Category Archives: Spotify Playlist

Spotify Playlist: The crew behind Pentakill share the music that shaped their tastes

Posted by on August 16, 2017

If you’re a PC gamer, you’ve undoubtedly heard of Pentakill, the fictional metal band from the PC game League of Legends. However, even if you’ve never touched a video game, the band’s lineage is impressive, boasting members of Jorn, Battle Beast, DragonForce and more. A few weeks ago, the  ‘band” released their sophomore album, II: Grasp of the […]

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Spotify Playlist: In the Presence of Wolves share their favorite wolf-themed music

Posted by on June 1, 2017

This week’s Spotify Playlist comes from New Jersey prog-metallers In the Presence of Wolves. The band’s EP, Of Two Minds, Stages 1-2: The Ape and the Cage, will be out on June 30th, and was recorded with The Dillinger Escape Plan’s Kevin Antreassian. You can  hear a taste of it here, and pre-order it here. When we […]

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Spotify Playlist: Barb Wire Dolls’ playlist of fearless frontwomen

Posted by on May 16, 2017

If your band is badass enough for Lemmy Kilmister to offer you a deal with his label, you’ know there’s something going on. In 2015, the late Motorhead frontman saw the female-fronted Greek quintet at the Whisky a Go-Go and signed them to Motorhead Music. With their new album, Rub My Mind, coming out on June […]

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Spotify playlist: Songs that inspire Fortis Amor mastermind Ryan Duke

Posted by on May 10, 2017

Next Friday (19), one-man progressive metal machine Ryan Duke’s project, Fortis Amor, will be releasing a self-titled album. Following two EP’s, Fortis Amor consists of earlier material from Ryan. The 10-track album will appeal to fans of Between the Buried and Me and Nevermore, and while Ryan created almost everything on the album, it does feature guest […]

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Spotify Playlist: The Night Flight Orchestra guitarist David Andersson’s favorite ’80s songs

Posted by on May 5, 2017

  The Night Flight Orchestra will be releasing their third album, Amber Galactic, on Nuclear Blast on May 19th. And while the band has current and former members of metal bands (Soilwork’s Bjorn “Speed” Strid and David Andersson; Arch Enemy’s Sharlee D’Angelo, their sound is very much rooted in catchy ’80s hard rock. With that in […]

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