ALBUM REVIEWS
If you’re looking for aggregated album reviews from our seasoned music specialists, including our own score offering at a glance how the album fared, this is the right destination for you. Album reviews certainly still matter to artists, writers, and publicists, as they are the ones dealing with them every day, but does the average listener still pay attention? Well, we sincerely hope you do... Dive in!
KID KAPICHI – There Goes The Neighbourhood (Album Review)
Few things can make an impression like a consistent and uncompromising work ethic, and one thing that Hastings native Kid Kapichi can’t be accused of…
WHOM GODS DESTROY – Insanium (Album Review)
We need to get something established upfront. Sonic Perspectives is blessed with an insightful and well-informed readership. Yes, that means you, the best and the…
MYRATH – Karma (Album Review)
The fact that Myrath have modified their logo should tell you everything you need to know about “Karma”. This is, after all, a move metal…
JUDAS PRIEST – Invincible Shield (Album Review)
We’re still in March, and the list of “best albums of the year” keeps getting new entries at a jarring pace. One of such entries…
SULDUSK – Anthesis (Album Review)
In cold blackness, a new flower blooms.Sometimes innovation doesn’t necessarily take on the form of a new sub-genre being born or something that seems unrecognizable…
BRUCE DICKINSON – The Mandrake Project (Album Review)
1984 is generally regarded as the greatest year in metal. The release of Iron Maiden’s “Powerslave,” Dio’s “The Last In Line,” Judas Priest’s “Defenders of…
JANE GETTER PREMONITION – Division World (Album Review)
Somewhere in between Steven Wilson and Suzanne Vega resides a hidden gem of the rock world: Jane Getter. A little bit jazz, a little prog,…
VLTIMAS – Epic (Album Review)
A new blackened epic is unveiled. Expectations are often the sworn enemy of any union of known quantities, or super groups to use the common…
JIMMY KEEGAN – Jimmy Keegan (Album Review)
There are long-awaited albums, and then there are long-time-coming albums. Jimmy Keegan’s first solo album qualifies on both accounts. Teased for years, including a crowdfunding…
BORKNAGAR – Fall (Album Review)
Call them black metal, call them progressive metal, call them whatever you want. But under no pretenses may you call the long-running Norwegian quintet known…
SYNCATTO – Fiction (Album Review)
For those new to Syncatto, it is the solo project of guitar wunderkind, Charlie Robbins. Charlie is a YouTube sensation and a guitarist in the equally…
NORTH SEA ECHOES – Really Good Terrible Things (Album Review)
The bad news is that Fates Warning is indefinitely dormant, if not dead entirely. The good news is that this has allowed the group’s key…
IHSAHN – Ihsahn (Album Review)
For more than three decades, Ihsahn has made himself known as black metal’s indomitable maverick, a creative force so powerful that he has single-handedly reshaped…
BIG BIG TRAIN – The Likes Of Us (Album Review)
Big Big Train has made many stops along its journey over the past decade, with musicians coming and going more often than a band like…
STEVE HACKETT – The Circus And The Nightwhale (Album Review)
Are you sitting comfortably? Then let’s embark on a tale of smoke, big tops, and sea creatures. Steve Hackett’s been on an incredible roll over…
THE PINEAPPLE THIEF – It Leads to This (Album Review)
It’s been about 8 years since Gavin Harrison manned the drum stool for The Pineapple Thief and helped Bruce Soord’s band reach a new high-water…
THE MICHAEL DUNN PROJECT – Bridge Across The Years (Album Review)
Sometimes you need to dig deep to find unexpected gems. For fans of classic rock stemming from the heyday of the 70s (think Zep, Blue…
CALIGULA’S HORSE – Charcoal Grace (Album Review)
Caligula’s Horse have spent the last decade determinedly climbing their way to the apex of the progressive music scene, and there are few acts whose…
SAXON – Hell, Fire And Damnation (Album Review)
Saxon’s latest offering, “Hell, Fire and Damnation” marks the legendary band’s 24th studio album and a powerful return to their roots in British Heavy Metal.…
AMUN – Spectra and Obsession (Album Review)
“Spectra and Obsession” is the greatest album you’ve never heard of. It’s buried deep in the underground – although recently unearthed by a Discord server…
NEAL MORSE – The Restoration – Joseph Part Two (Album Review)
Less than half a year after “The Dreamer: Joseph Part One” was released, Neal Morse is unveiling the concluding Part Two, titled “The Restoration”. Morse…
SACRED OUTCRY – Towers Of Gold (Album Review)
Onward to towers afar. Though legends tend to emerge from a lofty landscape on the wings of a bard’s melody, it is more the exception…
SCARLET ANGER – Martyr (Album Review)
An Artillery-esque riff kicks off “Martyr”, the third full-length of Luxembourg’s Scarlet Anger. After a hiatus of six years, they return with seven songs. That’s…
BLUT AUS NORD – Disharmonium Nahab (Album Review)
What does this stuff mean? Plunged deep into the nightmare now, the ‘Disharmonium’ series continues to haunt with this second offering. There’s still the fascinating…
PERSEFONE – Lingua Ignota: Part I (Album Review)
The criminally overlooked Andorran tech-death outfit Persefone has had a bad stroke of luck since they unveiled their fantastic “Metanoia” album in 2022. This culminated…
WORM SHEPHERD – The Sleeping Sun (Album Review)
A harrowing eclipse darkens the sea of blood. Success is as sure of a way to test a band’s mettle than any level of adversity,…
ELDRITCH – Innervoid (Album Review)
There’s a hole in society’s tortured heart. Few bands can boast the long-term cohesion that has been enjoyed by Italian power/prog extraordinaire outfit Eldritch, both…
XORSIST – At The Somber Steps Of Serenity (Album Review)
A somber nod to the old Stockholm sound. Vengeance is said to be a dish best served cold, but an equal case could be made…
TRIUMPH OF DEATH – Resurrection Of The Flesh (Album Review)
By sonic ritual, the original ghoulish rebirth is codified. Death metal is a force within the broader metal universe that’s existence is often taken for…
THE TWENTY COMMITTEE – The Cycle Undone (Album Review)
It’s been over a decade since New Jersey-based progressive rock quintet The Twenty Committee released their highly impressive debut LP, “A Lifeblood Psalm.” Although influences…
NON EST DEUS — Legacy (Album Review)
Non Est Deus’ fourth album, “Legacy,” delivers modern black metal that is geared toward mainstream audiences. As such, it proves a fairly accessible offering to…
TONGUES – Formløse Stjerner (Album Review)
Check out this quirky effort.
PARADISE LOST — Icon (Album Review)
Thirty years later, Paradise Lost’s “Icon” has more than proved that it is indeed a timeless masterpiece. Thus, Paradise Lost chose to celebrate and reclaim…
ALTA REIGN – Upon The Horizon (Album Review)
New horizons abound. Coloring outside the lines has been something of a regular practice for drummer and Montour Falls, New York native Jeff Plate, having…
WINTERAGE – Nekyia (Album Review)
Winter has come again. Following in the grand symphonic tradition laid out by Rhapsody Of Fire, Dark Moor, Fairyland and several other prime movers of…
HIGH SPIRITS – Safe On The Other Side (Album Review)
Let the spirit take you higher. For about as long as the revival of traditional heavy metal has been raging, there have been a select…