Posts Tagged ‘Nuclear Blast Records’
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › S on Monday, November 20th, 2023
Long-running California thrash metal band Sadus returns with their sixth album, The Shadow Inside. I was a long time fan of the band’s earlier works and their demos and first three albums, Illusions, Swallowed in Black, A Vision of Misery and they contained the type of technical and hyper-speed thrash that melted face worldwide. I […]
Tags: 2023, Frank Rini, Nuclear Blast Records, Sadus, thrash metal
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › F on Monday, November 13th, 2023
It’s been a difficult few years for Fuming Mouth since they released their debut, The Grand Descent. You can likely get that entire backstory from any other review of this album, so I won’t dive into it here. However, suffice it to say this band came out swinging with their follow-up, Last Day of Sun. […]
Tags: 2023, Crust, Death Metal, Fuming Mouth, J Mays, Nuclear Blast Records, Review
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › S on Monday, November 6th, 2023
So here it finally is…. the new Suffocation album, and notably the first release without original vocalist Frank Mullen, since the band formed in 1990. While other members (other than the other lone original member, guitarist Terrance Hobbs), have come and gone, Frank and Terrance have been there since day one, so this album is […]
Tags: 2023, Death Metal, Erik T, Nuclear Blast Records, Suffocation, Technical Death Metal
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › S on Monday, October 23rd, 2023
Everything about the UK’s Svalbard can be characterized, in one way or another, as high-freaking-impact. Even when the band is taking a brief respite from their usual full-speed-ahead musical approach – a high-octane mix of Post-Hardcore, Metalcore, Black Metal and D-Beat that rarely (if ever) pulls any punches – they’re still likely coming at you face-first […]
Tags: 2023, Blackened Hardcore, D-Beat, Hardcore, Nuclear Blast Records, Post-Hardcore, Steve K, Svalbard, The Weight of the Mask
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › B on Tuesday, October 17th, 2023
I love all things Brujeria. When they first were getting signed to Roadrunner Records the promotion for their upcoming 1993 debut Matando Gueros was genius. The magazine, pre-internet, had members of the label in a basement surrounded by the band, the band with bandanas around their faces and they had AK-47’s pointed at it was […]
Tags: 2023, Brujeria, Frank Rini, Grindcore, Nuclear Blast Records, Review
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › C on Monday, October 2nd, 2023
Despite being one of the first deathcore bands to dabble with black metal keyboards, Carnifex seems to have never quite fully committed to being a full-on symphonic/blackened deathcore band. The last two albums, 2019s World War X and 2021s Graveside Confessions, flip-flopped between more Whitechapel-styled deathcore and slightly more blackened deathcore that they introduced with […]
Tags: 2023, Blackened Deathcore, Carnifex, Deathcore, Nuclear Blast Records, Review
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › C on Monday, September 11th, 2023
Montreal Technical Death Masters Cryptopsy returns with their eighth studio album As Gomorrah Burns. It was written over the last two years during the pandemic and they wrote and recorded this in a cabin to add to the horror movie-like ambiance. This is the first full-length album since their 2012 self-titled release featuring original guitarist […]
Tags: 2023, Cryptopsy, Nick K, Nuclear Blast Records, Technical Death Metal
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › E on Friday, August 25th, 2023
Ever since I saw Exmortus with Amon Amarth I’ve been a fan. Their absolutely over the top performance was amazing, the guitars shredded like a fucking meat grinder and the energy of the band made for a memorable experience. Following that show, I picked up Slave to the Sword, Ride Forth and The Sound of […]
Tags: 2023, Exmortus, Jeremy Beck, Melodic Death Metal, Nuclear Blast Records, Review, thrash metal
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › C on Monday, July 24th, 2023
Back in the 80’s a little known Brazilian act called Sepultura, set out to conquer the metal world, but their early recordings were a tough listen for many. Their 1985 ep Bestial Devastation and debut album a year later Morbid Visions, caused underground waves throughout the death metal scene. Chuck Schuldiner, from Death, wearing Sepultura […]
Tags: 2023, Cavalera Conspiracy, Death/Thrash Metal, Frank Rini, Nuclear Blast Records, Review, Sepultura
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › I on Monday, May 22nd, 2023
I do not purport to be an expert on all things Immortal, the long-standing Norwegian Black Metal band, but I do have some interesting things to share, probably more opinions than anything else, before delving into the band’s 10th album, War Against All. Until now I only followed the band from 1992-1996, so that is […]
Tags: 2023, Black Metal, Frank Rini, Immortal, Nuclear Blast Records, Review
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › O on Monday, April 24th, 2023
I think it’s safe to say the Tri-State Area East Coast thrashers Overkill regained their mojo with 2010’s Ironbound album. They were also armed with a new label Nuclear Blast Records, where they have remained since. The four albums which followed were also pretty damn ass-kicking and that trend continues with Scorched, the band’s…wait for […]
Tags: 2023, Frank Rini, Nuclear Blast Records, Overkill, Review, thrash metal
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › H on Wednesday, March 29th, 2023
UK’s long-running doom mavens, Paradise Lost have been a hit or a miss for me. I’ll admit to being a tremendous fan of their first two albums Lost Paradise and Gothic mainly because of the doom/death/goth atmosphere, but after that, their material was a departure of that sound and just did not do it for […]
Tags: 2023, Frank Rini, Gothic Rock, Host, Nuclear Blast Records, Review
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › E on Monday, March 6th, 2023
