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When a band takes a leap from their debut album to the follow-up that ends up being so massive you believe the musicians in question possess infinite skill the result is often jaw-dropping. It's like the sequel being better than...

Blessthefall's latest work To Those Left Behind doesn't stray far from already-claimed musical territory but does show sides of the band that previously hadn't been explored. It's during these moments that the album especially shines. While the heavier moments in...

It is not with ear-shattering shrieks and speedy guitars that The Black Dahlia Murder begin their seventh studio album 'Abysmal' but with an ominously-building set of classical strings. Nothing stays soft for long, though, as the track 'Receipt' explodes into a careening cacophony of...

We’re a long; long way from Count Your Blessings. Deathcore, once upon a time appearing poised to infect the mainstream, is now all but banished to underground purgatory, Suicide Silence its sole surviving genuine heavyweights. But while the genre they’ve...

In the world of artist revivals a few names have been more sought-after than others. Disturbed recently broke their stream of silence with a monstrous alternative metal comeback and now Atreyu are making a heralded return to the metalcore fold....

Considering the furore surrounding Babymetal, it’s a wonder more people haven’t taken notice of Japan’s far more serious recent metal export. Coming to the attention of the Western world via their killer Zion EP, Crossfaith stood out among the electronicore...