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!
“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;…
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…
Happily, Collective Soul are not in any danger of getting caught in a nostalgic whirlpool, having just created one of the strongest albums of their…
As Alice Cooper’s career nears the end of the sixth consecutive decade over which it has cast a gloomy shadow, it’s easy to look back…
Where paradise draws its power. In the annals of power metal’s 30 years plus history, one of the most pivotal bands in shaping the European…
Whether you know his voice from ARK, Masterplan, Avantasia, Ayreon’s 01011001 album, or in collaboration with “Sir” Russell Allen, if your musical journey has ever…
Originally based in Savannah, Georgia, Baroness increasingly gathered the attention of those wanting a heavy sound with touches of alt rock, sludge and stoner rock.…
Old wolves know the best tricks. Apocalyptic imagery and thrash metal have been common bedfellows for about as long as the latter has been in…
“Once swept away then pulled back to the fight, just a pattern seeking animal caught up in some grand parade.” These lyrics, sung by Ted…
Hannibal Barca’s triumphant rebirth. The ever-expanding world of metal expression has time and again proven that it knows no borders, all the while being among…
“What do you think? Who do you say I am?” Ted Leonard may never have imagined that one day he would be portraying Jesus in…
When the grunge hurricane hit the music business in the early 90’s, this meant the nemesis for many hard rock bands – some already established,…
In the last year, we have done quite a bit of coverage of Tony Hernando, and his metal projects Lords of Black and Restless Spirits.…
People will be approaching Terraformer, the third album from Thank You Scientist from a lot of different angles. Of course there will be those who…
Trudging through the metaphysical ether. Shane Embury, best known as the bassist of iconic death/grind pioneers Napalm Death, has been a busy man of late.…
About 40 years ago the NWOBHM was the premier avenue of expression for the British rocker who was either down on his economic luck or…
A new classic wrapped in modernized traditionalism. Modern trustees of death metal based brutality may not be familiar the early exploits of its forerunner, San…
The unstoppable Jeff Scott Soto is back with yet another offering of his extremely prolific career. The man has recorded close to 150 albums, and…
Charging forth in a maddened rage. For the better part of 30 years, Amon Amarth has not only been a pinnacle of consistency within the…
If symphonic folk prog sounds like your cup of tea, Jordsjø are a band to check out. After releasing their debut digital recording, which was…
For the past decade, English ensemble Big Big Train has been at the forefront of culturally resonant progressive rock. Sure, their earlier material was certainly…
Few bands have earned the respect of their elders while garnering fanatical appeal amongst the younguns like Allegaeon has. Some two-and-a-half years following their breakthrough…
One of the first albums I remember becoming a fan of, was Fates Warning’s A Pleasant Shade of Gray. That record would be an early…
There are few guitarists who have had more impact on the Euro metal scene in recent years than six-string Spaniard Tony Hernando, most notably for…
One of the great pleasures of jumping on the Myrath wagon early in their career (I started following them with their 2007 debut) is watching…
Few can forget the Power Metal resurgence that truly great records like Visions, Return to Heaven Denied, and Glory to the Brave sparked in the…
First, the good news: John Mitchell is incredibly prolific, and right on schedule (every other year since 2015,) we are due for another Lonely Robot…
If ZW was in grade school, they’d be at the end of the line, based on initials. Or sitting in the back of the classroom. …
“Ooh my my, you look so fine…I’ll show you mine if you show me yours, c’mon baby shimmer and shake.” So goes another daintily veiled…
Often in life, the greatest works of art are born out of tragedy. The loss of love, the loss of a loved one, acts of…
I’ve long maintained that certain genres of popular music exclude bad musicianship by their very nature. These include jazz, country, classical, and metal. There are…
What turns a prog band to go to the dark side? Sooner or later most of them succumb for at least one album. They may…
Contemplating the unsilent blackness. One does not normally associate a meditative state with the dissonant rage normally tied to the violent fury of central European…
In rock music, rare are the occasions when a band offers thoughtful lyrics or a message to go along with their music. In the case…
Celtic lore and mighty mountain heights. Over the past couple decades there has been a fair degree of tribute paid to Celtic culture among various…
If you were born no later than 1985, you might remember a time when there was still intelligent life in rock-pop music. Bands like The…
