The producer here is Dan Lancaster, a big name in mainstream rock circles, who helped the band reimagine their sound in such a way as to emphasize atmosphere and what I’ve thought of as a de-escalation of the traditional Swallow the Sun attack. And maybe its because I’ve been in thi...
Previous themes were "GENE" (Metal Gear Solid), "MEME" (Metal Gear Solid 2), "SCENE" (Metal Gear Solid 3), "SENSE" (Metal Gear Solid 4), and "PEACE" (Peace Walker). Revenge would later be reused in part for the game Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. ...
To help you choose, it may help to first take a minute to learn how a wah pedal works. At its core, it is a type of sound filter that accentuates certain frequencies while downplaying others. Not so different in principle to what you might find in a simple tone control on a pedal o...
It’s tough writing a song so good it becomes a meme, but Gojira’s pivotal “Flying Whales” has helped define the French metal band for 15 years. Utilizing one of the best riffs and breakdowns of the century, “Flying Whales” becomes more iconic as the years pass, stretching the limi...
An extreme sonic direction for the band and the subject of an entire documentary, 2003’s St. Anger has became widely regarded by fans as Metallica’s worst album and has reached a level of memedom in the metal community that few other albums have. While there are some obvious things to...
But when the band introduced their new lead vocalist Will Ramos with the pulverizing "To the Hellfire" this summer, the performer's throaty gutturals and the blistering sonics surrounding them garnered enough heat to make the song a popular meme on the video-sharing app TikTok. Heavy metal ...
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In the 21st century, Watain have been the torchbearers of the destructive mentality, ushered in with the second wave of black metal. Erik Danielsson, the band’s grime-covered frontman, is the orchestrator of evening rituals, bringing a sincere sense of danger to Watain’s stage, which is ...
What I find a bit irky is that when a household name (AC/DC, Pink Floyd etc.) is pitted against some lesser know band people, will automaticly vote for household name without hearing the other band's song. This felt like it happened a lot in the GMAC, which admittedly ...
After the triple whammy of the career low that was 1998’sVolume 8: The Threat is Real, the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the mysterious letters laced with deadly anthrax – the poisonous substance, not the band – Anthrax briefly considered changing their name! But the New Yor...