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: KAMPFAR – Ofidians Manifest
It has literally been twenty years since my first exposure to KAMPFAR. I reviewed their sophomore effort, Fra Underverdenen, and…
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Album Review: STELLAR MASTER ELITE – Hologram Temple
It seems that all life really is about is learning how to accept change, or at least put on the…
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Album Review: ELUVEITIE – Ategnatos
There was a time when combining folk music with metal was one of the most genius innovations to be introduced…
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Album Review: DEVIN TOWNSEND – Empath
Devin Townsend. What more can be said about this avant-garde, pioneer of progress? From his beginnings singing with Steve Vai…
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Album Review: FEN – Stone and Sea
Personally, I’ve always been drawn to the music in which I can get lost. Eerie sounds, dreamscapes, and hallucinatory psychedelia…
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Album Review: MISERY INDEX – Rituals of Power
Death Metal is huge once again. Seeing the evolution and subsequent peaks and valleys – the late 90s being a…
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Album Review: DEAD GIRLS CORP- Bloody Noses and Hand Grenades
I recently read somewhere that Industrial music was passé and irrelevant. I wish I could remember where I read that…
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Album Review: BLACK ANVIL – Miles
If one was to survey the annals of Heavy Metal history, scanning for the bands that made the largest impact,…
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Album Review: GATEKEEPER – Grey Maiden
Jeff Black, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist, started Gatekeeper in 2009 as a solo project. The band’s core roots include…
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Album Review: UNGRAVEN – Language of Longing
Most know Jon Davis as the front man for über-elite Doom outfit Conan. Since that band formed back in 2006…
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Album Review: RUSH – Rush In Rio – (Vinyl Edition)
Rush in Rio was a release that I invested in when it was originally released back in 2003. At that…
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Album Review: BATTLE BEAST – No More Hollywood Endings
The moment I saw Battle Beast live when they were on tour with Leaves’ Eyes and Sabaton back in 2017,…
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Album Review: SWALLOW THE SUN – When a Shadow is Forced into the Light
First, I’m going to come clean and say that I came into this review as a non-fan of the band. …
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Top 25 Metal Albums of 2018
Judas Priest – Firepower: Like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest had also been putting out mediocre albums on average post-2000. While…
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Album Review: KING 810 – Suicide King
I made the mistake of putting this new record in late at night when darkness blankets the street below me…
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Album Review: BLADE KILLER – High Risk
For the uninitiated, there was a documentary filmed in 1986 entitled Heavy Metal Parking Lot, a cultural snapshot of the…
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Album Review: ELECTRIC BOYS – The Ghost Ward Diaries
Gird your loins! Swedish cocksure rockers the Electric Boys are back with a brand-new studio album – The Ghost Ward…
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Album Review: KARG – Dornenvögel
Going back centuries, Austria has been a center for musical exceptionalism. This rich heritage includes composers such as Franz Schubert…
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Album Review: THIRD STORM – The Grand Manifestation
In a time when those who blazed the trail for the proliferation of Black Metal and Death Metal throughout the…
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Album Review: ARSIS – Visitant
ARSIS is a well-tempered, technically-enhanced band from Virginia that play what could largely be considered as Death Metal in the…