Lamb of God – Resolution
Lamb of God is probably the face of American metal right now, or at least if you were going to come up with a new big four they would have to be on there. No other major label metal band is currently as artistically vibrant, nor at the moment have released an album as good as...
Matt Lyles’ Top 15 Metal Albums of 2011
2011 was a year. There were a lot of metal albums that got released in said year. There were actually a lot of other kinds of albums released in said year, but most of those are of absolutely no interest to me. I guess what I’m trying to say is, these are my 15 favorite...
Carnifex – Until I Feel Nothing
Let’s get this out of the way. Most deathcore is generic, toneless garbage. In fact, with very few exceptions, if you are a deathcore band and you aren’t signed to Sumerian Records, chances are you are terrible. Songs made up entirely of breakdowns are nonsensical and borderline unlistenable and it is baffling as to how...
East of the Wall – The Apologist
East of the Wall is a band that has clearly studied their Neurosis and likely their Converge as well. Their latest offering entitled The Apologist is part progressive metal, part stoner metal, and all stripped down rawness. You really never know what you are going to hear next on this album and that is both...
Textures – Dualism
Djent metal is quickly suffering the same fate as many good ideas have before it. Originally innovative and critically praised, it is falling victim to countless copycat bands who have neither the skill nor the originality of the bands who first coined the style. The most obvious example of a band keeping djent afloat is...
Machine Head – Unto the Locust
Machine Head really hit it just right with their 2007 album The Blackening and many have rightly called it their best album. Their fluid blend of thrash and groove metal seemed the epitome of what the New Wave of American Heavy Metal was all about and it placed them among Lamb of God, Mastodon, and...
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