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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!

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By John KokelOctober 23, 2018

8.8

Marty Friedman – One Bad M.F. Live (Album Review)

There may not be another guitarist alive with the same combination of multifaceted talent and international stardom as Marty Friedman. Yes, there may be a…

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By Scott MedinaOctober 22, 2018

8.5

Evership – Evership II (Album Review)

First things first: you need to check out Evership. For those of you who love the classic sounds of the prog greats from the ’70’s,…

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By John KokelOctober 19, 2018

8.3

Iamthemorning – Ocean Sounds (Film Review)

Largely, music falls into a spectrum. At one end, we find music which is “musician’s music.” At the other, we find music which is easily…

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By Alan CoxOctober 18, 2018

7.8

Impelliteri – The Nature Of The Beast (Album Review)

Remember the glory days of metal when a heavy riffing, distorted guitar was WAAAAY up front in the mix? The days when speed kings like…

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By John KokelOctober 11, 2018

9.5

Seventh Wonder – Tiara (Album Review)

October brings big news for the progressive power metal world, in the form of the fifth album from Seventh Wonder, dubbed “Tiara.” Even better news…

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By Rodrigo AltafOctober 5, 2018

8.0

Fifth Angel – The Third Secret (Album Review)

Music fans have heard this story countless times: a talented hard rock band formed in the second part of the 80’s, whose rise to the…

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By Kris McCoyOctober 5, 2018

9.3

Rikard Sjöblom’s Gungfly – Friendship (Album Review)

Remember that summer when you were 10 years old and those few friends that meant everything to you? Whatever happened to them? That question serves…

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By Gonzalo PozoOctober 4, 2018

8.8

Behemoth – I Loved You At Your Darkest (Album Review)

Four lengthy courses has the earth made around our Sun since the last Behemoth record, the none-too-subtle indictment “The Satanist,” was loosed upon us. That…

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By Jonathan SmithOctober 2, 2018

8.6

Ethernity – The Human Race Extinction (Album Review)

Extinction by industrialization and progression. One curious tendency that has developed within progressive-tinged power metal circles over the past 10 or so years has been…

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By Nick AndreasOctober 1, 2018

9.3

Haken – Vector (Album Review)

Has anyone else noticed the trend whereby movie promos use the same sound effect, on repeat, for the duration of an advertisement? That was my…

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By Scott MedinaSeptember 28, 2018

8.5

Greta Van Fleet – Anthem of the Peaceful Army (Album Review)

Classic Rock was often heralded in by bands whose members were in their early 20’s or even late teens at the time. So it should…

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By Jonathan SmithSeptember 27, 2018

8.0

Aborted – TerrorVision (Album Review)

In a world of endless monstrosities. Otherworldly imagery has been the stock and trade of death metal for about as long as the sub-genre has…

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By John KokelSeptember 25, 2018

7.8

Black Paisley – Perennials (Album Review)

Imagine, for a moment, that Tom Petty’s commercially successful 1994 album Wildflowers started not with the title track, but rather, with something like, say, “Holy…

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By Scott MedinaSeptember 24, 2018

8.5

Damanek – In Flight (Album Review)

Take a trip around the world via a magic prog carpet ride, courtesy of Guy Manning and his fine ensemble Damanek. The majority of the…

<img width="351" height="185" src="https://www.sonicperspectives.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/eric-peterson-featured-351x185.jpg" class="image wp-post-image" alt="" title="Dragonlord – Dominion (Album Review)" />

By Gonzalo PozoSeptember 18, 2018

8.4

Dragonlord – Dominion (Album Review)

At last, the throwback/retro craze that gained traction in the pop world several years ago with Adele and trickled its way into the prog sphere…

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