Black Swan – Generation Mind (Album Review)
When the Black Swan was hatched in 2020, the debut of this super-group for the new decade made some real waves. Schenker vocalist Robin McAuley…
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Michael Romeo – War Of The Worlds, Pt. II (Album Review)
Way back in the summer of 2018, we were visited unexpectedly by an otherworldly invasion of symphonic prog-metal. When we asked to be taken to…
Girish and the Chronicles – Hail to the Heroes (Album Review)
In early 2020, when the whole world seemed to be going crazy (not the current flavor of crazy, mind you), we almost nearly had an…
Arjen Lucassen’s Star One – Revel In Time (Album Review)
Chances are significantly better than not, if you are reading this, you are some form of Ayreonaut, or a fan of the works of Dutch…
Edge of Forever – Seminole (Album Review)
At the end of 2019 B.C. (Before Covid) we had the pleasure of sampling the landmark 1000th album release from Frontiers Music, namely “Native Soul”…
Christmasforce – Rudolph’s Symphonic Metal Christmas (EP Review)
Though there is no small amount of music being checked for naughty or nice status here at Sonic Perspectives, it is a treat when Santa…
Black Label Society – Doom Crew Inc. (Album Review)
Few modern acts have the zeal of the doom-trooping brotherhood of fans following Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society. It is in homage to this brotherhood…
Dream Theater – A View From the Top of the World (Album Review)
The title of Dream Theater’s most recent studio album has proven premonitory. Although the album was released in 2019, we have certainly experienced some “Distance…
Lords of Black – Alchemy of Souls, Part II (Album Review)
As 2021 prepares to curl up into itself like the equally unwanted demonic Bald Mountain of Fantasia, the Iberian Machine known as the Lords of…
Twelve Foot Ninja – Vengeance (Album Review)
The biggest perk of reviewing music is fairly obvious; one gets to hear all kinds of cool new material. The downside, sadly, is that one…
