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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 Jonathan SmithAugust 15, 2018

7.3

Into Eternity – The Sirens (Album Review)

The long journey back from the seas of oblivion. The ancient proverb of it being impossible to step upon the same river twice, originally accredited…

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By John KokelAugust 14, 2018

8.0

Airrace – Untold Stories (Album Review)

Some perceptive individuals enter the realm of university academia and realize how it is largely an echo-chamber of self-indulgent silliness. There are few examples of…

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By John KokelAugust 10, 2018

5.8

Doro – Forever Warriors, Forever United (Album Review)

Physical Graffiti. Snow. The Astonishing. Quadrophenia. The White Album. The Wall. The Book of Souls. Pretty much every Ayreon release ever. What all of these…

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By Gonzalo PozoAugust 8, 2018

8.3

A Dying Planet – Facing The Incurable (Album Review)

Troy and Jasun Tipton gained notice in the prog-metal world some twenty years ago as the driving force behind the Bay Area quartet Zero Hour,…

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By Nick MatzukisAugust 7, 2018

8.0

The Magpie Salute – High Water I (Album Review)

After the acrimonious split with his brother and Black Crowes band-mates, Rich Robinson has made a point of keeping the spirit of Black Crowes alive.…

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By Austin KokelAugust 6, 2018

8.5

Semantic Saturation – Paradigms (Album Review)

Think about how it feels when a musician leaves one of your favorite bands, or even worse, most of the band packs up and quits,…

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By John KokelAugust 3, 2018

8.3

Halcyon Way – Bloody But Unbowed (Album Review)

Atlanta. Known to those of us fortunate to live there as “Atlanna.” Known for the Braves, the 1996 Summer Olympics, the Coke Museum, a great…

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By Alan CoxJuly 30, 2018

7.4

Primal Fear – Apocalypse (Album Review)

On August 10th, German power metal outfit Primal Fear will deliver Apocalypse, the band’s 12th studio album released over its two decades of existence. The…

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By Rick AtkinsonJuly 28, 2018

9.0

Plini – Sunhead (EP Review)

Australian instrumental guitarist Plini came out of nowhere in the past couple years fueled by comments from Steve Vai that with Plini, he “felt that…

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By Rodrigo AltafJuly 26, 2018

7.0

City Of The Weak – Pulling Teeth (Album Review)

When the word “pop” is mentioned in any conversation these days, the forty-year-old me still thinks of some great artists of the genre that dominated…

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By Scott MedinaJuly 25, 2018

9.3

Southern Empire – Civilisation (Album Review)

Sophomore albums often encounter the challenge of living up to their predecessor, but in some cases they actually surpass the debut. Such is the case…

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By Gonzalo PozoJuly 24, 2018

9.0

Redemption – Long Night’s Journey Into Day (Album Review)

For all its intellect and adrenaline, metal is not generally known for being music’s most emotionally moving genre. While many prog fans would certainly point…

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By Jonathan SmithJuly 23, 2018

8.1

Ultra-Violence – Operation Misdirection (Album Review)

Setting heads a-banging to the Ludovico technique. Though often pigeonholed as a gimmicky metal expression obsessed with pizza and beer, thrash metal is as versatile…

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By Rodrigo AltafJuly 21, 2018

7.5

Dee Snider – For the Love of Metal (Album Review)

For many of us, it seems like it was yesterday that Twisted Sister decided to hang up their boots, but it’s been almost two years…

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By Jonathan SmithJuly 17, 2018

8.5

Powerwolf – The Sacrament Of Sin (Album Review)

The dark liturgy of the Lycanthrope continues… The legendary creatures associated with classic horror cinema tend to have a common root in the land spanning…

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