Magnolia Bayou – Strange Place (Album Review)
We got those Mississippi blues. The rise and fall of musical trends could be likened to the tides of a mighty ocean, with certain ascendant…
Vous Autres – Sel De Pierre (Album Review)
Muddying the water between black metal and post metal, French metallers Vous Autres move to further cement their style and entrench place in extreme music…
Gatecloser – From The Wasteland (Album Review)
Metallic vignettes from the dark side. The one downside to an ever-expanding scene is that pushing the envelope and offering up something truly original becomes…
Assignment – Reflections (Album Review)
Progressive futurism begets present greatness. While an unconventional take on things and a thoughtful one on lyrical content have always been the rule in progressive…
The Ocean – Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic (Album Review)
In 2018, the progressive and post-metal band The Ocean released “Phanerozoic I: Palaeozic”, an impressive album that was received with huge critical acclaim and initiated a paleontology concept…
Days Between Stations – Giants (Album Review)
It’s a dilemma that doesn’t pop up often but when it does, it can be vexing: How to distinguish between a musical “duo”, an ever-changing…
Napalm Death – Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism (Album Review)
Where losing becomes winning. It seems that wherein any brand of extreme metal is concerned; all roads seem to lead towards the hardcore scene of…
Plague Years – Circle of Darkness (Album Review)
The plague years have not been kind. The rough, post-industrial landscape of Detroit would seem a fertile breeding ground for the sort of ugly death…
Heathen – Empire Of The Blind (Album Review)
Blinding thrash triumphs with an imperial sense of melody. The revival of old school thrash metal that kicked off soon after the turn of the…
Gazpacho – Fireworker (Album Review)
How can a piece of music hold such beauty and impending dread at the same time? For nearly 20 years, Norwegian sextet Gazpacho have excelled…
Chaosbay – Asylum (Album Review)
During the height of the pandemic caused by the coronavirus known as Covid-19, governments around the world called lockdowns and distinguished between essential and non-essential…
Brick – Done Counting My Scars (Album Review)
A more rustic brand of rocking metal emerges. Some music seeks to move forward, while other purveyors of the art form seek wisdom from the…
Ayreon – Transitus (Album Review)
Insofar as epic double-LP multi-vocalist story-driven progressive rock concept albums are a genre, Arjen Lucassen reigns as the heavyweight champion of the world, at least…
Tomorrow’s Rain – Hollow (Album Review)
Today’s trials beget tomorrow’s tears. While nostalgia is usually viewed as an avenue of escape for a more jovial world than the real one, it…
Demolizer – Thrashmageddon (Album Review)
Teutonic rage arrives in Copenhagen. Whenever a discussion about the glory days of thrash metal comes up, Denmark is not often one of the countries…
