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: ANAAL NATHRAKH – Endarkenment
Essential to journalism is the inclusion of objective-based facts and while the media circus surrounding the globe at this point…
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Album Review: GREG PUCIATO – Child Soldier: Creator of God
One of the most memorable quotes from my early years working came via one of my first bosses who said,…
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Album Review: ENSLAVED – Utgard
As the world seems to be on fire and crumbling all around us, it is reassuring to have new music.…
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Album Review: THE OCEAN – Phanezoic II: Mesozoic/Cenozoic
2018’s Phanezoic I: Palaeozoic from The Ocean was a challenging album that gradually gleaned my affections over time becoming more…
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Album Review: ZAKK SABBATH – Vertigo
Back in the late 1980s, Zakk Wylde burst onto the scene barely out of his teenage years as the replacement…
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Album Review: METALLICA – S&M2
There are some albums that, if you mention their names, the vast majority of people will know exactly who recorded…
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Album Review: STORMZONE – Ignite the Machine
Sometimes, but not terribly often, there can be a bit of irony around the timing of reviews. This is one…
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Album Review: PARADISE LOST – Obsidian
What can be said about Paradise Lost that has not been said already? Beginning in 1988 (!), the band pioneered…
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Album Review: JIM DAVIES – Headwars
Jim Davies is best known for being the former studio and live guitarist for Prodigy, a former member of Pitchshifter,…
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Album Review: NIGHTWISH – Human. :II: Nature.
Nightwish are best known as one of the giants of the symphonic metal world. Incorporating traditional instruments, orchestral elements, and…
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Album Review: TESTAMENT – Titans of Creation
In this day and age, the lineup for the “Big Four” of thrash has been seemingly carved into stone by…
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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…