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!
One of the greatest things about this great big wide genre of music known as “progressive” is there are nearly as many sub-genres as there…
In 2015, the power metal world was treated to an interesting concept album: Dracula – Swing of Death. It was the progeny of Euro metal…
Artillery. If the name doesn’t sound familiar to you, maybe their logo will help jog your memory. I remember stumbling upon By Inheritance, one of…
When bands reinvent themselves mid-career, hopefully it leads to greener pastures. For Dilemma, it surely has pointed to a promising future with new album Random…
Every now and then, you come across a band whose inspirations are immediately evident, but somehow manage to maintain their own identity. Sometimes, you can…
Frontiers Records is at it again. For those unfamiliar, the Italian label has a long history of not only signing and releasing many American rock…
Blotted Science proved with their debut album, “The Machinations of Dementia,” that the single most distinctive element of death metal, the obligatory death growl, was…
A new ritual sets forth a grand tribal revolt. With there now being more than two decades of distance since Max Cavalera’s departure from Sepultura,…
It seems Henry Derek Elis has as many pseudonyms as he does musical directions. His twenty-year long career has seen him use such variants as…
Celebrating a 50th Anniversary isn’t an option for most rock ’n roll bands. Not to mention being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of…
2018 has been a rather incredible year for the bi-coastal Fernando Perdomo, a Miami musician who has earned great success since playing his trade at…
Burning Witches are a retro-sounding metal band comprising of 5 leather-clad ladies of astonishing appearance, who seem commit to carry the torch of the power,…
Whereas Jon Schaffer is the undisputed heart and soul of Iced Earth, it must so too be acknowledged that Matt Barlow is the epicenter of…
Over the years, the ever-expanding Swedes of Opeth have had several live releases, all of which capturing remarkably different periods of the band, both in…
There may not be another guitarist alive with the same combination of multifaceted talent and international stardom as Marty Friedman. Yes, there may be a…
First things first: you need to check out Evership. For those of you who love the classic sounds of the prog greats from the ’70’s,…
Largely, music falls into a spectrum. At one end, we find music which is “musician’s music.” At the other, we find music which is easily…
Remember the glory days of metal when a heavy riffing, distorted guitar was WAAAAY up front in the mix? The days when speed kings like…
October brings big news for the progressive power metal world, in the form of the fifth album from Seventh Wonder, dubbed “Tiara.” Even better news…
Music fans have heard this story countless times: a talented hard rock band formed in the second part of the 80’s, whose rise to the…
Remember that summer when you were 10 years old and those few friends that meant everything to you? Whatever happened to them? That question serves…
Four lengthy courses has the earth made around our Sun since the last Behemoth record, the none-too-subtle indictment “The Satanist,” was loosed upon us. That…
Extinction by industrialization and progression. One curious tendency that has developed within progressive-tinged power metal circles over the past 10 or so years has been…
Has anyone else noticed the trend whereby movie promos use the same sound effect, on repeat, for the duration of an advertisement? That was my…
Classic Rock was often heralded in by bands whose members were in their early 20’s or even late teens at the time. So it should…
In a world of endless monstrosities. Otherworldly imagery has been the stock and trade of death metal for about as long as the sub-genre has…
Imagine, for a moment, that Tom Petty’s commercially successful 1994 album Wildflowers started not with the title track, but rather, with something like, say, “Holy…
Take a trip around the world via a magic prog carpet ride, courtesy of Guy Manning and his fine ensemble Damanek. The majority of the…
At last, the throwback/retro craze that gained traction in the pop world several years ago with Adele and trickled its way into the prog sphere…
As I stated in my concert review of his show at Red Rocks earlier this year, Joe Bonamassa puts on a great display of musicianship…
Obligatory, apocalyptic images and sounds. Stereotypes seem to be inevitable when a given expression comes of age, and with black metal appropriating the old occult…
Battle rages in the cosmic firmament. One would be remiss to suggest that death metal is a one-dimensional expression at present, but even as far…
What happens when Germans and Italians join forces? Certainly never a car, but the results could be anything from a curry wurst pizza, to world…
Legions of the undead at Grimm’s command. When in the graveyard, do as the corpses do, or at least this would be the advice given…
Music fans are used to anticipating the release of a new album, waiting to see what fresh course their favorite artists have chosen to chart.…
Cold flames beget a burning frost. Contradictions have little place in the fields of logical inquiry, but in the realm of the arts it is…
