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: 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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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…
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Album Review: THE CROWN – Cobra Speed Venom
While some bands come and go with the trends, others, often seemingly disparate, maintain a dialogue started long before their…
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Album Review: MEMORIAM – The Silent Vigil
While the Heavy Metal world, let alone Death Metal world, is ridiculously populated with bands ranging in talent and originality,…
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Album Review: MAVERICK – Cold Star Dancer
I guess that I have a tiny bit of bias to admit to before I start this review – Maverick…
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Album Review: ON THORNS I LAY – Aegean Sorrow
Greek goth purveyors On Thorns I Lay are accomplished veterans, having contributed much to the goth aesthetic of earlier years.…
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Album Review: THE DEAD DAISIES – Burn It Down
There are some bands that you can almost guess what they’ll sound like, just by their name – Rammstein would…
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Album Review: NEAL MORSE – Life and Times
Review by Dale Unsworth Since first appearing on the progressive rock scene in the early 90s with Spock’s Beard, Neal…
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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…