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!
Not since Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson collaborated on their semi-eponymous Alan Parsons Project has there been a more ambitious concept rock project than Arjen…
The Blue Nowhere is a triumphant return that further cements Between the Buried and Me as the masters of this style while also confirming that they’re well-equipped to continue as a quartet if that’s what they’re intending
The Blue Nowhere is a triumphant return that further cements Between the Buried and Me as the masters of this style while also confirming that they’re well-equipped to continue as a quartet if that’s what they’re intending
The Blue Nowhere is a triumphant return that further cements Between the Buried and Me as the masters of this style while also confirming that they’re well-equipped to continue as a quartet if that’s what they’re intending
“The Circle,” the opening track from the Amorphis album Borderland, greets listeners with Tomi Koivusarri’s clean, saturated guitar textures awash with delay to evoke a…
Six times the hex. For a decade, the all-female troupe of old school revivalists with a penchant for modern aggression dubbed Burning Witches have been…
Dragon boats breathe fire upon the lands. Getting the job done can mean several different things in the context of crafting quality death metal, be…
One common complaint I often hear leveled at the progressive rock genre is that there isn’t much originality anymore and that many artists’ releases sound…
Harbinger of the apocalypse. Since its mid-80s rise to prominence, the San Francisco Bay Area has staked its claim as the original masters of thrash…
Fifty years ago, a band came out of Weirton, West Virginia (where?!?!?!?!) with an album that was an instant classic. Crack the Sky’s self-titled debut mixed…
Addicted to the Violence is the third record from the helm of System of a Down guitarist and vocalist Daron Malakian in tandem with his…
Norwegian Viking/black metal icons Helheim are back with their 12th studio album — a groundbreaking effort that sees the band venture into uncharted territory by…
One of the most persistent myths tied to progressive metal is the notion that a truly unique expression of the subgenre necessarily comes at the…
With 2023’s conceptual The Approbation, Avkrvst instantly revealed themselves as one of today’s most promising new Norwegian prog rock bands. In fact, we championed it…
A vintage soundtrack fit for a tyrant’s funeral For those not living under a rock, the resurgence of thrash metal as a force in the…
“Music holds the secret, to know it can make you whole. It’s not just a game of notes, it’s the sounds inside your soul.” When…
For all of the misgivings that exist around what black metal is (some of which are perpetuated by members of the genre themselves) it is…
Norway’s Gaahls Wyrd returns just in time to blacken your summer with the heartfelt Braiding the Stories. Picking up with 2019’s Gastir – Ghost’s Invited…
I didn’t expect to enjoy an album that went out of its way to incorporate so many of the traits that made much 80s music…
Charlie Robbins, the virtuoso behind Syncatto, returns with Memento, a bold, intricate, and emotionally resonant instrumental journey. Known for his seamless fusion of progressive metal,…
Pennsylvania’s Rivers of Nihil have only been around for about fifteen years, and they’ve released only a handful of albums; however, they’ve already proven to…
It takes a bold band to start off an album with an 18-minute epic. Make no mistake, Magic Pie is audacious. Its new album, Maestro,…
The beast stomps forth yet again. Behemoth has long been an exemplar of innovation, not only insofar as the Polish extreme metal scene is concerned,…
A golden crown rests above a blackened brow. Stylistic evolution can take many forms and occur at varying paces, but it only ever proves successful…
American extreme metal experimentalists Kardashev have enjoyed over a decade of recognition now for their complex, ever-shifting sound, with each release being notably distinctive from…
The downtrodden shall ascend. Although a relatively recent phenomenon in the grand scheme of both hardcore and metal, metalcore has become an all too familiar…
It is said that all good things come to an end, but those who speak such things would do well to mind the skull lurking…
The sonic floodgate has opened. After more than 30 years of prominence within the metal circle, one would think that just about every nook and…
The world turns upside down. Though often overshadowed by fellow British death metal titans Bolt Thrower and Benediction, Telford’s own Cancer were a force to…
About three years ago, your intrepid reporter/reviewer had the temerity and good foresight to name Ghost’s Impera the Album of the Year for 2022. Every…
Following our review of the excellent Neal Morse & The Resonance album several months ago, perhaps we could call this Part 2 of Morse’s report…
Singularity is a double-edged sword. Immediately identifiable bands are a scarce commodity that carry an unwelcome burden: dedicated fans who decry any deviation from the…
All good things come to an end. Ever since the explosive display of power metal intrigue with a folksy gloss that was 2014’s The Pagan…
Aspiring to ever greater heights. As surely as the sun rising in the East, the prospect of a new studio offering from Dutch symphonic metal…
See if you can follow along with this series of cause and effect: With the future of The Winery Dogs uncertain in the wake of…
A crimson dusk consumes the tapestry of the Great War. Call it nostalgia, but there was something truly spellbinding about the early strides towards extreme…
