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Metal Monday: Dark Empire Go From Refuge To Ruin

posted: March 5, 2012

Many bands and albums in the music world often fall into one of two categories: sounding familiar or sounding new and exciting. Long time OurStage metal band Dark Empire started out in the latter category,…
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Metal Monday: The Neologist

posted: May 30, 2011

In the world of metal sub-genres, there are purists who want to preserve musical tradition and there are activists who want to stretch the boundaries of sound”and never than twain shall meet. One sub-genre of…
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Metal Monday: Are The Swedes Best At Metal?

posted: March 7, 2011

There are certain countries that are considered to be a cut above the rest in terms of the metal they produce. At the top of the metal food chain are countries like Canada, Finland, Italy,…
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Metal Monday: Rapture Cabaret's Gates of Domination

posted: January 17, 2011

Rapture Cabaret have been a part of the upper-echelon of OurStage metal elite for quite some time, joining the site in March of 2008 and finishing in the Top 10 on the Metal Channel ten times.…
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Metal Monday: Best Metal of 2010

posted: December 27, 2010

In a year characterized by comebacks and newcomers, 2010 has been filled with solid metal releases. There were not many albums that were a true cut above the rest”most albums were in tight contention for…
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Metal Monday: 1990, A Great Year In Metal

posted: November 29, 2010

Though the metal genre has had many landmark years, no year in it’s musical history matches 1990 in terms of legendary and influential record releases. At a time when metal was starting to explore heavier…
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