Latest articles by James Weaver
“Melodic death metal didn’t exist when we wrote it. We were just a death metal band and we wanted to incorporate more classic songwriting into our sound”: The Swedish extreme metal anthem that sparked a whole new genre into life
How At The Gates wrote melodeath landmark Blinded By Fear
High On Fire’s Matt Pike: ”My amputated toe? F**k it, good riddance”
We’ll be honest: this whole interview is basically a lead to find out why High On Fire/Sleep leader Matt Pike‘s toe came off
The Story Behind The Song: At The Gates’ Blinded By Fear
At The Gates frontman Tomas Lindberg on the song that inspired a generation of melodeath bands
Rhode Island’s Kingsmen are making crushing music to get us through the dark times
A cross-pollination of blistering metal with hardcore euphoria
Red Death: the band bringing the danger back to thrashcore
Washington DC’s Red Death are taking no prisoners with their old school thrash/hardcore mash up
Opeth's Mikael Akerfeldt: Pub shows are the worst kind of shows
Opeth’s grand mage Mikael Akerfeldt talks stage fright, close-up punters and where that next album’s at…
New Band Of The Week: MSRY
Their violent shows are becoming the talk of the scene, but MSRY are not your Average Angry Hardcore Band
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