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Reverend's Bazaar - Failures For Gods

Heavy metal usually limps into the new year, as quality releases and tours trickle in slowly. Not so in 2012. The blackgaze triumvirate of Les Discrets , Alcest , and Lantlos has produced inarguable quality, satiating the more contemplative factions,...

Published Wed, Feb 8 2012 9:47 AM by Rev

Filed under: Metallica, Municipal Waste, Black Sabbath, Klabautamann, Woburn House, Valborg, Island, Trouble, Ozzy Osbourne, Birth A.D.

How to Dismantle an Atomic Covers Album

Who knows what it is about California's Bay Area that graces its musicians with such a fecund environment, so let's just check one off in the "don't know, don't care" column and thank the stars, tides, and whatever else for that...

Published Mon, Jan 23 2012 11:41 AM by Danhammer Obstkrieg

Filed under: Metallica, Neurosis, Meshuggah, Megadeth, Pantera, Earth, Sepultura, Cormorant, Today is the Day, Alee Karim, The Atomic Bomb Audition

Riffology 101: Balls to the Wall

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen to Riffology . In this course we will examine great riffs in metal history and attempt to discern the nature of said greatness. Course requirements include good ears and a strong neck. For our first lesson, I have selected...

Published Wed, Jan 18 2012 5:07 AM by Achilles

Filed under: Metallica, Iron Maiden, Accept, Mercyful Fate

Juho Mikkonen's Top 20 of 2011

To squeeze a whole twelve-month period – especially one that was as eventful as 2011 − into a list and a couple of paragraphs is always a pain in the jolly ol’ crapper. Having said that, I can only look back with awe at all sorts of...

Published Wed, Dec 21 2011 10:39 AM by Juho

Filed under: Metallica, Absu, Primordial, Morbid Angel, Argus, Slough Feg, Candlemass, Amon Amarth, Isole, Opeth, Alcest, King Crimson, Unholy, Lantlôs, Dornenreich, 40 Watt Sun, Black Pyramid, Hell, Azarath, Sol Invictus, Goatmoon, Tenhi, Saturnian Mist, Gehenna, Ascension, Charnel Winds, Flame, Septicflesh, Holy Hell, Yes, Hekate, Kadotus, Black Crucifixion, Jethro Tull, Aosoth

Vintage Hallows - Iced Earth

Yes, Iced Earth ’s 2001 album Horror Show is probably as obvious a choice for a Halloween album as one could ever hope to find, but here’s the thing: it’s also a pretty kickass heavy metal record. Having capped off a string of solid...

Published Thu, Oct 27 2011 12:43 PM by Metal Review

Filed under: Metallica, Anthrax, Iced Earth, Dan Obstkrieg

Reverend's Bazaar - Worst Year Ever

Okay, fine. It's definitely not the worst year ever. In fact, it's been pretty awesome thus far. The likes of Tombs , Graveyard , Ravencult , 40 Watt Sun , and Azarath have ensured that compiling a best-of list will be a daunting task for the...

Published Thu, Oct 20 2011 9:43 AM by Rev

Filed under: Metallica, Immolation, Blut Aus Nord, Midnight, Mastery

Reverend's Bazaar - The Cure For FBS

So, the big kids, Opeth and Mastodon , are pushing fresh plastic. And people are freaking out...in a relative sense. There isn't a Morbid Angel -esque level of hysteria here, but fans are getting really, really picky--and really fucking vocal--about...

Published Thu, Sep 22 2011 5:40 PM by Rev

Filed under: Jordan Campbell, Vader, Metallica, The Crown, Mastodon, Arsis, Lifelover

Reverend's Bazaar - Rebirth and Repulsion

Well, goddamn. It's been awhile. Apologies if you thought that I'd been rubbed out-- and the Bazaar torched to ashes --by an Azagthothian hit squad, but this column had to take an involuntary vacation while its curator made his life livable again...

Published Wed, Aug 24 2011 2:18 PM by Rev

Filed under: Jordan Campbell, Metallica, Eyehategod, Nevermore, Woods of Ypres, Rhapsody of Fire, Wormrot, Winterfylleth, Dan Dankmeyer, Gridlink, Armed For Apocalypse, Thrawsunblat, Istapp, Brainoil

The Most Essential Albums Of The 1990s, Vol. 3

So here we are, back for more with Volume 3 of MetalReview 's 100 Most Essential Albums Of The 1990s. (If you haven't been keeping up, click here for Vol. 1 and here for Vol. 2.) This week starts out doomy; then it picks up speed and drops back...

Published Sun, Aug 14 2011 7:31 PM by Metal Review

Filed under: Metallica, Satyricon, Primordial, Agalloch, Immolation, Crowbar, Trouble, Blind Guardian, Dissection, Control Denied

Reverend's Bazaar - The Return

2010 is finally behind us...and good riddance. Despite a rather festive end to the year here at MRHQ (our staff-wide blitz of Best of 2010 features was a major factor in contributing to this column's lengthy layoff), the last year contained an especially...

Published Fri, Jan 21 2011 9:19 AM by Rev

Filed under: Metallica, Obscura, Darkthrone, Enslaved, The Black Dahlia Murder, Immortal, Burzum, Watain, Nachtmystium, Cynic, Helrunar, Leviathan, Sepulchre, Lurker of Chalice, Animals As Leaders

Ufomammut - Music as a Religion

Although the plate of underground metal is full of impassioned zealots who seem to do nothing but harness all their energy to bring new pieces of art into being, only few of them manage to make it a true walk of life. For example, Fenriz needs to sort...

Published Sun, Nov 28 2010 10:22 AM by Juho

Filed under: Metallica, Insomnium, Sunn O))), Black Sabbath, Kyuss, Juho Mikkonen, Matt Pike, Sonic Youth, Glenn Danzig, Sleep, Malleus Rock Art Lab, Lento, Melvins, Fenriz, I.C.O., Earth, Pink Floyd, Motörhead, Morkobot, The Beatles, AC/DC, Fu Manchu, Led Zeppelin, Ufomammut

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

Reverend's Bazaar - Nostalgia Overload?

After the fiasco from two Fridays ago , I think we've all learned a valuable lesson: Don't pick an e-fight with a self-professed recovering meth addict, or else you'll find yourself the subject of a libelous tirade replete with images ripped...

Published Fri, Jun 25 2010 2:19 PM by Rev

Filed under: Metallica, Slayer, Primordial, The Crown, High on Fire, Megadeth, Anthrax, Ronnie James Dio, Joey Belladonna, Manowar, Matt Pike, Magic Circle Music, Sex and the City 2

BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME - Unchecked Progression

Okay, I’ll admit it: I’m a huge Between the Buried and Me fanboy. 2005's Alaska remains one of my top ten metal albums of all time, and each subsequent release (2007's Colors , 2009's The Great Misdirect ) has shown the band to...

Published Wed, Jun 16 2010 7:45 AM by Metal Review

Filed under: Metallica, Baroness, Between the Buried and Me, Dream Theater, Mastodon, King Crimson, Cradle of Filth, Abigail Williams, Valient Thorr, Orbs, Glass Casket, Equal Vision Records, Fear Before the March of Flames, Victory Records

REVOCATION - The Art of Shredding

Dark Recollections About ten minutes away from the sprawling campus of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst is the seemingly cozy neighborhood of Grantwood Drive. Tidy lawns greet all who venture in. As the street winds, the trees gather, until...

Published Wed, May 19 2010 5:05 PM by Rev

Filed under: Metallica, Cannibal Corpse, Revocation, Immortal, Megadeth, Ramming Speed, Gorguts, Exhorder, Pantera

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