Kingdom of Noise

A band from Seattle of all places that’s steeped and schooled in the art of ‘80s Bay Area thrash? Yup. Fallen Angels prove that grun...

Night of Your Ascension is the third full-length composition by J.R. Robinson under the Wrekmeister Harmonies banner. For this rele...

From Asher Media Relations: BORNBROKEN Post New Track ‘A Nation of Ignorance’ Protesting Canada’s Federal Election; Announce New Vocalis...

Art by Liz Walshak I typically don't get a lot of unsolicited emails from bands asking me to check their stuff out. I often don...

Inspired by About.com Heavy Metal 's recent postings of Best Of lists the 2000's I managed to find my personal list from that yea...

Back in 2003 I reviewed Demon Lung 's The Hundredth Name for Ghost Cult Magazine giving the album a 9/10 and likened it to a “...

I tried to like this. I really did. I mean, it's got Danny Lilker and Erik Burke ! But Blurring 's self-titled debut is j...

The first time my ears were graced by the sounds of Kingston, Ontario's  Rise of Dissension was when they were one of the openers ...

Vyrju is a (mostly) one-man black metal band from Norway. Jan F. Lindso performs all instruments except drums and clean vocals which ...

Kingdom of Noise is pleased to be streaming the new album from Blliigghhtted entitled Zeroes for your listening (dis)pleasure! Th...

YOB killing it Sometimes there's more to a show than just the bands playing it. When Enslaved and YOB come to town it's kin...

The good follks at Metal Temple are hosting an exclusive stream of the track "Seven Zeroes" from the upcoming album Zeroes by Tu...

Recently I've been listening to a lot of Candlemass 's Nightfall and a trio of Trouble albums ( Psalm 9 , The Skull , Run to t...

Sludgy is as sludgy does, sir! That's the kind of straight backed reaction Poisoned Altars , the newest from Lord Dying will give ...

If you've been waiting for Swedish throwback rockers Horisont to release a new album you'll have to wait a little longer. I k...

I'm not going to spend a lot of time on  The Queen of Kings  by Montreal's  Fayne . Mostly because this sort of music is tar...

He Whose Ox is Gored followed me on Twitter about a dozen times. Must have been a glitch but I never followed back. No offence, bu...

Cover design by Simon Fowler Then It All Came Down is the second work from the Wrekmeister Harmonies project spearheaded by J .R....

I try and support Canadian metal, I really do. But sometimes I get promo CDs that I have a hard time promoting. Like Egressor , the ...

I find splits to be a good way to introduce myself to new bands. Thus this 7” split from Dry Cough Records serves as my intro to the...

I usually try and review albums that are either pending release or recently released. Lucky You by Santa Cruz trio Doors to No Where ...

It wasn't the self-proclaimed “spaghetti western doom sludge” tag that drew me to King Dead . It was the fact that the instrumenta...

*enters room panting and breathless* Hey, sorry. Yeah. I had to run out and get some bellbottoms, sandals and a  new shirt  before writ...

2013 was a damn good year for metal. I didn't listen to as much as I did in 2012 though. I spent more time with albums as I tried to wr...