ALBUM REVIEWS
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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, 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…
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…
If I told you that The Devil Wears Prada, after their latest album “The Act”, would go back to their metalcore roots and create a…
What pumpkins have united, let none tear asunder. For those with any degree of familiarity with power metal, whether it is the European variant alone…
Andre’ Linman is sorry. Sorry for the lack of rehearsal. Sorry that the crowd size is limited by the pandemic quarantine. Sorry they played two…
No bungling to be found here. If Conan the Cimmerian’s life quest was to solve the riddle of steel, then the equivalent endeavor of the…
June 11 sees the release of the much anticipated debut of Mammoth WVH. The band is obviously comprised of one single element, Wolfgang Van Halen…
Over fifty years after the British Invasion, American progressive rock bands are still relatively few and far between compared to those hailing from other shores.…
Hell has officially boiled over. If there was one criticism of the thrash metal revival of the 2000s that continues to recur in both polite…
Any review of new music from Styx must first deal with the inevitable reality that Dennis DeYoung is gone. He’s left the building. And he’s…
Thrash permeates the unrelenting blackness. There is something to be said for subtlety when it comes to extreme metal and the sense of horror it…
Rise Against been at the forefront of the mainstream punk rock scene for the better part of two decades, rocketing to fame following breakout album…
A thunder clap before the mighty storm arrives. It is difficult to carry on even the shortest of conversations regarding power metal’s symphonic sub-style without…
The infernal casino is a heavy place. Sometimes old dogs like to revert back to old tricks, though in the case of Grave Digger front…
In the great mixing pot of early-2000s heavy music emerged Atreyu, borrowing from metal, punk, and even pop for a sound that was both unyieldingly…
Orcs arise from the decrepit depths. Popular fascination tends to follow bands that match a consistent yet novel style with a common lyrical trope. However,…
The American stoner rock and metal scene has grown from an amorphous mist to something of a prolific beast, roping in influences from doom and…
The coven summons a formidable frost. One could view the past year as lost time, as a bleak era where live music was few and…
Blackened flames scorch the sky. The U.S. black metal scene has long been the Rodney Dangerfield of its adopted sub-genre; it gets virtually no respect…
After delivering the critically acclaimed “The Day is Done” in 2018, the Italian prog rock trio Karmamoi is set to release its fifth album entitled “Room 101” on May 28th, 2021.…
Lost treasures come to light. Over the past decade the metal scene has been fairly preoccupied with getting back to the good old days, which…
The sea runs red amidst the debris. Few shadows cast as wide as that of a former member of the fold exiting and going on…
Synthwave artist James “Perturbator” Kent has been making waves in the electronic music scene for the better part of a decade, the momentum from his…
A grand metal traditional continues on. Though it may seem like a relic from a bygone era, the practice of putting out various artist compilations…
White Moth Black Butterfly (WMBB) classify themselves as a “contemporary pop project with progressive and experimental music at its heart”. A very appropriate categorization of…
A year of lockdowns and isolation is bound to lead towards innovation, especially for artists who are used to playing live gigs and traveling the…
Horror tropes delivered with kinetic precision. The thrash metal revival often dubbed the NWOTM has been chugging along for almost 20 years now, and is…
When it comes to impressive resumes in the world of guitar, Jeff Kollman is right up there with the best of them. Logging time alongside…
The progressive Danish-Sweden quartet known as Vola has deservedly made a name for itself within the progressive scene with the help of its first two albums. In…
The horizons continue to broaden. While the jury is out on whether or not Myles Kennedy is the busiest man in rock at present, he…
The banner continues to fly. Few subjects define the power metal sub-genre as completely as a grand crusade waged by a legion of plate-armor toting…
Innovation is the lifeblood of any art form, without it we wither and die, but there are times when one wonders just how far originality…
With so many naysayers out there declaring that rock is dead and in need of a proper eulogy, one might rightly assume that the world…
The titanic Michigan-based hard rockers Pop Evil have remained active and ambitious, both on tour and with studio albums, since their 2008 debut “Lipstick on…
Thrash reaches 10 on the intricacy scale. Of all the consequential acts to come raging out of the mid-80s thrash metal scene, Artillery was among…
