Doro – Triumph and Agony Live (Album Review)
A warlock’s legacy is cast in stone. For the better part of 15 years, old school heavy metal has enjoyed a vibrant, albeit still largely…
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Paradox – Heresy II: End Of A Legend (Album Review)
Thrash legends never die. Though they may not share the same level of visibility as the likes of Kreator, Destruction and Tankard, the Bavarian thrash…
Tremonti – Marching In Time (Album Review)
A mainline player brings the metal mainstream. It is said that you never get a second chance to make a first impression, and for many…
Rage – Resurrection Day (Album Review)
It’s Easter in the apocalyptic metal lands. Many in the field of high speed German steel have come and gone since its heyday in the…
Carcass – Torn Arteries (Album Review)
A more artful display of surgical precision emerges. Having sliced and diced their way into the annals of death metal’s rich and extensive history since…
Insomnium – Argent Moon (EP Review)
Four tales are told by a dreaming, wayward bard. Melodic death metal has a wide variety of potential expressions in spite of its supposedly rigid…
Portrait – At One With None (Album Review)
Theatricality begets innovation. Though now a phenomenon that has become ubiquitous throughout Europe and beyond, it could be argued that the ongoing revival of old…
Jinjer – Wallflowers (Album Review)
Progress cuts right to the core. The concept of progressive music, regardless of what specific genre it subsumes, is one that has become a bit…
Danko Jones – Power Trio (Album Review)
Punk gives rock the blues. Few things will establish a band more thoroughly than a work horse approach to musical output and a correspondingly rigorous…
White Stones – Dancing Into Oblivion (Album Review)
The abyss stares back. If the more than 50 years of metal music’s history has taught anything, it is that it isn’t bound by the…
