Hammerfall – Dominion (Album Review)
Another storm rages from the blacksmith’s forge. For those who remember the resurrection that heavy metal experienced in the late 1990s in Europe, the name…
Destruction – Born To Perish (Album Review)
2019 has been a great year for thrash metal fans, with a multitude of releases hitting the virtual and physical shelves recently: Death Angel, Overkill, …
Richard Henshall – The Cocoon (Album Review)
When the principal mastermind behind progressive metal juggernaut Haken announced a solo venture, the news made big waves in the music world. Haken guitarist and…
Magic Pie – Fragments of the 5th Element (Album Review)
So I’m writing a review of the new album by Magic Pie, and I figure I should be clever. The Pie is tasty, a confection,…
Carnifex – World War X (Album Review)
Formed in 2005 in San Diego County, California, metallers Carnifex has undergone several lineup changes and slight shifts in musical direction. Through the years, they…
Dying Gorgeous Lies – The Hunter And The Prey (Album Review)
The slow talon grasps the deepest. Despite the still ongoing trend in thrash metal circles to attempt and recapture that vintage 80s Bay Area, New…
Mind Key – MK III – Aliens In Wonderland (Album Review)
While it would be ideal to pretend like the music industry is a nonstop party of the fresh and vivacious, the naked reality is that…
Sabaton – The Great War (Album Review)
Trench warfare with a melody. One can scarcely utter a word concerning European power metal outside of its most rigorously schooled core audience without Sabaton…
Majesty – Legends (Album Review)
Heroes can often wear two uniforms. Though a great many of the younger guard of the power metal revolution of the millennial transition saw their…
Iron Savior – Kill Or Get Killed (Album Review)
Let the cosmic bombardment commence! Piet Sielck’s flagship project and Sci-Fi infused power/speed metal powerhouse has seen its fair share of trials and tribulations over…
Lord Dying – Mysterium Tremendum (Album Review)
A darker twist on an epic tale. Although sludge has typically made its home in the sweltering swamps of Louisiana, there is a certain character…
The Aristocrats – You Know What? (Album Review)
Anyone reading this review has likely been following one or any combination of the members of The Aristocrats for a number of years, and likely…
Brighteye Brison – V (Album Review)
If the fifth album from Brighteye Brison seemed like it was a long time coming, well, that’s because it was. Fortunately, the band was recently…
The Gift – Antenna (Album Review)
“We Are Connected.” That’s the kick-off track from Antenna, the new album by Brit proggers The Gift. But it’s also something of a status update;…
Nocturnus AD – Paradox (Album Review)
Where undead, alien paradoxes abound. Nostalgia is by no means an alien concept to metal, nay even its younger and more extreme sub-genres, but lately…
