"Blackened Melodic Death Metal: A History Lesson

Blackened Melodic Death Metal: A History Lesson

Metal Injection by J.Andrew Zalucky  

These bands embody all the best things about metal: catchy riffs and great songwriting, effective use of melody to create a narrative structure, vocals soaked in reverb, and all the brutality one needs without resorting to cheesiness or self-parody.

"Dark Tranquillity Interview

Dark Tranquillity Interview

For the past two decades, Sweden's Dark Tranquillity have been at the forefront of melodic death metal. One of the pioneers of the Gothenburg sound, they are still going strong with their latest album Construct. I spoke with vocalist Mikael Stanne, who talked about a change in their songwriting process that made this album much less stressful, the departure of bassist Daniel Antonsson, upcoming tour plans, new music he's been listening to and other subjects.

Amorphis Interview

Amorphis Interview:
Circle is the latest effort from the legendary Finnish melodic death metal band Amorphis. I caught up with guitarist Tomi Koivusaari for a conversation about the new album, working with producer Peter Tagtgren, upcoming tours, his take on the decline of the music, the band's new bourbon sauce and other topics.
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