The End Machine – THE END Machine (Album Review)
If college taught me one thing (it didn’t,) it’s to not bury the lead (and not split infinitives). So, I’ll spare you from beating around…
Fallujah – Undying Light (Album Review)
The worst part about being late to a party, at least if you’re a non-social eremite like I am, is having to gauge the vibe,…
Iron Fire – Beyond The Void (Album Review)
Staring into its deadlights… The story of Iron Fire is one of perseverance, as one of Denmark’s two premier millennial power metal exports (the other…
Týr – Hel (Album Review)
The underworld rarely sounds so triumphant. The exploits, or sagas of the Viking age have been a fairly frequent topic of lyrical emulation in the…
Opprobrium – The Fallen Entities (Album Review)
The fall of mankind’s soundtrack. For those uninitiated into the world of the more extreme fringes of 80s thrash metal, where the early signs of…
Candlemass – The Door to Doom (Album Review)
The end finds a new beginning. Though many have come forth to construct their version of the colossal structure of impending woe that is epic…
Overkill – The Wings of War (Album Review)
A common concept between seasoned mountaineers is that the Seven Second Summits – the second-highest mountains of each of the seven continents – are a…
Mark Morton – Anesthetic (Album Review)
There are few challenges like coming out with a debut solo album when your day job is widely known and much loved. There’s really no…
The Mute Gods – Atheists And Believers (Album Review)
Not every bassist has ambitions to forge their own songwriting vehicle, much less form a band and release a trio of engaging and challenging albums.…
Rhapsody Of Fire – The Eighth Mountain (Album Review)
The hero’s eye still beholds the distant horizon. The test of time has generally proven to be an easy pass for the high-impact, fantasy obsessed…
Last In Line – II (Album Review)
For many music fans, or pop culture in general, 2016 has sort of gone down as the year [a lot of] the music died. David…
Queensrÿche – The Verdict (Album Review)
We all have that relative or close friend we want to see succeeding and finding their place in life. For the longest time, Queensrÿche seemed…
Beast In Black – From Hell With Love (Album Review)
The black-clad beast gets a sexier upgrade. The musical journey of Finnish songwriter and arguably ironic innovator Anton Kabanen has been, if nothing else, impossible…
Alpha Rev – Cas.e Sessions – Volume 1 (Album Review)
Friends and fans of the progressive rock community might have gotten to know Casey McPherson as the front-man for the art-pop/retro-prog band Flying Colors. This…
UMÆ – Lost In The View (Album Review)
Go on a cruise, form a band. Yes, it can happen to you, it can happen to me. And it happened to UMÆ. The annual…
