Posted in 2008, Death Metal, Sweden, zEverything on April 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Opeth is a different kind of death metal outfit that mixes progressive and folk elements to craft a particular sound.
Since the whole metal scene is going through a creativity crisis, I was curious about how the next step of one of the most successful metal bands would be.
Unfortunately Watershed stayed on Opeth’s defined formula. A [...]
Posted in 2008, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Sweden, zEverything on March 19, 2008 | No Comments »
In Flames is one of the most successfull metal acts today. It’s easily explained with just a few minutes of listening to their new album.
Essentially death metal, A Sense of Purpose gathers elements from classic heavy metal e hard rock. These elements make of In Flames an universal metal band not restricted to extreme metal [...]
Posted in 2008, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, United States, zEverything on March 13, 2008 | No Comments »
It’s been a long time but the Cavalera brothers are together again.
They intended to make a new Sepultura formation but couldn’t for legal reasons, so they called it Cavalera Conspiracy.
If compared to Roots, the last Sepultura album with the brothers side by side, Inflikted sounds miles ahead. Really another band.
They’re obviously in the thrash/death [...]
Posted in Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Sweden, zEverything on March 11, 2008 | No Comments »
A few years ago I tried some songs by Meshuggah but it didn’t call my attention. But obZen is for sure a hard punch on ears.
It’s complex, fast and heavy. There aren’t let downs, obZen is a cohesive explosion yet the songs have its own personalities.
It was such an instant shot that I couldn’t help [...]
Posted in 2008, Death Metal, Switzerland, zEverything on March 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Eluveitie is a metal band from Switzerland. They put together melodic death metal and traditional celtic instruments.
Posted in 2002, Alternative, Death Metal, Metal, United States, zEverything on September 11, 2007 | No Comments »
First album by the american band.
This album is a curious mix of death and alternative metal. With alternating guttural and clean mid-range vocals.
The music also alternates, between simple death metal patterns and more complex riffs in different time signatures.
I must say I didn’t like the death metal side of the band. But this is an [...]
