by Alex P. Berg | Mar 19, 2014 | Metal, Music
I’m a huge fan of melodic death metal. Don’t ask me why, but it’s always appealed to me ever since I first heard In Flames’ Colony back at the tail end of the 90’s. So what better way to celebrate my love of the genre than to compile a list of the ten best melodic...
by Alex P. Berg | Nov 6, 2013 | Metal, Music
Amaranthe is a band I stumbled across recently. Having released their first album just two years ago, they’re a relatively new group who has developed an incredibly unique sound, a sort of heavily pop-infused mixture of melodic death metal and power metal. If that...
by Alex P. Berg | Oct 30, 2013 | Metal, Music
Ever wished you could listen to a version of The Phantom of the Opera infused with Trans-Siberian Orchestra-like musical sensibilities? If yes, then congrats, you’re a fan of symphonic metal, the focus of this iteration of ‘Better Know a Sub-Genre’. Symphonic metal is...
by Alex P. Berg | Oct 23, 2013 | Metal, Music
Here is it, the definitive list of the 17 best guitar solos in all of heavy metal. Before we begin, a few notes of interest: – What makes a great guitar solo? Is it technical proficiency? Difficulty? Heaviness? Seamless cohesion into a song? I think all of...
by Alex P. Berg | Oct 19, 2013 | Dubstep, Music
The band Nero, not named for the famous Rome-burning, Christian-torturing Roman emperor of the same name, consists of electronic musicians Daniel Stephens and Joe Ray and vocalist Alana Watson. They happen to be one of favorite (or perhaps my only favorite?) dubstep...