El Rostro De La Muerte by Hirax (a metal fan's review)
I don't have a website or write for some publication. Just a fan The intro of a classic George S. Patton quote sets the tone... the brutal truth told straight and to the point. "Baptized by Fire" nice opening riff and

Hirax Recommendations?
Hey everyone, I have heard a little of Hirax's stuff lately, and I like some of it pretty well. I really enjoyed the track "Bombs of Death". It has that fast thrash thing going on, and I'm looking for any Hirax albums that sound similar to

Glenn Rogers out of Hirax AGAIN!
Quote:Well I have some stunning news. As you all know I've been playing in Hirax for the past 4 years. Working with Once Dead was just a part time deal mostly... As of now you will get the news here first. I have left the band Hirax, and will devote my

HIRAX - Noise Chaos War
http://www.teethofthedivine.com/site/reviews/hirax-noise-chaos-war/

Hirax in Japan
Check it out... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAT-xFi47PU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUQC_wxX_mQ

Mortification November Update
NOVEMBER 2009 The Big News this month is that Metal Major Nuclear Blast Records (Germany) will be releasing the Mortification "Twenty Years In The Underground" Double CD on February 26th. This is a big opportunity for the band to

Nu Metal / Rapcore / Alternative Metal
Definitely one of my favorite genres. Here are a few favorites of mine off the top of my head. Enjoy. (The end of this song is the best thing ever.)

Metal-Archives
I think Metal-Archives is a great resource for metal. I think they are missing some great bands, who are excluded for reasons beyond me. What bands do you think are missing from Metal-Archives? For me HELIX and Y&T should be there. If they can

Beard Metal
What is up with all these new band full of young guys growing all these massive beards?? I was flipping through a Metal mag @ lunch and like every other page I saw 2 or 3 guys with big ol' "Wizard Redneck", bushy beards!! It was crazy!!

[rock lý thuyết] Nu Metal
Chúng là những kẻ phục hưng hay chỉ là những kẻ phản đồ, một xu hướng nhất thời của rock ? Những kẻ nghe rock ngày nay luôn tồn tại hai xu hướng suy nghĩ như vậy về thế hệ metal mới. Nhưng cho dù yêu hay ghét những xu hướng mới Nu Metal, bạn cũng không th

Long hair & metal
Long hair is probably the first association when it comes to metal, so what do you think about it? Do you have long or short hair? Like it / not like it? I have my long for about 5 years now, and I'm really liking it! No way I'm gonna cut it off haha

Metal Archives is down??
For some reason every single time i try to go on Metal Archives, the website is down. Is anyone else having this problem? A white page comes up and says "The website declined to show this page". This is most unfortunate, since this website

First power metal band EVER?
I know it's tough to tell, and these genres are sometimes quite vague, but what do you all think was the first power metal band in existence? The earliest I have is 1987 with Savatage's Hall Of The Mountain King. Is there much else that's earlier? Thanks

[Black Metal] Tsjuder
Tsjuder is a Norwegian black metal band from the town of Oslo. They might not be as known as other Norwegian bands like Immortal, Emperor, Darkthrone, Burzum and the like, but they are well respected within the genre. They play pure unadulterated

Pagan Metal, A Documentary
On december 8th was released in the USA, a documentary & live performances DVD about Pagan/Folk Metal. The DVD feat. Tyr, Leaves Eyes, Korpiklaani, Primordial, Finntroll, Ensiferum and Turisas. The DVD will be available in Europe on dec. 18th.