ALBUM REVIEWS
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Paradise Lost have made a musical career out of doing the unforeseen, while at the same time fronting the British death/doom/gothic metal scene since 1988.…
Not every artist can thank Phil Collins for the inspiration of stepping out from behind the drum kit and giving it a go as a…
Passion never goes out of style, and neither does the brutality of death metal bludgeoned with the relentless speed of thrash metal. The best of…
So let’s get the obvious stuff out of the way first. This wasn’t intended to be a Jellyfish album. It just happens to be a…
The remnants match the main event. Though it may now seem a distant memory, at the close of the last decade it seemed that metal…
The clenched metallic fist of thrash strikes again. Better than 15 years to the day since what is stipulated to be the beginning of old…
The past decade has seen the birth and evolution of so many progressive rock bands that it can be more than a little challenging to…
When one thinks of L.A. Hair Metal, one thinks of Sunset Strip, the Rainbow, the Whiskey-A-Go-Go and all the rest. Swimsuits and champagne in limousine…
Maturity has seldom been as kind to an artist as it has been to Mike Tramp. Having risen to fame with the hard rock of…
We’ve encountered this spaceship before, almost exactly two revolutions around the sun in the past. The space-guys have been on individual missions. But now, We…
On the surface, they exude the arctic confidence and brutal grace of the most practiced melodic death metal bands: one might be inclined to believe…
This is my first exposure to The Wizar’d, and they really make a strong impression. Just check out these stage names and the album artwork!…
Remember the heyday of the early 70s when young, hungry bands would churn out an album every year, even as they were in the midst…
In the shade of death, they sit. This present trend in metal circles of emulating the past has left everyone with minimal expectation of being…
It could be said that Milwaukee-based technical death metal unit Ara is about as fierce of a force as there is in the current metal…
The apocalypse rains down with futuristic precision. A little less than a decade ago a sizable number of blogs and even some larger metal media…
Black metal has always teetered between defiance and surrender to an unforgiving world, a space where spite and anguish blossom in roaring gusts of arctic…
There are ways to put on a live concert recording. And then there are WAYS to put on a live concert recording. Myrath has done…
There are so many death metal groups out there that use the craft of the aural strike to their lead. It is not really something new…
The soothing escapism of blurred pastels and summertime brightness melds effortlessly with the electronic waves of psychedelic textures in “Omens,” the latest album from progressive…
Darkness has a way of welcoming the lost with open arms, the chasms in which shadows and ice make better company than the light. Vermont-based…
They once again make them like they used to. In this present age of miraculous comeback stories, a consequential band from a bygone era getting…
There’s something to be said for the raw emotions embroiled in teenage angst, the purity in youthful anger at the world, the despairing sort that…
Mythology and art have forever been inseparable from the allure of forests, their might and majesty weaving into the tales of humanity’s most fundamental folklore.…
“State of Deception” is a bit of a comeback story, both for the band and its lead singer. Here’s the back story. After studying opera…
Fifth album marks a considerable step of experience in a band career. Hexvessel are not the kind of musical entity that evolved thru giant steps…
It’s far too easy too look at the ethereal feats of instrumental bands and credit them as merely cinematic indulgences, a soundtrack to some lost…
Progressive rock encompasses many varying flavors and styles, and at times can be a handy catch-all phrase. When it comes to MFTJ, an inventive duo…
An oath sealed in the grand arena. Old tricks are usually the best tricks, or at least that’s about how General Munro saw things when…
People are defined by how they react to the challenges of life, and for bands that face the splintering of all they have known, their…
In case you are unfamiliar, High Priestess is a psychedelic doom trio from Los Angeles convoking crushing riffs drenched with lush harmonies and hypnotic eastern…
Historians say that the Vikings once made their way down the Rhine, seeking out riches and new lands to plunder after having taken their fill…
Much has been said about the precision of German metal bands – Accept, Rage, Helloween, Running Wild, all seem to release one top-of-the-shelf album after…
Change does not necessitate sacrifice, something that has been proven by American death metal mainstays The Black Dahlia Murder in their most diverse album yet.…
To run a losing race with destiny. Death is, by nature, a depressing concept that lends itself well to the slow, sludgy world where the…
Sometimes, being too lucky can be a curse. I’ve only been writing reviews for publication for a short time, but I’ve already had the chance…