In 1994, I was a twenty something working at Best Buy. We had received a copy of the Emperor/Enslaved massive split Hordanes Land and it caught my eye. I had no clue what Black Metal was, had never heard of the genre at all. Of course, Emperor comes first, and those four tracks alone had […]
Tags: 2023, Black/Progressive Metal, Enslaved, Jeremy Beck, Nuclear Blast Records, Review
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › I on Monday, February 13th, 2023
Imagine, if you would, finding a way to beat the odds and make a legitimate career for yourself in music. Dope! You’ve already lived out the dream of myriads of artists around the world. But not only are you making a living, you’re literally spearheading an entire musical movement – laying a foundation and becoming […]
Tags: 2023, In Flames, Melodic Death Metal, Nuclear Blast Records, Review, Steve K
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › T on Tuesday, January 24th, 2023
Much like my porn, my tastes in power metal are very specific. And also, both usually involve cosplaying, elves, dwarves and….. dragons?… anyway I digress…. What I’m trying to say is that there are only a few power metal bands I truly enjoy, and one of them is Sweden’s Twilight Force. Heck, 2019s Dawn of […]
Tags: 2023, Erik T, Nuclear Blast Records, Power Metal, Review, Twilight Force
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › T on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023
Reviewing an album from my favorite band, Type O Negative will be like Peter (and his peter) in that infamous Playgirl spread… HARD (allegedly). I started writing for Teeth of course well after Lord Petrus passed away, so I never imagined the time would come where I would not only get to review one of […]
Tags: 2023, J Mays, Nuclear Blast Records, Review, Type O Negative
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › C on Monday, November 28th, 2022
Let’s be honest, any deathcore records released in 2022 are going to be compared to Lorna Shore‘s Pain Remains, and releasing the same month as Pain Remains is a ballsy move. But Unique Leader pulled off two successful competitors with A Wake in Providence and Bonecarver. Let’s see how Nuclear Blast’s entry, the debut from […]
Tags: 2022, Cabal, Deathcore, Erik T, Nuclear Blast Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › M on Friday, September 2nd, 2022
Well lookie here, it seems Kam Lee and crew have snuck back into our presence just mere months since their full-length release Resurgence landed, declaring Massacre was back to to swallow your fucking soul. With Mythos we’re only getting four tracks stretched across fifteen minutes, but thats okay, less is more so they say, plus […]
Tags: 2022, Death Metal, Kristofor Allred, Massacre, Nuclear Blast Records, Review
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › M on Monday, August 29th, 2022
“Don’t knock it until you try it.” I start off with this because my original intro to this review was… unkind. After Catharsis, which I didn’t hate as much as seemingly everyone else (I used my words carefully and honestly there), I was prepared for this to be a shit sandwich. In my original intro, […]
Tags: 2022, Groove Metal, J Mays, Machine Head, Nuclear Blast Records, Review, thrash metal
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › S on Monday, August 22nd, 2022
Bjorn? Sven? Sylvain? David? Bastian? Rasmus? Good, you’re all here. Before we get started; Take off the chauffer’s cap, please Bjorn. We’re talking about Soilwork, not The Night Flight Orchestra. You should have known that. I thought I put it on the Outlook Calendar invite. Anyway, I’ve gathered all of you here to let you […]
Tags: 2022, J Mays, Melodic Death Metal, Nuclear Blast Records, Review, Soilwork
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › M on Monday, July 4th, 2022
Virginia’s crossover/thrash lunatics Municipal Waste return with their seventh album. I remember when this entire genre resurged like around 2000 and MW were the new kids on the block. Now it’s over 20 years later they’ve been around and are veterans. I was really happy when drummer Dave Witte joined in 2005. He’s a great […]
Tags: 2022, Crossover Metal, Frank Rini, Municipal Waste, Nuclear Blast Records, Review, thrash metal
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › K on Monday, June 27th, 2022
Hate über alles is the 15th album from German thrashers Kreator. IMO they are the best German thrash band, ever. Seen them live so many times and other than 2 meh albums, Outcast and Endorama their discography destroys. Kreator are not reinventing the wheel but maybe the new bassist Frederic Leclercq (Loudblast) said let’s up the ante a little more. “Sergio Corbucci […]
Tags: 2022, Frank Rini, Kreator, Nuclear Blast Records, Review, thrash metal
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › O on Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022
Kansas’s technical death metal powerhouse Origin return with their eighth full length record Chaosmos. Paul Ryan, Mikey Torres, Jason Keyser, and John Longstreth waste zero time pummeling the listener with the opening track “Ecophagy.” The track starts off with a strong hook and then proceeded to get progressively more technical as the track goes on. […]
Tags: 2022, Agonia Records, Nick K, Nuclear Blast Records, Origin, Review, Technical Death Metal
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › W on Monday, May 2nd, 2022
I reviewed Watains’s Trident Wolf Eclipse in 2018. Being new to their music back then, but knowing about them for years, I went into their music with fresh ears. I really enjoyed that album as well as their prior releases. They play a pretty high-octane style of black metal but mixed in with their melodies and metal influences […]
Tags: 2022, Black Metal, Frank Rini, Nuclear Blast Records, Review, Watain
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › S on Monday, March 7th, 2022
There’s something that feels a little… I dunno… strange about listening to Sabaton these days. Right? To be fair, it’s not like war hasn’t been a constant part about being on planet Earth. But WORLD War? Jeez, seems sort of… archaic, no? Making bombastic, rousing power metal about heroism and battlefield glory and all that […]
Tags: 2022, Heavy Metal, Nuclear Blast Records, Power Metal, Sabaton, Steve K, The War To End All Wars