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The Most Essential Albums of the 1990s, Vol. 8

We're gearing up for the final act, people. Volume 8 of MetalReview ’s 100 Most Essential Albums Of The 1990s might've been subtitled "Groundbreakers" if we had the front page real estate to allow for such shenanigans. Contained...

Published Mon, Sep 19 2011 10:11 AM by Metal Review

Filed under: Obituary, Emperor, In Flames, Slough Feg, Insomnium, Suffocation, Iron Maiden, Kyuss, Death, Dimmu Borgir, Danzig, Autopsy, Disincarnate, Bruce Dickinson

Metalmorphoses: Shifting The Paradigm, Pt. 3

Because heavy metal bands change direction and because heavy metal fans stake whole pieces of themselves on the results, the Metal Review staffers have been sharing their thoughts on some of the transition albums that most essentially capture the spirit...

Published Fri, Mar 11 2011 12:33 PM by Metal Review

Filed under: Emperor, Enslaved, Amorphis, Fates Warning

ALCEST - Luminous Dimensions

One of metal’s greatest strengths as a stalwart sonic form is the enduring musical backbone laid down by its original innovators. Within the major metal genres,characteristic musical elements exist. For example, music of the doom persuasion is played...

Published Mon, Jul 5 2010 11:50 AM by Metal Review

Filed under: Emperor, Satyricon, Darkthrone, Burzum, Alcest, Cradle of Filth, Pale Saints, Peste Noire, Smashing Pumpkins, My Bloody Valentine, Lantlos, Slowdive, Ride, Catherine Wheel

IKUINEN KAAMOS - Not Yet at Closure

If someone was to write a book about metal bands and their bad experiences with record labels, that someone would have to be prepared to compile a whole anthology. Almost every orchestra would probably have a tale to tell and not one label would be spared...

Published Mon, Jun 28 2010 6:14 AM by Metal Review

Filed under: Metallica, Emperor, Katatonia, Opeth, Bathory, Be'lakor, Anathema, Maddening Media, Ikuinen Kaamos, Gorath

ALTAR OF PLAGUES - The Era of Immense Change

It might not happen very soon, but there will be a day when the oceans finally turn themselves upside down and the atmosphere cracks wide open from stratosphere to mesosphere, killing all the oxygen we so voraciously gulp every day without even giving...

Published Tue, Apr 20 2010 1:43 PM by Rev

Filed under: Emperor, Primordial, Wolves in the Throne Room, Opeth, Wodensthrone, Burzum, Candlelight, Altar of Plagues, Profound Lore

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 Fri, Oct 2 2009 3:00 PM by Rev

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

He Who Shoots, Scores

Over the course of the two years that I've been writing for MetalReview, I have seen a number of readers inquire about the nature of our scoring system. Largely, those inquiries have gone unanswered, because there really isn't an across-the-board...

Published Fri, Jul 17 2009 9:29 AM by Rev

Filed under: Vader, Hellhammer, Limp Bizkit, Shackles, Van Halen, Machine Head, Hod, Obscura, Crown The Lost, Emperor, Satyricon, Godless Rising, Absu, Xerath

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