Specials
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Blut Aus Nord – Odinist: The Destruction of Reason by Illumination
It’s a curious thing that, as one of my most-loved black metal bands, Blut Aus Nord crosses me as such an inconsistent band. I wouldn’t...
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Kayo Dot – Choirs of the Eye
For one reason or another, multi-instrumentalist and composer Toby Driver’s flagship band maudlin of the Well fell apart, and from its ashes came its new...
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Dream Theater – Metropolis, Part 2: Scenes From a Memory
The best progressive metal album of all time… Or maybe the best metal album of all time period? For a good 70 minutes, these masters...
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Negura Bunget – Om
Widely considered to be the holy grail of Romanian black metal, Negura Bunget’s ‘Om’ has a reputation that precedes it. Although widely unknown to those...
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Textures – Drawing Circles
When I was first introduced to the Dutch progressive metal act Textures, I sadly initially dismissed them as being an excellent and higher echelon Meshuggah...
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Ephel Duath – The Painter's Palette
There are not many metal bands I know out there that integrate jazz fusion so well into their sound as do Italian progressive metal band...
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Pestilence – Spheres
The early 90′s can be seen as the golden era for death metal. Particularly in the south- eastern United States, bands like Death and Atheist...
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Enslaved – Vertebrae
In the traditionally frostbitten, ‘kvlt’ world of black metal, there are few groups that opt to go beyond the call of duty and offer something...
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Fates Warning – No Exit
Save for the twenty one minute long ‘Ivory Gate of Dreams,’ there isn’t too much of a progressive theme to be found on this album....
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Iron Maiden – Flight 666: The Film
Iron Maiden is a band that any competent metalhead can at least respect for their influence and grip on the genre. After being on the...
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