FM – Synchronized (Album Review)
The very first sentence of any good AOR album review should include a mention of Iron Maiden. Are you confused? Good. Still confused? Perfect. Way…
Henry Kane – Age Of The Idiot (Album Review)
When idiots rule the world. When reminiscing upon the golden age of punk rock, conversations will often include the noted players in New York, the…
Witchcraft – Black Metal (Album Review)
With an album title of “Black Metal,” the most that Witchcraft’s latest opus has in common with black metal is the entirely isolating nature of…
Sorcerer – Lamenting Of The Innocent (Album Review)
Metal and witchcraft have always gone hand in hand, a bond which is further reinforced through Sorcerer’s upcoming album “Lamenting of the Innocent.” A concept…
Cauldron Black Ram – Slaver (Album Review)
Metal has romanticised pirates much in the way it has romanticized the Vikings, leaving the genre to define historic victories and personalities with bright chords…
Triptykon – Requiem [Live At Roadburn 2019] (Album Review)
A night at the opera of woe. All too often there is a tendency to obsess over one isolated aspect of a trailblazing project’s history,…
Wolftooth – Valhalla (Album Review)
There’s a time and place for fiery battle hymns, and there’s a time and place for the long march to war. Metal often seems to…
Shaman Elephant – Wide Awake But Still Asleep (Album Review)
There’s something very satisfying about retro 60s/70s inspiration being thrust into an era of modern production and arrangement. When done tastefully and artfully, the results…
One Desire – Midnight Empire (Album Review)
Our friends at the record label Frontiers Music sank our hearts in April when a few choice album releases were pushed back due to the…
Die Kreatur – Panoptikum (Album Review)
Spurred by the imaginative depths of darkness and decades of musical experience, Die Kreatur emerges as the latest creative avenue for two well-established names in…
Neige Morte – IIII (Album Review)
When it comes to black metal, two points of reference have always been the quality of the production and the absolute discord that musicians are…
Firewind – Firewind (Album Review)
Just in case you are not feeling the full weight of your years today, just be reminded that the Greek power metal project known as…
Sinisthra – The Broad And Beaten Way (Album Review)
A specter reemerges from the woeful ether It’s a rare occasion when conversations regarding the drearier side of the metallic spectrum and abstract lyrical pursuits…
Mrs. Kite – Flickering Lights (Album Review)
Hailing from Germany, the curiously titled Mrs. Kite have won the “German rock & pop award” for “best progressive band” three times. This might explain…
Shrapnel – Palace For The Insane (Album Review)
Come to the mad thrashing palace. Though hailed as the de facto birth place of heavy metal and most prolific contributor of its second wave…
