Folterkammer - Weibermacht (Century Media Records) "A blackened sun rising over the realm of extreme metal - behold the future that is...

With the walls of the Gramercy Theater still reverberating from the folk metal melodies of the recent Týr show, a little more than a week...

It's surprising how, in a city where the lights never go off and the streets are shared with 8.8 million people, one can feel so alone....

Chances are, when the cover art of your debut album is so controversial that is outright banned beyond its first pressing, yours is a...

In most any line of work, few things are as valuable as networking and collaboration. And when your resume includes co-writing a song for...

When a career of shouting into a microphone spans over 30 years, there sometimes comes a day when the steam starts to thin - the punch...

There are few bands that garner the same respect and reverence among extreme metal fans like Xasthur (pronounced 'Zass-thurr'). Like...

One of the most radical branches in the world of extreme music, few sub-genres push the limits quite like funeral doom metal. Often times...

As the old adage goes, with age comes wisdom and with experience comes new possibilities. Few bands have demonstrated this quite like...

Since its inception, black metal has long been a style meant to take the listener to a different plain of existence. Sometimes it's to...

Founded 15 years ago, influenced by the likes of Death and Decrepit Birth, and coming to prominence along side bands such as The Faceless...

Whether it is fashion, technology, or, in this case, music, Japan has always been a leader of thinking beyond established rules; experts...

At a time in the world when real life events are plenty intense and brutal, one might wish for something to bring a little bit of order...

The uniqueness of any heavy metal band can be argued as one part nature, one part nurture. To be specific, the nature is in reference to...

What comes to mind when thinking of being lost in a labyrinth? The claustrophobia among the towering walls? The panic of never finding...

It could be argued that black metal is the absinthe of the metal world. It's not for everyone, some try it once and a while to experience...