Album Reviews
Heavy Metal and Hard Rock Album Reviews
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Album Review: GOJIRA – Fortitude
Gojira could not have chosen a more fitting title for their new full-length than Fortitude. It can be interpreted as…
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Album Review: DOMKRAFT – Seeds
It is refreshing to hear the sound of musicians returning to organic roots. An example of such a band waving…
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Album Review: Cryptosis – Bionic Swarm
According to this Dutch band’s bio, Cryptosis means the “hypnosis of technology”. It is certainly true that in this dystopian…
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Album Review: THE CROWN – Royal Destroyer
When a person experiences a traumatic event, one’s brain is taken to a very primal state of fight or flight. …
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Album Review: DEMON HEAD – Viscera
Demon Head formed in the very auspicious year of 2012 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Like the storied legacy of the ancient…
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Album Review: TRIAL – Sisters of the Moon
Sometimes it is easy to get lost among the weeds when trying to plan out the perfect playlist to adorn…
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Album Review: MR. BUNGLE – The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo
Before joining Faith No More, Mike Patton was in a band even more extreme for the time period, Mr. Bungle.…
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Album Review: ARMORED SAINT – Punching the Sky
Armored Saint is a simply timeless American Heavy Metal band. Forming in the hotbed of the early L.A. Metal scene,…
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Album Review: PALLBEARER – Forgotten Days
Since forming in 2008 in Arkansas, Pallbearer have engineered an exciting career built upon a stunning delivery of Doom Metal.…
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Album Review: ANAAL NATHRAKH – Endarkenment
Essential to journalism is the inclusion of objective-based facts and while the media circus surrounding the globe at this point…
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Album Review: GREG PUCIATO – Child Soldier: Creator of God
One of the most memorable quotes from my early years working came via one of my first bosses who said,…
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Album Review: ENSLAVED – Utgard
As the world seems to be on fire and crumbling all around us, it is reassuring to have new music.…
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Album Review: THE OCEAN – Phanezoic II: Mesozoic/Cenozoic
2018’s Phanezoic I: Palaeozoic from The Ocean was a challenging album that gradually gleaned my affections over time becoming more…
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Album Review: ZAKK SABBATH – Vertigo
Back in the late 1980s, Zakk Wylde burst onto the scene barely out of his teenage years as the replacement…
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Album Review: METALLICA – S&M2
There are some albums that, if you mention their names, the vast majority of people will know exactly who recorded…
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Album Review: STORMZONE – Ignite the Machine
Sometimes, but not terribly often, there can be a bit of irony around the timing of reviews. This is one…
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Album Review: PARADISE LOST – Obsidian
What can be said about Paradise Lost that has not been said already? Beginning in 1988 (!), the band pioneered…
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Album Review: JIM DAVIES – Headwars
Jim Davies is best known for being the former studio and live guitarist for Prodigy, a former member of Pitchshifter,…
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Album Review: NIGHTWISH – Human. :II: Nature.
Nightwish are best known as one of the giants of the symphonic metal world. Incorporating traditional instruments, orchestral elements, and…
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Album Review: TESTAMENT – Titans of Creation
In this day and age, the lineup for the “Big Four” of thrash has been seemingly carved into stone by…