Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. We finish up October of 1998 with part two of our coverage. The rest of this month saw releases from a band that paved the way for a new type of Black Metal, a solo release from a prolific metal guitar player, Funeral Doom, about 2 more somewhat controversial bands/releases, the start of our favorite band, Horror themed metal and once again rounding out the episode with more...power...metal.
Albums we discussed:
Borknagar – “The Archaic Course”
Devin Townsend – “Infinity”
Evoken – “Embrace the Emptiness”
The Dillinger Escape Plan – “Under the Running Board” EP
Graveland – “Immortal Pride”
Malevolent Creation – “The Fine Art of Murder”
Krisiun – “Apocalyptic Revelation”
Exhumed – “Gore Metal”
Ayreon – “Into the Electric Castle”