Fantasy loving cinematic atmospheric melodic black metal from Australia! Imagine lyrics deeply based in the world of fantasy, heavily influenced by J.R.R. Tolkien (Lord of the Rings) or George R.R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire). Add in inspiration from the fantasy video game world of Diablo. Melodies are abundant and inspire a world […]
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Crushing atmospheric melodeath from Greece! Greek melodic death metal band AmongRuins recently released their fourth full length album, “Advent of Chaos.” I will admit that prior to listening to this album, I was completely unfamiliar with the band. Like many genres, melodeath can cover a lot of ground, and I was curious where exactly AmongRuins
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Fun facts about Sam and her band Nocteris! When I attended the show featuring 4 different black metal bands at The High Water Mark in Portland, Oregon, on April 3, I did a short impromptu video interview with Sam, lead vocalist / bassist of Portland-based symphonic black metal band Nocteris. We are just hanging outside
Deep diving with The Lord of the Logos into creating logos for bands and mymetaloftheday! mymetaloftheday is officially adding video interviews to its content offering, and our first interview features Christophe Szpajdel, aka “The Lord of the Logos.” We thought this would be a great way to kick off this new content category since he
A melting pot of European melodic death and progressive metal, live in Portland, Oregon! Back in October, Dark Tranquillity and Soen did the Ultima Ratio Fest tour across Europe together, with support from Iotunn and Equilibrium. For this tour, Dark Tranquillity was playing a special set, celebrating 30 years of “The Gallery” and 20 years
Four flavors of black metal providing plenty of atmosphere, intensity, and brutality, for a great show in Portland! I was in Portland for the weekend with plans to see the Dark Tranquillity / Soen / Persefone show on Saturday. Since I had Friday night available, I was curious to see if there was another show
Various flavors of heavy metal collide in Uster, Switzerland, for a fantastic early year Festival! Elements of Rock Festival took place March 13 – 15 at Stadthofsaal in Uster, Switzerland. It started in 2004 and has run annually since, with exception of a few years during COVID. I have only been once before, in 2007,
Tribunal headlines a night of myriad doom flavors! Vancouver orchestral death doom masters Tribunal are a band I absolutely love, having traveled to Vancouver from Seattle multiple times in 2025 to see them perform, including what ended up being my last show of 2025 in mid December. They just played a handful of shows in
Five albums from January 2026 that deserve your listening attention! I am a little late posting this (something about launching my website and getting things ramped up), but here are my top 5 releases from January 2026. The reality is, January kicked off the year in splendid fashion. I reviewed 19 albums released during the
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The OGs of progressive extreme metal on the big stage! Opeth recently completed their second leg of the “Last Will and Testament” Tour, supporting their 2024 release “The Last Will and Testament,” with tour support from Katatonia. They wrapped up the tour in the Pacific Northwest, with final stops in Seattle, WA, and Vancouver, BC.
