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!
They dialed “B” for bastard! For the better part of 2 years the live music scene has continued to reel from the catastrophic economic impact…
Deception begets innovation. Breaking new ground is a joy shared by artists and undertakers alike, and though it would seem that every twist and turn…
Tempered steel and modern bombast unite. Few bands can boast the level of prolific output and the ambitious work ethic exhibited by Temperance, a band…
Hey listener, let me quickly take you down memory lane. It’s 2010, Volumes drops their debut EP “The Concept of Dreaming”, and you discover the…
After rumbling the symphonic death metal realms with their roaring and sweeping sophomore album, Aephanemer is back with a new record that proves that the impressive…
All things begin in simplicity. Open-ended subjects and highly generalized concepts have been the forte of a subset of melodic death metal that rose out…
The banner of discontent flies high. Long breaks in output can often signal a career that is winding down, but nothing could be further from…
An epic journey to greater congruity unfolds. Far from being a one-trick pony, melodic death metal has proven a high diverse sub-genre and veritable movement…
A new flame sets the north ablaze. A veritable force of nature was born in the closing years of the 2010s in NorthTale, a formidable…
Hey you, yeah you, drifter, vagabond, whatever you like to call yourself, you wandering soul. Come sit with us by the campfire as we explore…
The abyss stares back. Every movement has a forerunner, an influential figure of sorts that isn’t necessarily part of what comes later, but provides the…
Gizmodrome is one of those super-groups that appears to be destined to leave the fans wanting more – not due to the quality of the…
Heathen warriors with blackened hearts arise. Somewhere between the crackling, low fidelity, orthodox cult of black metal’s Northern European reign in the early to mid-1990s…
Whether or not you’re a fan of Bullet For My Valentine, it’s hard to deny that over the nearly 25 years that the band has…
We are usually encouraged to do most of the relevant actions that we carry out with creativity and innovation. However, achieving it requires an effort…
A darker symphony looms. There are many forces in the metal market that can spur innovation, and scene saturation is arguably the most potent of…
It’s been over four years, but DED have finally released their sophomore album “School of Thought” on the 15th of October. Whilst the majority of…
Dark introspections lead to nuanced creations. It is all but inevitable that with the passage of time a given style subset within music will become…
Vintage Sci-Fi meets the current decade. There is having an established formula, there is elevating gimmickry to the level of an art form, and then…
The tomorrow that arrives in yesterday’s attire. Whoever said that a tiger never changes his stripes has never encountered the Cincinnati-born metalcore turned modern rock…
The game will never end. The chaotic state of the world might be likened to a raging storm cloud above the heads of all humanity,…
A little extra time may come in handy to finish a project or even start a new one. For Ross Jennings, a pandemic-enforced break from…
Joe Bonamassa has been on a terror since he burst onto the scene in 2000 with his debut record, “A New Day Yesterday.” Twenty years…
Another twisted symphony has been conjured. Theatricality has long been tied to the metal scene, and while many have proven apt to refine and expand…
The title of Dream Theater’s most recent studio album has proven premonitory. Although the album was released in 2019, we have certainly experienced some “Distance…
The symbol of perseverance endures. Getting back to business as usual seems an epic struggle even after nearly 20 months of craziness, with fond memories…
What do you get when you cross 5 talented musicians with 12 huge tracks and a beautiful accompanying visual theme? You get “Coma”, a stunning…
As 2021 prepares to curl up into itself like the equally unwanted demonic Bald Mountain of Fantasia, the Iberian Machine known as the Lords of…
The revolving door still turns out a classic. It seems as if only yesterday that the mighty, guitar-oriented 80s heavy metal train that was Alcatrazz…
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes burst onto the English punk rock scene in 2015 with debut album “Blossoms,” headed by the energetic and confrontational front-man…
The Lovecraftian aesthetic enjoys a ravaging resurgence. The death metal subgenre has always carried a rather blatant kinship with the works of H.P. Lovecraft; all…
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Papa Emeritus, it’s confession time. I confess that, until a couple of months ago, I had never heard GHOST. Seriously. I do not lie. Hold…
A multiplicity of expressions emerges. Necessity can often be the catalyst of creativity, and for many artists that have been condemned to a state of…
Heavyweight metallers Trivium knocked fans off their feet with the formidable 2020 release “What The Dead Men Say.” With a glowing review and the number…
Some bands are worth searching out. If Three Colours Dark’s latest release wasn’t on your radar – nor their debut album in 2020 – it…
