Alternative Matter

Above Symmetry is a new progressive metal band out of Norway. Previously known as Aspera, they unfortunately had to change names and re-release their debut Ripples due to another similarly-named [...]

Djent is becoming increasingly popular within the metal community given the ravenous enthusiasm about the latest albums by TesseracT and Periphery and the rise of technical metal in general. One [...]

So what do you do after you have pushed every conceivable musical envelope with your two previous records? In a nutshell that’s what Between The Buried And Me has done [...]

Cynthesis is the new band founded by the Tipton brothers of Zero Hour fame.  Together with former Zero Hour singer Erik Rosveld and drummer Sean Flanagan they recorded DeEvolution, the [...]

The music of King Crimson, one of the main progressive rock bands of the 70s, has never been “easy listening”. In fact, it has always been more complex than the [...]

Artistic visions and commercial opportunities often collide with each other. Musicians want to put out their music as they intended it to be, while record labels are striving to make [...]

Metal with Arabian and Oriental flourishes is pretty hot nowadays. The last albums by Orphaned Land and Melechesh made quite an impact on the greater metal community. Arkan, from France, [...]

It’s often said that the best art originates from suffering. That’s certainly the case with Swedish progressive rock band Wolverine and their Communication Lost album. It’s a really dark effort [...]

Communication Lost is the fourth full length album by the Swedish progsters of Wolverine. It’s the successor to the Still album, which was released back in 2006. It has been [...]

For the first time since the departure of founding member and lead vocalist Petri Lindroos (now of Ensiferum), the guys of Norther have blessed their fans with another studio release, [...]