Leah – Ancient Winter (Album Review)
Set adrift in a Celtic dream. The name Leah should be a familiar one in symphonic metal circles, especially for those who have frequented social…
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Hideous Divinity – Simulacrum (Album Review)
Removing the decrepit, fleshy mask. The fine art of death metal has come a long way since its early days as a more vile offshoot…
Denner’s Inferno – In Amber (Album Review)
Retro is definitely the way to go. For those well versed in the mythos of early 80s heavy metal, the name Michael Denner will be…
Rings Of Saturn – Gidim (Album Review)
Destroying the galaxy with mathematical precision. If there was a single title that could sum up the mad roller-coaster ride that has been the 2010s,…
Nile – Vile Nilotic Rites (Album Review)
Pharaoh of the American South. Some bands stick to what they know, others will seemingly reinvent themselves with each new studio effort, but South Carolina’s…
Edenbridge – Dynamind (Album Review)
A grand chalice enlightens the olden corridors. With the recent ascendancy of a new generation of female-fronted symphonic upstarts such as Beyond The Black, Midnight…
Alter Bridge – Walk The Sky (Album Review)
Triumphant hymns tread the distant skyline. There is a common sentiment these days that hard rock has become a passé mode of expression, having been…
Turilli/Lione Rhapsody – Zero Gravity [Rebirth And Evolution] (Album Review)
Familiar sounds under a new moniker. A sort of musical mitosis has been running rampant in power metal circles over the past decade or so,…
Tom Keifer – Rise (Album Review)
An iconic voice of the past reemerges. Whenever a veteran of the rock or metal world makes a long awaited comeback to the studio, this…
Alcest – Spiritual Instinct (Album Review)
Its been just over three years since French blackened shoegaze act Alcest presented its fans with the stellar (and throw back) album “Kodama.” Though the…
