ALBUM REVIEWS
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Scar of the Sun – Inertia (Album Review)
Scar of the Sun, the 5-piece metal outfit from Athens, Greece, dropped their third full-length album, “Inertia” last May. Fans were teased to the new…
Mordred – The Dark Parade (Album Review)
They continue marching to the beat of a different drum. Popular culture has an unfortunate tendency of giving too much credit to the present when…
Urne – Serpent and Spirit (Album Review)
Watch out, prog-metal aficionados, there’s a new kid in town. The London-based trio Urne have made their intentions loud and clear with their debut album…
Chalice of Sin – Chalice of Sin (Album Review)
To drink from the cup of memories. Frontiers Records may bill itself as the foremost label in melodic rock, but a more descriptive title for…
Ghost Iris – Comatose (Album Review)
I am brutally ashamed to say that Ghost Iris didn’t come across my radar until I was given the opportunity to review their latest album.…
Times of Grace – Songs of Loss and Separation (Album Review)
Jesse Leach holds the odd distinction of replacing the guy who replaced him. Unlike Blaze Bayley and Ripper Owens, though, a huge swath of Killswitch…
Katastro – Sucker (Album Review)
Larger-than-life vibes, summery anthems, and enough reggae beats to keep your hip uncle dancing like the life-loving goofball that he is. This is how I…
Beartooth – Below (Album Review)
Some bands can struggle to sit comfortably in that area where one can be insanely heavy, but contagiously catchy at the same time. Beartooth is…
Powerwolf – Call of the Wild (Album Review)
Powerwolf returns with new scriptures under their habit to preach them to their loyal horde of followers. The content of their latest psalms leads them to…
Big Big Train – Common Ground (Album Review)
When UK Prog Rockers Big Big Train released their last album “Grand Tour” in 2019, they had their sights set on international exploration, if not…
Born of Osiris – Angel or Alien (Album Review)
Artists like Born of Osiris don’t come around often. When they do, it’s hard to stay as energetic and relevant as when they first became…
Crowne – Kings In The North (Album Review)
What the heck is going on in Sweden? Something with the water? A strange variant of the pandemic? A weird batch of lutefisk? None of…
Buckcherry – Hellbound (Album Review)
The anatomy of a throwback realized. Twenty-five years may be a long run for any band living the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle, yet it seems…
Wizardthrone – Hypercube Necrodimensions (Album Review)
Someone enthusiastically hands you a cup filled with dark liquid, a mixture so potent your eyes burn as you bring it to your lips. You…
Interloper – Search Party (Album Review)
Although the first taste of Interloper dates back to 2018, the trio continued to tease their projects yet to come over a number of years,…
At The Gates – The Nightmare Of Being (Album Review)
The paradox of universal hatred unfolds. Phrases like meteoric rise and from out of nowhere tend to be thrown around a bit too often of…
Lord Of The Lost – Judas (Album Review)
If one were to search for a modern-day Midas amidst the metal mythos, they need look no further than Chris “Lord” Harms. Though rather than…
Entierro – El Camazotz (EP Review)
Five sacrifices to the queen of bats. There is a mystique about the early days of heavy metal, a sort of post-psychedelic magic that makes…
Domkraft – Seeds (Album Review)
The seeds of interstellar sludge have been planted. The roots of sludge metal may well be tied to The Melvins and the Pacific Northwest in…
Scale the Summit – Subjects (Album Review)
Several years ago on Dream Theater’s Progressive Nation tour, I saw Scale the Summit for the first time. Despite their youth at the time, I was…
The McBroom Sisters – Black Floyd (Album Review)
“Oh by the way, which one’s Pink?” With the volume of Floyd tribute albums that are continually released over the years, it can be hard…
Midgar – Unity (Album Review)
“Unity”, what a suitable name for Midgar’s latest release. For Andy Wilson-Taylor, the sole member of this cinematic rock band, it sounds like absolutely everything…
Sunrise – Equilibria (Album Review)
A triumphant throwback arises. When someone drops a name like Stratovarius or Sonata Arctica in familiar conversation regarding European power metal, it’s a foregone conclusion…
While She Sleeps – Sleeps Society (Album Review)
It’s one thing for a band to post a tweet or write a song that mentions the gratitude they hold for their fans. It’s an…
Orecus – The Obliterationist (Album Review)
Okay, seriously, what the hell is in the water in Sweden? I have one idea… thall. Death metal bands from the Scandinavian country seem to…
Light The Torch – You Will Be the Death of Me (Album Review)
Once known as Devil You Know, the recently rebranded powerhouse Light The Torch come forward with the second album under this name, “You Will Be…
Devin Townsend – Devolution Series 2: Galactic Quarantine (Album Review)
Devin Townsend gives mind-blowing performances as casually as I fart, and if it weren’t for his disarming humility, ridiculous sense of humor, and legit genius…
Timo Tolkki’s Avalon – The Enigma Birth (Album Review)
The power metal renaissance continues. There is definitely strength in numbers; as if the ongoing success of Tobias Sammet’s Avantasia and the wide array of…
Marianas Rest – Fata Morgana (Album Review)
Hey you, do you ever wonder what it feels like to float endlessly in a starless sky when the northern lights are at their brightest?…
The Cyberiam – Connected (Album Review)
Chicago is establishing itself as a home for quality modern progressive rock, with The Cyberiam becoming one of the primary players. This quartet wields extremely…
Go Ahead And Die – Go Ahead And Die (Album Review)
The passing of the torch from one generation to the next is necessary to keep any craft alive, though in certain specific cases, a father…
Syncatto – A Place To Breathe (Album Review)
“A Place to Breathe” is the latest release from Syncatto, a (primarily) solo project of Artificial Language guitarist, Charlie Robbins. Charlie has a very distinctive…
Heavy Temple – Lupi Amoris (Album Review)
Bring your tie-dyes to the pilgrimage. There is nothing like getting a chance to root for the home team, especially given that the City of…
Fear Factory – Aggression Continuum (Album Review)
Break free of the dystopian prison. The industrial metal icons Fear Factory have been no strangers to chaos over the years, not solely as a…
Abiotic – Ikigai (Album Review)
Abiotic, the 5-piece destructive force from Florida, has delivered another devastating blow to the realm of heavy music. Their new full length record, “Ikigai” is…
Sojourner – Perennial (EP Review)
It hasn’t been long since we last heard from Sojourner. It feels like only yesterday that we were blessed with “Premonitions”. That exquisite blend of…