Reviews
Heavy Metal and Hard Rock Album Reviews, Live Show Reviews, DVD and Film Reviews
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Concert Review and Photos: The Wild! at Lee’s Palace – Toronto
There has been much talk about Toronto wanting to be known as a Music City. Arguments abound that we have…
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Album Review: YASHIRA – Shrine
Listening to this, the first full-length by Yashira from Jacksonville, FL, I feel as if transported back to 2002. While…
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Album Review: ABOVE AURORA – Path to Ruin
In Extreme Metal, despite being the forefront of creativity perhaps in any genre of music, things can often become too…
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Album Review: FOLLOW THE CIPHER – Follow The Cipher
Every once in a blue moon a band will change the entire atmosphere of the music scene. Whether it is…
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Concert Review and Photos: KAMELOT at The Underground at the Fillmore Charlotte
I have to admit we have been getting a ton of killer shows coming to Charlotte this year, we’re just…
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Concert Review and Photos: UGLY KID JOE at Manchester Acadamy
I arrived into the venue just as Phil Campbell and The Bastard Sons took to the stage and it’s not…
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Album Review: FROM ASHES TO NEW – The Future
THE FUTURE is NOW!! Or so it would seem coming from the Pennsylvania band, FROM ASHES TO NEW as they…
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Album Review: VARMIA – W Ciele Nie
This year seems quite different from last year. In 2017, the scene became so populated with new albums that for…
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Album Review: GRIFT – Vilsna Andars Boning
Fans of Sweden’s Atmospheric Black Metal band, Grift, should be accustomed to Erik Gärdefors’s habit of releasing EPs. Vilsna Andars…
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Concert Review and Photos: THE DEAD DAISIES at Manchester Academy
The Dead Daisies turned up the heat in a sold-out venue as they invited the Manchester rock fans to Burn…
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Concert Review and Photos: PAPA ROACH at the Fillmore Charlotte
Papa Roach with Nothing More and Escape The Fate The Fillmore – Charlotte, NC – 08 April 2018 I’m probably…
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Album Review: BEHEMOTH – Messe Noire: Live Satanist
As the intro, full of screams and grating metal, plays over the PA, the crowd begins to scream in anticipation…
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Album Review: WINTERFYLLETH – The Hallowing of Heirdom
Formed in 2007, Winterfylleth are now on their sixth full-length release, The Hallowing of Heirdom. When translated from Old English,…
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Album Review: OCTOPUS – Supernatural Alliance
When did Rock ‘N Roll die? Was it when Jim Morrison expired in a Paris bathtub or when Bon Scott…
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Concert Review and Photos: GRETA VAN FLEET at Manchester Academy
Michigan-based classic rockers Greta Van Fleet stun Manchester with their retro-rock sound and quality musicianship. Manchester Academy – Manchester, UK…
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Concert Review and Photos: THE DARKNESS at the Regency Ballroom – San Francisco
The Darkness The Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA – 31 March 2018 On this evening The Darkness returned to…
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Concert Review and Photos: SATE at the Horseshoe Tavern – Toronto
SATE Horseshoe Tavern – Toronto, Ontario – 29 March 2018 When I was first introduced to SATE a while back…
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Album Review: MESSA – Feast for Water
Messa’s new album Feast for Water begins much like it looks. Taking the cover imagery as a starting point —…
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Album Review: AUGURY – Illusive Golden Age
It’s been nine years since the last release from Canadian progressive/technical death masters Augury. Fortunately, this dormancy has been but…
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Album Review: PRIMORDIAL – Exile Amongst the Ruins
For those unfamiliar with Primordial, their roots go back to 1987 when their current guitarist, Ciarán MacUilliam, and bassist, Pól…