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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Top Metal Albums of 2019
Sanhedrin – The Poisoner While there are countless bands out there who seek by divination to discover the sacred flame…
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Album Review: ALTER BRIDGE – Walk the Sky
It’s been three years since the last Alter Bridge album, The Last Hero, and the need and anticipation for another…
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Album Review: GATECREEPER – Deserted
Gatecreeper is a force to be reckoned with. After releasing the oppressively heavy debut, Sonoran Depravation in 2016 and endless…
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Album Review: TOXIC HOLOCAUST – Primal Future: 2019
Joel Grind is a Metal lifer if there ever was one. With a rebellious innately predatory sense for expression through…
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Album Review: WEDNESDAY 13 – Necrophaze
In the current world of music, it has become almost impossible for artists to maintain their unique musical identity when…
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Album Review: COLD – The Things We Can’t Stop
Greek Philosopher Heraclitus once said, “Nothing is permanent, but change.” The world is constantly in a state of transformation and…
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Album Review: YEAR OF THE GOAT – Novis Orbis Terrarum Ordinis
Heavy music has been a mainstay in culture for some five decades now. Though popularity has fluctuated with inherent ups…
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Album Review: BLACK STAR RIDERS – Another State of Grace
It feels like it’s been ages since we last had a new Black Star Riders album – and although just…
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Album Review: IMPERIUM DEKADENZ – When We Are Forgotten
The definition of communication is the imparting or exchanging of information or news. There are obviously myriad ways in which…
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Album Review: INFINITY SHRED – Forever, A Fast Life
Some have posited that existence is merely a simulation. Perhaps somewhere in deep space, large-eyed grey aliens are gathered around…
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Album Review: DESTRUCTION – Born to Perish
Deutschland is the fabled breeding ground for some of the most prolific artists in music history. From the symphonic bombast…
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Album Review: TOTAL HATE – Throne Behind A Black Veil
Black Metal has roots deeply burrowed in the catacombs of the history of musical evolution. Some 200 years ago, Europeans…
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Album Review: BLOODY HAMMERS – The Summoning
A shadow descends over the winding landscape beneath the dominating mountains as a solitary, bloated cloud boldly makes its way…
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Album Review: CLEMENS WIJERS – Parasite Twin
Clemens “Ardek” Wijers is best known as the keyboardist for Netherlands metal trio Carach Angren. Given the success of his…
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Album Review: MEMORIAM – Requiem for Mankind
Albert Einstein once said, “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV…
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Album Review: ITHEIST – Itheist
It seems the lines between Black and Death Metal have blurred yet again. To call Itheist a Blackened Death Metal…
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Album Review: VULTURE – Ghastly Waves & Battered Graves
Like a nuclear reactor explosion – shamelessly watching HBO’s Chernobyl has crept into my subconscious – Vulture‘s new full-length erupts…
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Album Review: DEATH ANGEL – Humanicide
Kirk Hammett. Gary Holt. Chuck Billy. With names such as the above proliferating the scene, one would be hard-pressed to…
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Album Review: LVCIFYRE – Sacrament
At some point, every Metal fan has come to the precipice where the band just discovered is the real deal,…
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Album Review: POSSESSED – Revelations of Oblivion
Back in 1983, when the Crüe were shouting at the devil, Jeff Becerra and company were enlisting the dark lord…