Over the last 25 years, few bands have become as revered as progressive/alt-metal merchants Katatonia. The Swedish band, who began their career as a death-doom outfit, evolved naturally into a more standard alternative metal act. Don’t let the term “standard” throw you off, though. There’s nothing basic about the way that Katatonia effortlessly shifts and…
Sectioned are not messing about on their debut full-length, Annihilated. The aspect of their sound that is most striking is how their walls of noise overpower the listener with a frighteningly lethal performance. Take the track “Betrayer” for instance. While much of the album can become a blur to the listener, it’s on this track…
A few days ago, we detailed just a few of the bands from Australia you should be keeping an eye on. You can add Australia’s Pridelands to the list of bands as well. The band’s new EP, Any Colour You Desire, drops this Friday the 4th. To be perfectly honest, it’s a highly impressive effort…
Whether you want to call them deathcore, progressive metal, or something else entirely, North Carolina progressive death metal act Krosis have quite a bit going for them. Musical chops, for one, and a willingness to innovate and blur genre lines as well. Given how stale and hackneyed deathcore and technical death metal can often be,…
