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Kreator
Phantom Antichrist (Nuclear Blast) by Phil Freeman Buy it from Amazon Kreator are one of the “Big Three” German thrash metal bands of the 1980s (paralleling the “Big Four” in the U.S.: Metallica,...
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Destruction
Spiritual Genocide (Nuclear Blast) by Phil Freeman In February of this year, I traveled to Berlin to give a talk as part of a lecture series held at Centrum. I spoke about the German thrash metal scene...
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Thrashing On: Fueled By Fire
Fueled By Fire are a thrash band from Norwalk, California who’ve been around since the early 2000s, bouncing from label to label. Their debut album, Spread the Fire, was initially released on their...
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“I Do Me Really Well”: An Interview With Steve “Zetro” Souza
Steve “Zetro” Souza‘s voice is instantly recognizable. It’s a sandpapery screech that’s like a cross between Accept‘s Udo Dirkschneider and an enraged mynah bird, and it pierces through even the...
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Interview: Udo Dirkschneider
German singer Udo Dirkschneider formed Band X in 1968; by the mid-70s, he’d pulled together a steady lineup and the band’s name had changed to Accept. Their self-titled debut was released in 1979, but...
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Tribulation
The third album by Swedish metal band Tribulation, The Children of the Night, is out this week, and it’s one of the best albums of 2015. (Get it on Amazon.) They’ve evolved substantially with each...
View ArticleThe Year In Metal: 2017
In the 21st century, metal is defined by its sub-sub-microgenres…at least, if you ask most American metal critics. Blackened crust. OSDM (that stands for old school death metal, but it’s got to be...
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