Flaming Row -The Pure Shine (Album Review)
About a year-and-a-half ago, I asked Martin Schnella if he was going to be doing any electric Prog albums. “No.” No hesitation, no obfuscation. “No.” …
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Blackthorne – Blackthorne (Album Review)
Brevity is the only option. The hardcore scene tends to play by a different set of rules than their metal counterparts, most notably in how…
Illdisposed – Reveal Your Soul For The Dead (Album Review)
An interesting blend is revealed. The prevailing attitude since melodic death metal first hit the mainstream in the late 90s thanks to the seminal offerings…
Randy McStine – Idle (Album Review)
If there’s an adjective that describes Randy McStine, it isn’t idle. But if there’s an album that does describe Randy McStine, it’s “Idle”. McStine has…
Deep Purple – Live in Rome 2013 (Album Review)
Oh look… Yet another live album from Deep Purple. If I seem a little less than enthused, it’s surely due to the fact that more…
Edge Of Forever – Native Soul (Album Review)
Recently, we had the pleasure of reviewing a new project by renaissance man Sascha Paeth, and we were pleased to see a release from his…
Crystal Eyes – Starbourne Traveler (Album Review)
If you ever get lost in the sea of “crystal” acts (Crystal Eyes, Crystal Tears, Crystal Viper, Crystal Ball, Crystal Castle, Crystal Lake, Crystal Sword….need…
Cannabis Corpse – Nug So Vile (Album Review)
Death metal’s jokesters strike again. Phil Hall, perhaps best known by his humorous stage alias Land Phil, has managed to keep himself quite busy of…
Mats Leven – Skyblood (Album Review)
Imagine, if you will, the doomed maiden voyage of Titanic, moments after being mortally wounded by an iceberg in the night. Suppose then, that there…
Nightwish – Decades: Live in Buenos Aires (Album Review)
Not to boast, but I hopped on the Nightwish train pretty early on. I’ve owned my first-run vinyl LPs of “Oceanborn” and “Angels Fall First”…
