It’s not often that an old favorite completely surprises you. Whatever band it is, they’re an old favorite for a reason—they’ve been consistent, and maybe had some serious evolution along the way, but they’ve been good at what they do for a long time and probably haven’t done anything too out of left field sinceContinue reading “Review: Agatus – The Eternalist“
Author Archives: Brandon Corsair
Review: Capilla Ardiente – The Siege
Chile is, and has been since the ‘80s, a hotbed of metal that is most appreciated by the extreme diehards of the genre and by people that actually live in Chile. There are not many breakout bands that have enjoyed the same universal success as American, Canadian, or European groups; for whatever combination of reasons,Continue reading “Review: Capilla Ardiente – The Siege“
Review: Smoulder – Times of Obscene Evil and Wild Daring
Epic metal and my taste go hand in hand. I got into heavy metal through Slough Feg and Brocas Helm after years of stagnating at Maiden and Sabbath’s doorstep, and once I found Slough Feg I didn’t have to look very far to start finding more stuff that I was into thanks to a similarly-inclinedContinue reading “Review: Smoulder – Times of Obscene Evil and Wild Daring“
Interview with The Great Kaiser of Demon Bitch, White Magician, and more
The esoteric side of heavy metal has been around since the very start. The strange, the magical, and the fantastical have driven songwriters to great heights for the genre’s history, and one of the current masters of the weird is here right now to do an interview. The Great Kaiser, aka Derek DiBella, is perhapsContinue reading “Interview with The Great Kaiser of Demon Bitch, White Magician, and more”
Interview with Dave Boyd from Twisted Tower Dire
Not many heavy metal bands have, unbowed, stood the test of time without breaking up or falling apart quality-wise. For every hallowed name that’s kept their quality level up since the start, scores more have fallen- but not Twisted Tower Dire. A venerated name in the heavy metal scene, Twisted Tower Dire have been goingContinue reading “Interview with Dave Boyd from Twisted Tower Dire”
Interview with The Hammer of Malleus
Ancient witchery is alive in America. Boston is more known for its punk scene than its metal one, but there’s always an exception, and Malleus are one of Boston’s best right now, playing primordial black metal noticeably inspired by groups like Hellhammer, Bathory, Sodom, and Venom. Though the band is fairly new they’ve made wavesContinue reading “Interview with The Hammer of Malleus”
Interview with Lethean
England’s Lethean started as the solo project of multi-instrumentalist James Ashbey and after a scrapped EP they’re finally set to debut their first album, The Waters of Death, on Italian label and heavy metal powerhouse Cruz Del Sur Music. To get a feel for their music you can read my review of The Waters ofContinue reading “Interview with Lethean”
Interview with Sacral Rage
Heavy metal is the law and Sacral Rage are the masters at playing at playing it. Fast, technical, and with gloriously soaring high vocals, they’re the current masters of their style, and have a new album out now on Cruz Del Sur Music. If you’re unfamiliar with the band, you can read my review ofContinue reading “Interview with Sacral Rage”
Interview with Wrathblade.
For a few years now Wrathblade have been one of my favorite active heavy metal bands, and last year’s devastating God Of The Deep Unleashed just solidified that. Though they’ve been around for fifteen years now, they’ve only put out a handful of releases, and their relative lack of activity made me want to knowContinue reading “Interview with Wrathblade.”
Interview with Zealous Hellspell of Ordeals
New York City’s Ordeals came blazing into existence in 2011, but didn’t release anything until 2016’s Apotheosis,which was a malignant piece of black/death released originally as only a run of less than a hundred cassettes on a small German record label. Now they have their first release out since then, a split on much largerContinue reading “Interview with Zealous Hellspell of Ordeals”
The Highway Corsair 