Your body feels heavy as your eyes slowly begin to open. What is this place? You try craning your neck in search of a better understanding of your surroundings, but it’s stuck and stiff. In fact, you ...

Different day, same old shit. The monotony of a 9-5 office job can be a soul-sucker. How many of you are dreary-eyed at your desk cubicle this very moment? Houston’s budding progressive metal act ...

Recommended for fans of: The Dear Hunter, Closure in Moscow, My Chemical Romance, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Moron Police ...

Take a deep breath and smell the herbal, smoky aroma of the forest’s stoic conifers. Feel the soft, damp loam underneath the soles of your feet, leaving imprints behind with every step. See the golden ...

A well-received debut is surely a wonderful feeling, but it leaves a band with a lot to lose. Having put your best foot forward, there’s always a risk of stumbling on the follow-up. ‘Sophomore slump’ ...

I was lucky to be able to grow up next to the mighty Pacific Ocean, and naturally I have a deep personal connection to it. The Pacific has been a massive part of my life and an even more massive part ...

Style: Progressive Metal, Folk Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, Black Metal (Mixed Vocals) ...

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Sadness have been a fascination for me for quite some time now—the band, not the emotion. Well, okay, I can be a sensitive little sponge sometimes. A lot of the time. Anyway, point is, I feel a lot of ...

Beyond the standard meat, potatoes, and cheese of their chosen genre, however, Jupiter are notable in that they pack in a good deal more trad-metal muscle than usual—indeed, well more than they ever ...

Over time, many bands grow too comfortable with their own sound and descend into self-parody. Content to rely on their tried-and-tested formula, they become a bundle of songwriting tropes held ...