One can achieve a great deal with a cello. Just ask Dead To A Dying World, a Texan troupe whose main line of work is a sound which melds Black Metal, Doom Metal, and Prog Rock. This seems to have found an audience of sorts – as they are now onto their third album, Elegy (Profound Lore Records). Continue reading
After several decades it would be completely forgivable for any band to ease their foot on the peddle as it were, but then again Amorphis are no ordinary band. It is well documented how they weathered a substantial transition in style through the 90’s from death metal with the classic Tales From The Thousand Lakes (Relapse) into a much more melodic entity with Elegy (Relapse) two years later.Continue reading