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!
Somewhere in between Steven Wilson and Suzanne Vega resides a hidden gem of the rock world: Jane Getter. A little bit jazz, a little prog,…
A new blackened epic is unveiled. Expectations are often the sworn enemy of any union of known quantities, or super groups to use the common…
There are long-awaited albums, and then there are long-time-coming albums. Jimmy Keegan’s first solo album qualifies on both accounts. Teased for years, including a crowdfunding…
Call them black metal, call them progressive metal, call them whatever you want. But under no pretenses may you call the long-running Norwegian quintet known…
For those new to Syncatto, it is the solo project of guitar wunderkind, Charlie Robbins. Charlie is a YouTube sensation and a guitarist in the equally…
The bad news is that Fates Warning is indefinitely dormant, if not dead entirely. The good news is that this has allowed the group’s key…
For more than three decades, Ihsahn has made himself known as black metal’s indomitable maverick, a creative force so powerful that he has single-handedly reshaped…
Big Big Train has made many stops along its journey over the past decade, with musicians coming and going more often than a band like…
Are you sitting comfortably? Then let’s embark on a tale of smoke, big tops, and sea creatures. Steve Hackett’s been on an incredible roll over…
It’s been about 8 years since Gavin Harrison manned the drum stool for The Pineapple Thief and helped Bruce Soord’s band reach a new high-water…
Sometimes you need to dig deep to find unexpected gems. For fans of classic rock stemming from the heyday of the 70s (think Zep, Blue…
Caligula’s Horse have spent the last decade determinedly climbing their way to the apex of the progressive music scene, and there are few acts whose…
Saxon’s latest offering, “Hell, Fire and Damnation” marks the legendary band’s 24th studio album and a powerful return to their roots in British Heavy Metal.…
“Spectra and Obsession” is the greatest album you’ve never heard of. It’s buried deep in the underground – although recently unearthed by a Discord server…
Less than half a year after “The Dreamer: Joseph Part One” was released, Neal Morse is unveiling the concluding Part Two, titled “The Restoration”. Morse…
Onward to towers afar. Though legends tend to emerge from a lofty landscape on the wings of a bard’s melody, it is more the exception…
An Artillery-esque riff kicks off “Martyr”, the third full-length of Luxembourg’s Scarlet Anger. After a hiatus of six years, they return with seven songs. That’s…
What does this stuff mean? Plunged deep into the nightmare now, the ‘Disharmonium’ series continues to haunt with this second offering. There’s still the fascinating…
The criminally overlooked Andorran tech-death outfit Persefone has had a bad stroke of luck since they unveiled their fantastic “Metanoia” album in 2022. This culminated…
A harrowing eclipse darkens the sea of blood. Success is as sure of a way to test a band’s mettle than any level of adversity,…
There’s a hole in society’s tortured heart. Few bands can boast the long-term cohesion that has been enjoyed by Italian power/prog extraordinaire outfit Eldritch, both…
A somber nod to the old Stockholm sound. Vengeance is said to be a dish best served cold, but an equal case could be made…
By sonic ritual, the original ghoulish rebirth is codified. Death metal is a force within the broader metal universe that’s existence is often taken for…
It’s been over a decade since New Jersey-based progressive rock quintet The Twenty Committee released their highly impressive debut LP, “A Lifeblood Psalm.” Although influences…
Non Est Deus’ fourth album, “Legacy,” delivers modern black metal that is geared toward mainstream audiences. As such, it proves a fairly accessible offering to…
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Thirty years later, Paradise Lost’s “Icon” has more than proved that it is indeed a timeless masterpiece. Thus, Paradise Lost chose to celebrate and reclaim…
New horizons abound. Coloring outside the lines has been something of a regular practice for drummer and Montour Falls, New York native Jeff Plate, having…
Winter has come again. Following in the grand symphonic tradition laid out by Rhapsody Of Fire, Dark Moor, Fairyland and several other prime movers of…
Let the spirit take you higher. For about as long as the revival of traditional heavy metal has been raging, there have been a select…
Of all the nascent metal scenes to crop up in recent years in nations with historically sparse representation, the one that has been brewing in…
By controversy, mystique arises. Black metal’s highly ideological underpinnings have, for right or wrong, made it one of the most parochial scenes within the metal…
Cliche or not, the phrase “Necessity is the mother of invention” is inevitable when describing Randy McStine’s new EP “Unintentional”. The original material herein was…
Hailing from Sweden, Moon Safari have been wowing audiences for nearly 20 years, yet still feels like one of prog’s best-kept secrets. That’s partly due…
Call them Magenta of a slightly different hue. Cyan is Rob Reed’s earliest band, tracing back to his school days as he came of age…
For those fortunate enough to bear witness to Mike Portnoy’s Shattered Fortress band live, as they performed Dream Theater’s “Twelve-Step Suite” live, it was evident…