Bad Wolves – N.A.T.I.O.N. (Album Review)
One of the newest names to the scene, Bad Wolves returns this year as supporting act for titans Five Finger Death Punch on their fall…
Pretty Maids – Undress Your Madness (Album Review)
For nearly 40 years, Denmark’s Pretty Maids have been one of the most consistent hard rock bands on the planet. Sure, not every album is…
Ray Alder – What The Water Wants (Album Review)
It’s worth repeating that one needn’t unearth one’s own internal anguish in order to effectively express the complexity of human existence. Though many (validly) argue…
The Tea Club – If/When (Album Review)
It’s not everyday that one discovers a band for the first time, only to find out they’re already five albums into the game. Even rarer…
The Scourge – Warrant for Execution (Album Review)
Born in 2012, The Scourge – featuring Helstar members Andrew Atwood (vocals/guitars) and Garrick Smith (bass) – released the debut EP “First Comes Destruction” in 2014.…
Alter Bridge – Walk The Sky (Album Review)
Triumphant hymns tread the distant skyline. There is a common sentiment these days that hard rock has become a passé mode of expression, having been…
Turilli/Lione Rhapsody – Zero Gravity [Rebirth And Evolution] (Album Review)
Familiar sounds under a new moniker. A sort of musical mitosis has been running rampant in power metal circles over the past decade or so,…
Tom Keifer – Rise (Album Review)
An iconic voice of the past reemerges. Whenever a veteran of the rock or metal world makes a long awaited comeback to the studio, this…
Andy Gillion – Neverafter (Album Review)
Mors Principium Est guitarist/master musician Andy Gillion has always been such a brilliant musician and songwriter, so when the announcement came for his solo release…
Eclipse – Paradigm (Album Review)
Approaching a milestone twentieth anniversary as a band, Eclipse is commemorating the occasion with the release of a very solid new album, entitled “Paradigm.” The…
Exmortus – Legions Of The Undead (EP Review)
To truly appreciate the splendor of Exmortus’ latest EP, one must abandon any prior conceptions of what it means to shred and surrender themselves fully…
Alcest – Spiritual Instinct (Album Review)
Its been just over three years since French blackened shoegaze act Alcest presented its fans with the stellar (and throw back) album “Kodama.” Though the…
Lacuna Coil – Black Anima (Album Review)
Withering flowers meet a pummeling colossus. As one of the early Gothic metal bands to emerge out of the early aftermath of the mid-90s death/doom…
Kadavar – For The Dead Travel Fast (Album Review)
From the rafters of Dracula’s castle descends “For The Dead Travel Fast,” the latest installment in the growing discography of doom rock band Kadavar, a…
Wind Rose – Wintersaga (Album Review)
Onward to the misty mountains cold! The background regarding Italy’s latest purveyor of Folksy power metal exploits set to a Tolkien lyrical gloss Wind Rose…
