comes to describing my penis, though. Kind of the opposite. That’s not why we’re here. If you are, though… Call me. I’ll leave my phone number coded in this review, […]
Tags: 2022, Allegaeon, J Mays, Melodic/Progressive Death Metal, Metal Blade Records, Review
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › R on Monday, September 27th, 2021
My top 3 most anticipated albums of 2021 were Gojira, Wolf King, and Rivers of Nihil. I may also be forgetting some. However, Gojira was massively disappointing, Wolf King exceeded my expectations, and Rivers of Nihil probably have no chance of a reaching the heights I believe this band can achieve. So, it’s already clear […]
Tags: 2021, J Mays, Metal Blade Records, Progressive Death Metal, Review, Rivers of Nihil
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › E on Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
I rather enjoyed the 2017 debut, Flesh Hammer Prophecy, from this German Dismember-loving band. However, I somehow completely missed the 2019 follow-up, The Harvest, (which has since been rectified) where the band made the jump from FDA Records to Metal Blade, much like Entrails, and have now unleashed album number 3. From the opening strains of […]
Tags: 2021, Death Metal, Endseeker, Erik T, Metal Blade Records, Review, Swedish
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › C on Monday, April 12th, 2021
Can you believe Violence Unimagined is the 15th album from Cannibal Corpse? Talk about an achievement in death metal. Seriously is they wanted to break-up now who could blame them? They have accomplished more than enough and have given back to the death metal scene an enormous amount. Of corpse I do not want that […]
Tags: 2021, Cannibal Corpse, Death Metal, Frank Rini, Metal Blade Records, Review
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › C on Monday, March 8th, 2021
It’s 2021, there’s a new The Crown album out on Metal Blade Records, and they’ve decided to throw everyone for a loop by going to all clean choruses. Just. Fucking. Kidding. You already know what this sounds like, at least mostly, if you’re familiar at all with the band. If you’re not, I’m not sure […]
Tags: 2021, J Mays, Melodic Death Metal, Metal Blade Records, The Crown, thrash metal
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › O on Monday, October 19th, 2020
The Ocean and I share a lot in common; It’s vast, salty, and sailors consistently die in it (what?). As for the band, the same rings true; They’re progressive, comprised entirely of Germans, and good for a release every couple of years (again, what). Since we share so much in common, it only seems fair […]
Tags: 2020, J Mays, Metal Blade Records, Post Rock, Progressive Metal, Review, The Ocean
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › C on Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
According to the press release, this is full length number 17 for Smokey McPots (Chris Barnes). Apparently, there are 4 Graveyard Classics albums. Why? Anyway, I have 14 of those albums according to my iTunes library. I hold their debut Haunted in very high esteem, but the first real death metal record I ever heard […]
Tags: 2020, Death Metal, J Mays, Metal Blade Records, Review, Six Feet Under
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › C on Friday, October 2nd, 2020
Holy Smokes! I was fortunate to review Cult of Lilith’s debut EP Arkanum back in around 2015. Back then Cult of Lilith was still trying to find their sound and were a bit more tech-death oriented. Fast forward to 2020 and we have their first debut full-length album Mara. Hailing from Rejavik Iceland there are […]
Tags: 2020, Cult of Lilith, Melodic Death Metal, Metal Blade Records, Nick K, Review, Technical Death Metal
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › A on Monday, September 28th, 2020
For some reason, we didn’t review the last album from the British stalwarts, Anaal Nathrakh, A New Kind of Horror, despite reviewing the band’s album pretty consistently from blistering the debut, The Codex Necro, through personal favorite Eschaton, more direct Vanitas, to 2017s The Whole of the Law. But let’s be honest, does it really […]
Tags: 2020, Anaal Nathrakh, Black Metal, Erik T, Metal Blade Records, Review
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › E on Monday, July 20th, 2020
Through every metal fad I’ve seen rise and fall over the years, I don’t think any swept me up so thoroughly in its current than the explosion of Folk Metal in the early/mid 2000’s. The mighty, but refreshingly upbeat and peppy sounds of bands like Finntroll and Turisas wormed their way into my ears and, […]
Tags: 2020, Ensiferum, Metal Blade Records, Review, Steve K, Viking/Folk Metal
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › G on Monday, July 13th, 2020
Falconer holds a special place in my heart. Their 2003 album The Sceptre of Deception is one of my favorite power metal albums of all time. I was quick to find out, however, that this was not the definitive lineup of the band. At this time, they were operating with vocalist Kristoffer Gobel, with whom […]
Tags: 2020, Falconer, J Mays, Metal Blade Records, Power Metal, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › S on Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
Epic doom isn’t really my thing. Well, it never used to be. Sure, one of my favorite vocalists of all time is Ronnie James Dio. I have no children, so the closest I have is my black cat and his name is Dio, so that’s the best tribute I can give. Side note: I picked […]
