October 2009 - MetalReview Features and Editorials

The 100 Most Essential Albums of the Decade: Vol. 10

We hope that over the last 10 weeks you have made some great new album discoveries due to this absolute monster of all decade-ending lists. Better yet, we hope you have formed some new obsessions. We here at Metal Review did not put this together to be...

Published 10-04-2009 8:36 AM by Rev

Filed under: Decrepit Birth, Between the Buried and Me, Blut Aus Nord, Arsis, Drudkh, Anaal Nathrakh, Iron Maiden, Devin Townsend, Nevermore, Immortal

The 100 Most Essential Albums of the Decade: Vol. 9

If you are the type of metalhead that just likes to thrash, mosh, and ‘bang until the sun comes up, then Volume 9 is your neck-wrecking menu. Extremely tasty traditional-ish metal combines with just about every variety of death metal known to mankind...

Published 10-04-2009 7:34 AM by Rev

Filed under: Destroyer 666, Warning, Grand Magus, Slough Feg, The Crown, Decapitated, The Lord Weird Slough Feg, The Chasm, Insomnium, Necrophagist, Dead Congregation

The 100 Most Essential Albums of the Decade: Vol. 8

Innovators, revivalists, stalwarts. Volume 8 of The 100 Most Essential Albums of the Decade contains several bands that fit at least one of those descriptions. Varying from the unabashedly artistic to the totally fucking metal, some of these bands are...

Published 10-04-2009 6:22 AM by Rev

Filed under: Pig Destroyer, Destroyer 666, Isole, Amon Amarth, High on Fire, Opeth, Pelican, Suffocation, Impaled, Giant Squid

The 100 Most Essential Albums of the Decade: Vol. 7

Volume Seven shoves its way into the latter half our list with authority. This edition contains some of the most cathartic albums of the decade, for wildly varying reasons. Whether you prefer to drown your sorrows with a pint, bring your misanthropy to...

Published 10-03-2009 9:56 AM by Rev

Filed under: Absu, Katatonia, Mastodon, Deicide, Revelation, Wintersun, Kataklysm, Melechesh, Immolation, Gojira

The 100 Most Essential Albums of the Decade: Vol. 6

Somewhat fittingly, Volume 6 contains some of the most sinister, diabolical concoctions this decade has seen. This edition of the 100 Most Essential contains some wickedly twisted stuff, but tempers the assault with some calming sounds inspired by autumn...

Published 10-03-2009 8:08 AM by Rev

Filed under: Isis, Negura Bunget, Agalloch, Akercocke, Vital Remains, Unexpect, Mithras, Wolves in the Throne Room

The 100 Most Essential Albums of the Decade: Vol. 5

Take a quick peek ahead. Think Volume 5 is a bit heavy on the death metal? Look closer. Also included are two of Norway’s all-time kings, career albums by masters of grind and prog, and one of the most important black metal albums in the genre’s...

Published 10-02-2009 3:00 PM by Rev

Filed under: Emperor, Anata, Nasum, Weakling, Dismember, Enslaved, Heaven and Hell, Nile, Solitude Aeturnus, Dream Theater

The 100 Most Essential Albums of the Decade: Vol. 4

No, this isn't a collection the decade's ugliest album covers; this is yet another cross-section of the most elite heavy metal the past ten years has seen. Equal parts beatdown, sophistication, throwback, and progress, Volume 4 is an absolutely...

Published 10-02-2009 1:55 PM by Rev

Filed under: Reverend Bizarre, Exodus, Dying Fetus, Green Carnation, Ulcerate, Meshuggah, I

The 100 Most Essential Albums of the Decade: Vol. 3

Volume 3 is all over the map; but from madness comes brilliance. This third edition of the 100 Essential Albums of the Decade is chock-full of surprises, apexes, and kinetic energy. Vader - Litany THUD! THUD! THUD! THUD! Polish death metal rose to great...

Published 10-02-2009 1:04 PM by Rev

Filed under: Vader, Municipal Waste, Pharaoh, Edge of Sanity, Yyrkoon, Converge, Arcturus, Reign in Blood, Candlemass, Elite, Arghoslent

The 100 Most Essential Albums of the Decade: Vol. 2

Welcome back to Metal Review’s 100 Most Essential Albums of the Decade . Volume 2 features a pair of landmark doom releases, the glorious return of an epic metal legend, some widely varying interpretations of prog, and two startlingly impressive...

Published 10-02-2009 12:25 PM by Rev

Filed under: Jesu, Bolt Thrower, Godflesh, Darkthrone, Argus, Electric Wizard, Manilla Road, Disillusion, Porcupine Tree, Ahab, Krallice

The 100 Most Essential Albums of the Decade: Vol. 1

Truthfully, the title says it all, but it never hurts to reiterate. After much deliberation, Metal Review proudly presents The 100 Most Essential Heavy Metal Albums of the Decade . The idea for this compilation emerged many months ago. Since then, a smattering...

Published 10-02-2009 11:16 AM by Rev

Filed under: Napalm Death, In Flames, Neurosis, All Shall Perish, Withered, YOB, Primordial, Morbid Angel, Behemoth, Lamb of God

Megawatt mayheM!!!!!

I recently played a show with my band in Calgary and had the pleasure of being asked to do an on-air interview with one of North America's longest running Metal radio programs ever (twenty-two years and counting!). This show is called "Megawatt...

Published 10-01-2009 7:42 AM by sasha