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Metallurgy: Swedish doom metal band Katatonia’s 9th LP, <i>Dead End Kings</i>

Metallurgy: Swedish doom metal band Katatonia’s 9th LP, Dead End Kings

Jordy Kasko September 3, 2012 0

The ninth album from long-running Swedish doom metal group Katatonia (two decades and counting!), one of my favorite metal artists since I was introduced to their seminal 2003 release Viva Emptiness, is their best

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Metallurgy: Christopher Lee’s epic metal, “Let Legend Mark Me as the King”

Metallurgy: Christopher Lee’s epic metal, “Let Legend Mark Me as the King”

Jordy Kasko July 30, 2012 0

Edit: We have received a DMCA notice asking us to take the song down.  You can still hear clips on iTunes.  Head here to sign a petition protesting the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act).

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Metallurgy: The Darkness hair-metal up Radiohead’s “Street Spirit (Fade Out)”

Metallurgy: The Darkness hair-metal up Radiohead’s “Street Spirit (Fade Out)”

Jordy Kasko July 25, 2012 0

As Pitchfork says, “Ever listened to Radiohead‘s The Bends classic ”Street Spirit (Fade Out)“ and thought… ‘this song is pretty great, but I just wish it had… MORE BALLS?’”  Well, here’s The Darkness‘ hair-metal take on the track.  I can’t decide whether

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Metallurgy: rock out to Grendyl’s frantic, menacing “Abduction” <small>[MP3]</small>

Metallurgy: rock out to Grendyl’s frantic, menacing “Abduction” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko May 30, 2012 0

The Tune’s metal section is severely under-represented currently, as I don’t listen to nearly as much metal as I used to, but today I’ve got a great new song for y’all.  ”Abduction” is a

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Metallurgy: Killing Joke (re-)embrace their inner goths on “In Cythera”

Metallurgy: Killing Joke (re-)embrace their inner goths on “In Cythera”

Ricardo Kerr April 19, 2012 0

Post-punk/industrial/metal stalwarts Killing Joke have just released their whopping fifteenth album, MMXII. This is the follow-up to 2010′s Absolute Dissent which saw the original Killing Joke lineup together for the first time in 28

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Metallurgy: High on Fire explode back to life with “Serums of Liao”

Metallurgy: High on Fire explode back to life with “Serums of Liao”

Ricardo Kerr April 2, 2012 0

High on Fire have been dutifully touring the world since the release of Snakes for the Divine in 2010. They even played in my dainty little country of New Zealand with the almighty Melvins

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Metallurgy: DragonForce “Cry Thunder” on epic new power metal track

Metallurgy: DragonForce “Cry Thunder” on epic new power metal track

Jordy Kasko April 1, 2012 0

And introducing a new subcategory for our Fresh Tunes section, Metallurgy, are British power metal group DragonForce, who return with a fifth full-length on April 17.  The Power Within is a fitting title —

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