Santiago, Chile’s Coprofago were formed in 1993 simply by vocalists/guitarists Pablo Alvarez and Sebastián Vergara, bassist Felipe Castro, and drummer Marcelo Ruiz, who recorded their five-track demo while still within their teens and introduced the world with their extremely technical death-jazz metal design (influenced simply by Atheist, Cynic, etc.) via …

Dutch death metallic band Soulburn was created in the ashes of 1 of this country’s oldest proponents from the design, this being the overlooked but prolific Asphyx. Gathering vapor in the past due ’90s, Soulburn associates Wannes Gubbels (vocals/bass), Eric Daniels (electric guitar), and Bob Bagchus (drums) released 1998’s Nourishing …

Jyväskylä, Finland’s Obscurant began in the entire year 2000 like a single task for vocalist and business lead guitarist Sami Luukkainen (ex-Alghazanth, Empyrean Bane, etc.), but was duly fleshed out right into a appropriate band using the introduction of second guitarist Mika Kaakkolahti, keyboardist Antti Simonen, bassist Matti Honkonen, and …

Although Darkness falls neatly in to the melodic, riff-driven death steel design centered in Gothenburg, Sweden, and typified by bands like Dark Tranquillity, In Flames, and Arch Foe, they’re in fact from Osaka, Japan — and fronted by a lady vocalist who are able to growl and roar with the …

Joe Hill was created Joel Emmanuel Haggland in Sweden, the ninth child of the railroad employee. His father passed away when Hill was eight years of age, and he visited work to be able to help support his mom and six siblings. When Hill’s mom passed away in 1902, he …

Hailing from Worcester, MA, Warhorse (never to become confused using the second-tier ’70s supergroup offering one-time Deep Crimson bassist Nick Simper) was shaped by Jerry Orne (bass/vocals) and Mike Hubbard (drums) in 1992. Having performed with several local death metallic rings, the duo originally pursued a slower, even more traditional …

Area of the loosely defined band of contemporary indie rock rings heavily influenced by first-generation shoegazers want My Bloody Valentine, the Jesus and Mary String, the Cocteau Twins, and Slowdive (see also Ringo Deathstarr and Asobi Seksu, amongst others), San Francisco’s Foxtail Somersault audio uncannily just like the sort of …

Although old-time music is frequently from the Smoky Mountains and the region referred to as Appalachia, there is a period when the complete state of NEW YORK was rocking to these sounds. This musician who was simply referred to as “the soft fiddler” was among the great proponents from the …