ALCATRAZZ – Take No Prisoners (Album Review)
No quarter offered, none given. Conflict and schism have been frequent companions to rock and metal bands since time immemorial, but such occasions often present…
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RAVEN – All Hell’s Breaking Loose (Album Review)
Hey, they weren’t kidding with this title! There are many versions of extreme that have cropped up in the metal realm over the decades, but…
JAG PANZER – The Hallowed (Album Review)
Man and beast unite to overcome all. The mystique of heavy metal’s early days has enjoyed a rather massive renaissance over the past decade or…
VEXED – Negative Energy (Album Review)
Negativity distilled to its fundamental form. The tail end of the 2010s saw some interesting developments in the metal world, perhaps most notably in the…
ROYAL THUNDER – Rebuilding The Mountain (Album Review)
A new, more impressive mountain of sound emerges. The 2020s may well be remembered as the decade that was put on hold for a couple…
OTTTO – Life Is A Game (Album Review)
Because four T’s would be excessive. As the prime movers that brought the metal genre into prominence approach their golden years, the inevitable question of…
GLORYHAMMER – Return To The Kingdom Of Fife (Album Review)
The union of fantasy and comedy prevail once again. Sudden and drastic changes in membership have been the death of many a band, and those…
METAL CHURCH – Congregation Of Annihilation (Album Review)
A new pastor leads the metal masses to salvation. When it comes to longevity, few can boast the degree of tenacity and dedication that has…
ENFORCED – War Remains (Album Review)
No nonsense thrash that shows no mercy. The unrelenting beast that is thrash could be likened to the Greek myth of the hydra, for if…
BURNING WITCHES – The Dark Tower (Album Review)
Part throwback, part modern, all classic metal! The world at large will no doubt continue to be dumbfounded at how every prediction of metal’s oncoming…
