Album Reviews
Dive deep into the world of heavy metal and hard rock with our in-depth album reviews. Whether you’re a lifelong fan or a newcomer, we cover the latest releases from iconic legends to rising stars. Expect honest, detailed critiques that explore everything from raw musicality and technical prowess to lyrical depth and production quality. Our reviews capture the power, energy, and emotion that make metal and rock genres stand out, offering insights into both classic albums and fresh, boundary-pushing sounds. Stay updated with the best in heavy music, and discover your next favorite album!
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Album Review: EPICA – Attack On Titan
When this album was announced by Nuclear Blast, I was extremely intrigued by the entire concept of the record. With…
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Album Review: BEGAT THE NEPHILIM – I: The Surreptitious Prophecy/Mother of the Blasphemy
Begat the Nephilim are relative newcomers to the land of signed acts and international press. Formed in 2012, the band…
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Album Review: BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE – Gravity
Since the release of the band’s debut record The Poison all the way back in 2005, Welsh quartet Bullet For…
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Album Review: MADBALL – For The Cause
Growing up, classic Heavy Metal such as Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and W.A.S.P. served as my primary education into heavy…
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Album Review: GROW RICH – Senen Lempuyangan
Grow Rich is a one-man project catalyzed by Abdur Rahim Latada in late 2016. Hailing from Jakarta, Indonesia, Latada, nicknamed…
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Album Review: BURN THE PRIEST – Legion: XX
Time flies. It doesn’t seem nearly twenty years ago since first acquiring the self-titled release by a band from Richmond,…
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Album Review: CANDLEMASS – House of Doom
When one thinks of Doom Metal, the first band that immediately pops into one’s mind nine times out of ten…
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Album Review: SKOGEN – Skuggorna Kallar
Skogen (in English: Forest) is a Swedish Black Metal band that has recently released their fifth full-length entitled Skuggorna Kallar…
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Album Review: WITCH CASKET – Hatred Index
While one certainly cannot complain about the popularity and sheer enormity of the Metal scene these days compared to the…
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Album Review: AMORPHIS – Queen of Time
In 1994, I was a sophomore in high school with two years’ experience as a bass player and practically a…
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Album Review: BAD WOLVES – Disobey
LA-based metal band BAD WOLVES are ballers. Metal ballers that is. The five-piece exploded onto the rock scene with their…
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Album Review: DIMMU BORGIR – Eonian
One of the most anticipated releases this season for many Metal fans is the new album, Eonian, by Dimmu Borgir,…
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Album Review: IHSAHN – Ámr
The mid-1990s were an important time for me personally, musically, and also for the Metal community in general. I was…
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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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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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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…