Here in the Northeastern United States, were in the thick of a hot, sticky summer, and with it, privy to theatrical summer thunderstorms almost every day. I love thunderstorms in the summer — theres just nothing like when the sky turns pitch black in the middle of the day and the clouds unleash their fury on the land below. Theres a specific soundtrack that goes oh so perfectly with these storms: moody, atmospheric metal that builds from quiet nothing into crashing crescendos and soaring guitars. …