With wild tempo changes, lightning fast guitar riffs, melodic guitar solos, blazingly intense drumming, Nile, to the uninitiated, seem like they’re a mess. However, In Their Darkened Shrines was an eye-opening album for me as I learned death metal had structure. And of course, there’s U...
50 years of heavy metal, distilled into one bass guitar to rule them all. When the Toontrack sound design team had their eyes set on a bass with its roots in traditional heavy metal but that still offered the detail, the clarity and the articulate expression of a modern instrument, whittli...
This particular Heavy lineup looks promising and diverse. From the enormous guitar chugging of metalcore acts from the likes ofAll that RemainsandBeartooth, to the stage theatrics and crowd reactions incited bySteel Panther, 2019 is surely not a year to miss the fest. Historical cult bands al...