Album Reviews
Heavy Metal and Hard Rock Album Reviews
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Album Review: NECROPHOBIC – Mark of the Necrogram
It’s been nearly five years since the last Necrophobic album. However, the Swedish melodic black/death mavens’ lengthy absence came about…
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Album Review: NIGHTWISH – Decades
Nightwish release career-spanning greatest hits collection with Decades It’s not often that a band comes along that changes the face…
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Album Review: SCUMPULSE – Rotten
Right out of the gate, Scumpulse reveal themselves with zero pretense whatsoever. Blackened crust is the game, and Scumpulse have…
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Album Review: INSECT ARK – Marrow Hymns
“It’s so fucking cool,” I remarked casually while recommending Insect Ark’s upcoming record Marrow Hymns to a friend. As I…
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Album Review: BLESSTHEFALL – Hard Feelings
HARD FEELINGS are worked out on the new record from Blessthefall ABOUT Blessthefall: “It’s not often a band like ours,…
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Album Review: FALLING THROUGH APRIL – Zodiac
FALLING THROUGH APRIL hails from Charlotte, NC. The 4 founders found each other while playing in different bands that were…
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Album Review: TESTAMENT – 5 Classic Albums Re-Issued with Stunning New Artwork
In the genre of thrash metal, no other band is so misunderstood as San Francisco’s Testament. When conversations of which…
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Album Review: INTO THE GREAT DIVIDE – Into The Great Divide
MINDFULNESS METAL-TATION FROM THE UNLIKELIEST OF PLACES PROGRESSIVE, ALL-INSTRUMENTAL METAL/ROCK BAND INTO THE GREAT DIVIDE FORGES A NEW INDUSTRY CHANGING…
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Album Review: OF MICE & MEN – Defy
After a major blow to the lineup came with the departure of frontman Austin Carlile, the future for California metalcore…
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Album Review: MACHINE HEAD – Catharsis
Staying relevant in the music industry is quite a bit more difficult in today’s overflow of artists and bands trying…
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Album Review: FROST GIANT – The Harlot Star
The year is just beginning, and already I’m convinced that we’ve been given one of the most genuinely joyful thrill…
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Album Review: PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS – Choosing Mental Illness As A Virtue
The second record from PHIL H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS, CHOOSING MENTAL ILLNESS AS A VIRTUE is one impenetrable record…
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Album Review: CORROSION OF CONFORMITY – No Cross No Crown
If you stop and think about how long the band from Raleigh, North Carolina – CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, has been…
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Album Review: ASKING ALEXANDRIA – Asking Alexandria
I seem to have a habit recently of reviewing bands who I know little to nothing about. Asking Alexandria, however,…
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Album Review: GRETA VAN FLEET – From The Fires EP
At the start of 2017, Michigan Rock outfit Greta Van Fleet was a little-known band, but after countless major festivals,…
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Album Review: KOHTI TUHOA – Pelon Neljäs Valtakunta
“Thank you, sir, may I have another!” This is how I feel when gripped in the furious talons of Finland’s…
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Album Review: ANTI-FLAG – American Fall
Known for their politically charged and current event fueled lyrics, Anti-Flag has solidified their place among the greats of no…
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Album Review: WAYLAND – Rinse & Repeat
Have you ever listened to an album and it related with you on a personal level? Isn’t that what the…
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Album Review: THRONE OF HERESY – Decameron
I was in a bookstore the other day with my wife. The English-language section, as is typical in bookstores located…
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Album Review: ALL GOOD THINGS – Machines
With a resume stacked with accomplishments, from usage of their music on television to introductions for WWE superstars, All Good…