At the risk of losing what little credibility I have within the metal community, I have a confession to make.
I do not own a single Vader release. Not one.
In fact the last Vader record I actually heard was 2002’s Revelations, and before that the only Vader record I physically even owned in the past was [...]

While Century Media and Roadrunner easily dominated the nineties with, with each label delivering their share of strong metal releases, the stakes have been raised in the battle for metal dominance amongst the plethora of burgeoning imprints in the 21st Century. Candlelight USA is leading the way. In 2006, the imprint has released more noteworthy, [...]

Every so often, when I cave into critical pressure and buy a really “underground” or “cult” death 7″, I start to think I’m tiring of extreme death metal. I start to think maybe my proverbial time with blasts ‘o plenty and furious riffs has come to an end. I start to think maybe my rage [...]