Generally speaking, the third album for a band is when they really start to define who they are and what their mission is. Depending on the drummer of music, it can often involve (to some extent) musicians experimenting upon an already established formula. History is littered with musicians that operate in this way – OK…
After releasing a string of genre-defining classics from the mid ’90s to the early 2000s, West Virginian metallic hardcore act Zao had endured several different lineup changes, eventually culminating in the loss of their final remaining original member, Jesse Smith. Yet where other bands would call it quits, Zao decided to reconvene with a new…
There are plenty of bands that fly well under the radar, and while the notion of musicians or artists in general deserving attention is a tenuous one, the fact is that there are plenty of artists and musicians who never quite get the accolades they have worked for. Perhaps it’s due to bad timing, misfortune,…
At ten songs and 33.5 minutes long, The Black Dahlia Murder’s sophomore album Miasma wastes zero time getting to the point. While we might take for granted the band’s ability to craft some of modern extreme metal’s most interesting albums, the fact is that, like all musicians, they were once unknown as well.
