ALBUM REVIEWS
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These lions rock with pure horsepower. It could be said that any musical endeavor lives and dies by the vision of its principal composer, but…
Moonspell have made a career out of defying the trajectory most gothic metal bands end up on. Where others either calcify into self-parody or drift…
A new slab of metal bursts out of the cocoon. Among the pivotal bands that shaped the European power metal sound in the 2000s, Masterplan…
Savatage is one of those rare bands that has had more than one classic lineup, and in their case, the first of them was mostly…
The metal legion is the law Of the many metal legacies that were spawned in the genre’s 80s heyday, few can hope to compete with…
It’s an intergalactic endeavor The marriage of metal and symphonic music has come a long way since Celtic Frost’s Into The Pandemonium set the blueprint…
A symmetrical weave of sounds emerges. Nothing answers the test of time as effectively as longevity, and now with 15 full-length studio albums under their…
Aurora is the third consecutive Yes album produced by Steve Howe — following The Quest and Mirror to the Sky — and it sounds like…
More often than not, those artists who truly push the envelope and come up with something new to offer are not to be found at…
The silence has been broken. Progression is arguably the natural tendency of all things, but for a musical movement that traces its roots back to…
American prog rock/metal troupe Advent Horizon have been going strong for about 15 years. While 2012’s Immured and 2015’s Stagehound rightly earned positive feedback, it…
If you haven’t checked out Italian prog rock band Karmamoi yet, their 7th album, Eternal Mistake, is your opportunity. Taking inspiration from bands like latter-day…
Total destruction is at hand. Venom is a name that is often cited as the prime mover in metal’s move from its heavy rock roots…
This hits harder than the regular moon Nostalgia has proven a highly potent force in rock music of late, with the likes of Greta Van…
Shred majesty that could melt steel Though now a bygone era, one can’t help but hear the echoes of a brilliant up-and-comer from Greece landing…
A bleak future begets the perfect swansong Death metal has never been a medium to shy away from the real-world ramifications of its namesake. One…
Crank those decibels, baby! Many a hard rock icon seemed destined to underground cult status due to the changing musical tides of the early 90s,…
The beauty and torment of discontentment Progressive rock and metal can thrive in a vast multiplicity of contexts, but arguably the most difficult one for…
Techdeath fans bemoaned the fifteen-year gap between Cynic’s first two albums almost as restlessly as they’re doing to the third Necrophagist album that may never…
American black metal has been in a rather mediocre state lately. Homogenized and boring seems to be the order of the day. With that, however,…
The final enlightenment has come. All good things must come to an end, and while the span of 10 years might seem a fairly short…
Auditory esotericism finds a revival. If recent trends in popular culture have taught anything, it is that safeness and predictability remain the order of the…
That signature groove just keeps on raging. For those who had an ear for metal during the 90s, particularly on the western side of the…
Green Carnation is a band hellbent on making up for lost time. With nearly a decade and a half between their fifth and sixth albums,…
Another ghostly castle touches the crimson sky. Stalwart 70s hard rock meets 80s metal maestro and wizard of the 6-string, Axel Rudi Pell, has proven…
The relatively small niche category of Christian prog rock gained a significant addition these past couple of years with EchoVerse, a mighty quartet that is…
The mighty metallic giant returns. Much like the Old Testament figures contained within their namesake, Exodus is a historically significant institution that has seen its…
British quartet Godsticks have been a major part of the modern heavy/crossover prog rock scene since they first emerged nearly 20 years ago. With their…
Welcome to pure sonic oblivion. With just over 25 years now in the rearview, or more than 30 if counting their formative years in the…
Another monstrous reinvention emerges. Though perhaps best known as the band that originally put Cannibal Corpse front man George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher on the map and…
It is funny to think of Black Swan as a new project when in reality, their debut was in early 2020, just before the world…
This is the opposite of fading away. Experience is arguably the most valuable tool in any artist’s arsenal, and in the specific case of veteran…
Surprise, surprise, surprise. After a pause of 4 years, made a bit longer due to a little band known as Dream Theater, NMB prove themselves…
Long live the new flesh! It is sometimes stipulated that concise songwriting and progressive stylings are opposites, but whoever proposed such a dichotomy likely never…
As a primary member of Arena and Pendragon, keyboardist/composer Clive Nolan has been an instrumental force in neo-prog for over 40 years. That said, even…
A band’s evolution has seldom felt so right. After 15 albums over a 30-year timeframe, Big Big Train’s twists and turns have resulted in a…
