Album Reviews
Heavy Metal and Hard Rock Album Reviews
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Album Review: ME AND THAT MAN – New Man, New Songs, Same Shit, Vol.1
Two decades ago, I would not have been able to contemplate how huge Behemoth has become nor do I imagine…
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Album Review: CANDLEMASS – The Pendulum (EP)
Now that Sabbath have abdicated the throne, Candlemass have duly ascended to new heights sitting atop the proverbial holy mountain…
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Album Review: IN THIS MOMENT – Mother
In This Moment have undergone a number of incarnations since the release of the debut record Beautiful Tragedy in 2007.…
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Album Review: CASKETS OPEN – Concrete Realms of Pain
There is so much music out there that there comes a point where one takes a step back to reassess…
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Album Review: MY DYING BRIDE – The Ghost of Orion
The early ‘90s were a revolutionary time for Metal. Though perhaps commercially less viable, the wheat was thoroughly separated from…
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Album Review: INTRONAUT – Fluid Existential Inversions
Sure, Intronaut play what could be called Prog Metal with a bit of Post Metal thrown in, but that is…
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Album Review: OBSIDIAN TONGUE – Volume III
After listening to Volume III, the latest release from Obsidian Tongue about a dozen or so times, it wasn’t until…
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Album Review: KIRK WINDSTEIN – Dream in Motion
I’ve always been a fan of certain scenes in Metal. From New York Death Metal to Norwegian Black Metal, it…
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Album Review: MIDNIGHT – Rebirth by Blasphemy
Heavy Metal is the soundtrack for those of us whose lives may seem anachronistic to the current cyberpunk digital world…
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Top Metal Albums of 2019
Sanhedrin – The Poisoner While there are countless bands out there who seek by divination to discover the sacred flame…
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Album Review: ALTER BRIDGE – Walk the Sky
It’s been three years since the last Alter Bridge album, The Last Hero, and the need and anticipation for another…
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Album Review: GATECREEPER – Deserted
Gatecreeper is a force to be reckoned with. After releasing the oppressively heavy debut, Sonoran Depravation in 2016 and endless…
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Album Review: TOXIC HOLOCAUST – Primal Future: 2019
Joel Grind is a Metal lifer if there ever was one. With a rebellious innately predatory sense for expression through…
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Album Review: WEDNESDAY 13 – Necrophaze
In the current world of music, it has become almost impossible for artists to maintain their unique musical identity when…
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Album Review: COLD – The Things We Can’t Stop
Greek Philosopher Heraclitus once said, “Nothing is permanent, but change.” The world is constantly in a state of transformation and…
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Album Review: YEAR OF THE GOAT – Novis Orbis Terrarum Ordinis
Heavy music has been a mainstay in culture for some five decades now. Though popularity has fluctuated with inherent ups…
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Album Review: BLACK STAR RIDERS – Another State of Grace
It feels like it’s been ages since we last had a new Black Star Riders album – and although just…
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Album Review: IMPERIUM DEKADENZ – When We Are Forgotten
The definition of communication is the imparting or exchanging of information or news. There are obviously myriad ways in which…
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Album Review: INFINITY SHRED – Forever, A Fast Life
Some have posited that existence is merely a simulation. Perhaps somewhere in deep space, large-eyed grey aliens are gathered around…
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Album Review: DESTRUCTION – Born to Perish
Deutschland is the fabled breeding ground for some of the most prolific artists in music history. From the symphonic bombast…