Rather than counting down the days until we can celebrate Christmas, this year we’re bringing your a series of metal posts will be celebrating the countdown until we don’t have to be inundated with Christmas music and decorations everywhere. To coincide with this countdown We’ll be posting our top 25 metal (and metal-ish) albums of […]
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25 Days Of Metal 2012: #25 Enslaved – RIITTIIR
December 1st, 2012 
Jordan Munson 
Posted in Editorials, Features, News, Reviews, Streams 
Tags: 12 days of metal 2012, 2012, album review, axioma ethica odini, best of 2012, black metal, enslaved, metal (genre), progressive metal, review, riittiir 
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REVIEW: August Burns Red – August Burns Red Presents: Sleddin’ Hill, A Holiday Album
November 24th, 2012 Jordan Munson Band: August Burns Red Album: August Burns Red Presents: Sleddin’ Hill, A Holiday Album Label: Solid State Records Genre: Metalcore/Seasonal Before getting into the meat of this thing, let me preface this by saying I don’t normally care for holiday music save for two styles: old school vocal jazz and Trans-Siberian Orchestra. That’s pretty much […]
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REVIEW: Between The Buried And Me – The Parallax II: Future Sequence
September 27th, 2012 Jordan Munson Band: Between The Buried And Me Album: The Parallax II: Future Sequence Genre: Progressive Metal Label: Metal Blade Records Every now and then a metal band comes along that carves out their one very special niche in the music world, a band that is virtually without peers. Between The Buried And Me is one of […]
Posted in Features, Reviews Tags: 2012, album review, between the buried and me, btbam, metal blade records, new album, progressive metal 1 Comment »
REVIEW: As I Lay Dying – Awakened
September 10th, 2012 Jordan Munson Band: As I Lay Dying Album: Awakened Label: Metal Blade Genre: Metalcore It’s a little bit crazy to think that As I Lay Dying are about to release their sixth album since the band’s inception in 2000; wasting what would appear to be no time at all in the last decade, touring and releasing albums […]
Posted in Features, Reviews Tags: 2012, album review, as i lay dying, Awakened, metal (genre), metal blade records, new album, review 1 Comment »
REVIEW: The Faceless – Autotheism
August 13th, 2012 Jordan Munson Band: The Faceless Album: Autotheism Label: Sumerian Records Genre: Technical/Progressive Death Metal “It’s not you, it’s me.” That’s how I picture a conversation with The Faceless and their fans going in regards to their new album, Autotheism. Saying that the latest effort from The Faceless expands on their previous formula (if you could say they […]
Posted in Features, News, Reviews Tags: akeldama, album, album review, autotheism, DEVIN TOWNSEND, metal (genre), Michael Keene, music, new music, planetary Duality, review, Reviews, technical death metal, Textures, the faceless 8 Comments »
REVIEW: Gojira – L’enfant Sauvage
June 22nd, 2012 Jordan Munson Artist: Gojira Album: L’enfant Sauvage Genre: Metal Label: Roadrunner Records When you’re in the throes of complete and utter fandom of a band and you get the news that you’re given the responsibility of reviewing their yet-to-be released album, what are your first thoughts? Mine were quite simple: I hope this album is as good as […]
Posted in Features, Reviews Tags: 2012, album review, france, from mars to sirius, gojira, jordan munson, L'Enfant Sauvage, metal (genre), music, new album, new music, review, Reviews, terra incognita, the link, the way of all flesh 1 Comment »
UTG Metal Review Roundup (May 2012)
May 22nd, 2012 Jordan Munson UTG METAL REVIEW ROUNDUP. This column is exactly as simple as it sounds. Lots of metal albums come out and resident metalhead Jordan Munson is here to give you the skinny on a litany of these albums. No frills, no extra, no nonsense–just the information you need to know. For Today – Immortal Forty minutes […]
Posted in Features, News, Reviews Tags: 2012, album review, architects, august burns red, Cattle Decapitation, Daybreaker, despised icon, evergreen terrace, for today, hiphop, metal (genre), metal music news, metal reviews, music, new music, Obey The Brave, review, Reviews, rumpelstiltskin grinder, Shadows Fall, skeletonwitch Comments Off on UTG Metal Review Roundup (May 2012)
UTG Metal Review Roundup (April 2012)
April 8th, 2012 Jordan Munson UTG METAL REVIEW ROUNDUP. This column is exactly as simple as it sounds. Lots of metal albums come out and resident metalhead Jordan Munson is here to give you the skinny on a litany of these albums. No frills, no extra, no nonsense–just the information you need to know. Demon Hunter – True Defiance Demon […]
Posted in Features, Reviews Tags: 2012, beneath the massacre, Brendan Small, Death Metal, deathcore, Demon Hunter, emmure, Galaktikon, groove metal, High On Fire, job for a cowboy, meshuggah, metal (genre), municipal waste, new music, review, stoner metal, sumerian, sumeriancore, UPON A BURNING BODY, VEIL OF MAYA, wretched Comments Off on UTG Metal Review Roundup (April 2012)
EXCLUSIVE: A Conversation With Cory Johnson of Impending Doom
March 13th, 2012 Jordan Munson With the landscape of the deathcore scene becoming more and more diverse over the last couple years, some bands are still looking to find their way, to settle into their own unique niche. Obviously some bands are doing it better than others, and it would appear that Impending Doom are about to join the leagues […]
Posted in Features, Interviews, Reviews Tags: 2012, baptized in filth, California, cory johnson, Daniel Castleman, deathcore, dying fetus, Impending Doom, interview, job for a cowboy, jordan munson, machine, metal (genre), metal alliance, music, nailed. dead. risen., new music, Q&A, there will be blood, Tim Lambesis, tour Comments Off on EXCLUSIVE: A Conversation With Cory Johnson of Impending Doom
EXCLUSIVE: A Conversation With Tosin Abasi of T.R.A.M.
February 28th, 2012 Jordan Munson Tosin Abasi plays guitar, and plays it really, really well. What has he played guitar in, you ask? Well, his first moderately successful project was a little old band called Reflux. Most people probably know him best for his Animals As Leaders work. Now he’s got another project for us music connoisseurs (and fanboys) to […]
Posted in Features, Interviews, News Tags: 2012, adrian terrazas, Animals As Leaders, ash avildsen, Born Of Osiris, eric moore, Evan Brewer, fusion, interview, jazz, metal (genre), new album, new music, Periphery, reflux, Suicidal Tendencies, sumerian records, t.r.a.m., the faceless, the mars volta, Tosin Abasi 2 Comments »
REVIEW: Chevelle – Hats Off To The Bull
December 6th, 2011 Jordan Munson Artist: Chevelle Album: Hats Off To The Bull Label: Epic Genre: Post-grunge / alternative metal Remember the early 2000s when the hard rock/post-grunge/alternative metal scene was exploding? Bands such as 10 Years, Chevelle, Taproot, Trapt, Cold, Earshot, etc. were a dime a dozen–and most of them weren’t that great. A few of these bands are […]
REVIEW: Korn – The Path of Totality
December 2nd, 2011 Jordan Munson Artist: Korn Album: The Path of Totality Label: Roadrunner Records Genre: Nu-veggie-step Out of all the trendy nu metal bands from the early 2000s, it’s pretty easy to tell that Korn had one of the more interesting and distinctive sounds. Perhaps it’s because they had a few years head start than their colleagues, but that […]
Posted in Features, Reviews Tags: 2011, downlink, Dubstep, Excision, feed me, In flames, Jonathan Davis, Kill the Noise, korn, music video, new album, new music, Noisia, nu metal, pendulum, review, stream 2 Comments »