Metal Blade Records – Page 29

Ghost – Opus Eponymous – Review

January 28, 2011

The pop sound of the irresistibly catchy odes to Satan, “Stand By Him” and “Satan Prayer,” are enough question whether this is serious or a goof on metal.

Fates Warning guitarist Jim Matheos and original vocalist John Arch team up for new project – News

January 19, 2011

ARCH/MATHEOS’ Jim Matheos and John Arch are currently working together on a new album that will be released in late spring/early summer via Metal Blade Records.

Metal Blade Records signs Swedish sleaze and punk influenced metal band Sister – News

January 12, 2011

Metal Blade Records is pleased to announce the signing of Swedish sleaze and punk influenced metal band Sister.

Gwar – Bloody Pit of Horror – Review

December 31, 2010

It’s the McDonald’s ball pit of metal, a gloriously fun and dirty pile of sounds with a solid undercurrent of good songwriting and metal knowledge beneath.

Nightfall – Astron Black and the Thirty Tyrants – Review

October 27, 2010

Greece’s Nightfall have been around awhile, and that experience pays off. What lies within is expertly polished death metal.

Return to Earth – Automata – Review

October 1, 2010

Wildly varying styles (black metal, Faith No More, and Ministry in the first track), overreaching thematic concept, and artsy instrumental interludes.

Early Graves – Goner – Review

August 13, 2010

I thought the new Exodus record would be unmatched in 2010 for pure, condensed hatred, but Goner has it beat by a mile. It’s gnarly, ugly, and ferocious.

Lightning Swords of Death – The Extra Dimensional Wound – Review

July 14, 2010

Metal for those who demand vocals straight from the crypt, guitar picking so fast the strings might ignite, and drums blast-beated into infinity.

Bison B.C. – Dark Ages – Review

June 1, 2010

Bison B.C. can dress up the music any way they like, they can’t hide their true intention, which is to rock out in a lumbering, fuzzy head-trip fashion.

As I Lay Dying – The Powerless Rise – Review

May 1, 2010

As I Lay Dying hands out a solid three-song beatdown like focused, heads-down Dark Tranquility before going all In Flames/Soilwork on us.