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Fifteen Years Later: Green Day – American Idiot

For the most part, Green Day had abandoned their punk rock foundation way before 2004. With things taking a gradual turn after the release of Insomniac, they began crafting music that was more in tune...

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Single Premiere: Archangel A.D. – “Eventide”

Got some new thrash for ya and holy shitballs does Archangel A.D. have energy for days!!!! Maybe I’m biased, but there’s something about the Texas quartet’s single that makes you wanna grab life by the...

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Track Priemiere: Screamer “Halo”

Indy Metal Vault scored Screamer’s newest single, “Halo” off of their forthcoming release Highway of Heroes and I gotta be honest, it’s refreshing to premiere some good old fashioned heavy metal here...

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Twenty-Five Divine Years: Slayer – Divine Intervention

Up until this point, Slayer had built an incredible back-catalog of albums that sat well with just about everybody. There may have been a few naysayers towards South Of Heaven in regards to dialing...

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Fifteen Years Later: 3 Inches of Blood – Advance and Vanquish

Before we even really get into the album in question, I think it’s important to bookend this retrospective with some surrounding context of the band in question – Vancouver’s 3 Inches of Blood.Whether...

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Vault Picks #17: September 27th, 2019

In the spirit of the staff suggestions featured in record shops and old-school video stores (RIP), we share our Vault Picks. It’s a chance to venture beyond Indy Metal Vault’s premieres and reviews for...

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10 Years Later: Revocation – Existence Is Futile

When I think back to ten years ago, 2009 was the height of the latest (at the time) incarnation of the millennium’s thrash metal movement. Revocation was one of those bands that helped spearhead the...

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Vault Takes: Favorite Instrumental Song

Cannibal Corpse“From Skin to Liquid”Gallery of SuicideReleased on April 21st, 1998I tried to limit mine to bands that aren’t instrumental (otherwise see Behold… The Arctopus’ “Alcholocaust”), so I...

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Rank And File: Black Sabbath

Remember, Tony Martin had more albums than any other singer besides Ozzy.Black Sabbath is a bit of a weird band to rank, for no reason other than how many different styles and vocalists they have had....

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Ten Years Later: Steel Panther – Feel The Steel

Steel Panther isn’t something that requires any deep dissecting, and I’m sure by now that everyone knows about their shenanigans and infamous foul/overly sexual lyrics. But when your first album is one...

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Rank and File: SUNN O)))

Ever felt a frequency?I did once, and even though it only happened last month, I doubt I’ll ever forget the first time I saw SUNN O))) live in concert. In a darkened hall pumped full of ominous fog, a...

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Vault Takes: Favorite Song About a Horror Film

Fantômas“Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me”The Director’s CutReleased on July 9th, 2001This may seem like a cop-out, not only because it’s literally a cover of the film’s main theme, but because Twin Peaks...

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Thirty Years Later: Dirty Rotten Imbeciles – Thrash Zone

“School’s a job, but you won’t get paid!”The band that more-or-less coined the term “crossover” in regards to thrash metal, Dirty Rotten Imbeciles (or more commonly DRI) took thrash as a genre to new...

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Rank and File: All of the Fucking Batushkas

Just to get y’all up to speed on the butteriest drama in recent metal history – in late 2015, the mysterious Polish black metal band, Batushka, took the metal world by storm with their debut album,...

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Vault Picks #18: October 11th, 2019

In the spirit of the staff suggestions featured in record shops and old-school video stores (RIP), we share our Vault Picks. It’s a chance to venture beyond Indy Metal Vault’s premieres and reviews for...

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Thirty Years Of Decay: Overkill’s Finest Moment Revisited

If you took the time to read up on my Rank And File of the Overkill discography, or read any of my other articles that mention my love for the album at hand, or if you just happen to know my taste that...

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Track Premiere: The World Without Us –“I Am The Mist”

When you think of death metal, do you think of crystal clear vocals that hold a lot of melody? How about fluorescent colored album covers, no? Perhaps you picture the musicians wearing dashing polos or...

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25 Years Later: Annihilator – King Of The Kill

25 years ago this month, Canadian thrash titans Annihilator released arguably one of the best albums in their catalog, King Of The Kill after a stream of what many consider to be their most classic...

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25 Years Later: Melvins – Stoner Witch

Few things out of the way before we get started: 1) I know damn well that the band name is simply “Melvins,” but “The Melvins” rolls off the tongue better. And I genuinely can’t help myself, so I’m...

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30 Years Later: Bolt Thrower – A Return to the Realm of Chaos

October 28th, 2019 marks the thirtieth anniversary of one of the most celebrated albums in death metal’s canon: Bolt Thrower’s Realm of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness. There’s a lot to unpack when it comes...

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