Tags: 2020, Doom Metal, J Mays, Metal Blade Records, Review, Sorceror
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › B on Friday, June 12th, 2020
Well, imagine my surprise when I was perusing the promos and found a new release from one of my most favorite bands, Behemoth. It’s not a new full length, unfortunately, but an EP titled A Forest, which has two versions of the song by the same title originally recorded by The Cure. There’s a recorded […]
Tags: 2020, Behemoth, Black/Death Metal, J Mays, Metal Blade Records, New Aeon Musick, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › M on Thursday, May 21st, 2020
With over 10 years (and counting) as an IT professional, I was definitely intrigued when combing the albums to review here at TOTD, and saw one called Master Boot Record. I was like “wait a second (as my IT nerd-dom kicked in)… that’s an interesting name for a band.” Without reading too much I previewed […]
Tags: 2020, Kevin E, Master Boot Record, Metal Blade Records, Review
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › B on Monday, April 27th, 2020
I vaguely recall interviewing The Black Dahlia Murder, back around the release of 2003s Miasma. Young bright eyed young men, with the world ahead of them, having fun and the metal world at their feet as the darlings of American metal. Well, the faces have changed significantly since then, as guitarist Brian Eschbach and vocalist […]
Tags: 2020, Erik T, Melodic Death Metal, Metal Blade Records, Review, The Black Dahlia Murder
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › E on Monday, November 18th, 2019
Despite being the arguable top act in the Swedish death metal revival since 2010s Tales From the Morgue, I had some reservations about the band’s sixth album. Mostly due to yet another line up change surrounding founder Jimmy Lundqvist, this one involving the addition of Markus Svensson on guitars but mainly, Penki Samuelsson moving to […]
Tags: 2019, Death Metal, E.Thomas, Entrails, Metal Blade Records, Review, Swedish
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › S on Monday, September 9th, 2019
Arizona Thrash veterans , Sacred Reich, return with their first full length since, Heal, from 1996. Awakening is their 5th full length and after reforming years ago the band has made it more than a reunion, because unlike a lot of bands reuniting Sacred Reich actually recorded a new album, rather than continuing to rest on their laurels and tour […]
Tags: 2019, Frank Rini, Metal Blade Records, Review, Sacred Reich, thrash metal
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › A on Wednesday, June 19th, 2019
I always smile a bit when I see the name Abnormality, as it takes me back to the time I fired up Rock Band 2 way back in the day, scrolled down to the impossible, you-can-only-play-these-if-you’re-13-years-old-and-can-practice-for-12-hours-a-day-songs, and going “WHAATTTT???!!! They literally put a BRUTAL DEATH metal song in a Rock Band video game!!!” That song […]
Tags: 2019, Abnormality, Death Metal, Kevin E, Metal Blade Records, Review
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › A on Monday, May 13th, 2019
Over the course of the Amon Amarth‘s 10 album, 20+ year career, they have been one of the most consistent bands in metal. If you were to plot a line with their albums on it, they are almost all certainly in a straight line when it comes to quality with a couple that go over […]
Tags: 2019, Amon Amarth, E.Thomas, Melodic Death Metal, Metal Blade Records, Review, Viking/Folk Metal
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › W on Monday, May 6th, 2019
For a while, Whitechapel were the true darlings of deathcore’s peak, with 2008s This Is Exile being the genre’s arguable apex along with All Shall Perish‘s The Price of Existence. However, since then, the band hasn’t quite been on the same level; a ‘dumbing down’ of the lyrics, a simplification of the music into a […]
Tags: 2019, Deathcore, E.Thomas, Metal Blade Records, Review, Whitechapel
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › S on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018
Man! This is release is totally out of my comfort zone so bear with me if I seem like NWOBHM is a new language to me. Newcastle England’s Satan have returned with their fourth full length studio release Cruel Magic. I was initially turned on to Satan by the singer of the band I am […]
Tags: 2018, Metal Blade Records, Nick K, Review, Satan
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › R on Monday, October 1st, 2018
Revocation has carved out an impressive and prolific career since dropping their solid debut, Empire of the Obscene, a decade ago. The Boston purveyors of technically sparkling death-thrash have rarely put a foot wrong during a career marked by consistent high quality and dazzling musicianship, attached to energetic, aggressive and catchy songs. However, 2016’s Great […]
Tags: 2018, Luke Saunders, Metal Blade Records, Review, Revocation
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › M on Monday, September 3rd, 2018
Though the band’s debut’ Imperial Doom is regarded as a Floridian death metal classic (“Horror Infinity” still gets regular airplay for me), in the grand scheme of things, Monstrosity were never quite as revered as brethren like Deicide, Obituary, Morbid Angel, Malevolent Creation, or even similarly peripheral Brutality, being not quire as productive, unique or […]
Tags: 2018, E.Thomas, Metal Blade Records, Monstrosity, Review