Author: Mike Huck
The Progress Report: June 2019
Welcome to the June Progress Report. While overall the month was not the greatest for metal releases, a couple of …
Baroness – Gold & Grey Review
There are a wide variety of bands who have undergone massive changes in musical style over their career arcs. Opeth …
The Progress Report: May 2019
Welcome to the May Progress Report. As usual, variety is the spice of life (and review columns). We’ve got big …
Amon Amarth – Berserker Review
No band in metal adheres more strictly to their musical template than Viking warriors Amon Amarth. Eleven albums into a …
The Progress Report: April 2019
Welcome to the April Progress Report. As always, we try to bring you a wide variety of styles here, from …
Best Alice Cooper Albums
Alice Cooper holds a fond place in the hearts of many old-time heavy metal fans, but neither the band nor …
The Progress Report: March 2019
Welcome to the March Progress Report. We’ve got a sweet variety of albums here for you all to check out, …
The Progress Report: February 2019
Welcome to the February Progress Report. After a slow start to the year, things are slowly winding up. This month …
Dream Theater – Distance Over Time Review
Progressive music’s most polarizing band, Dream Theater, are back with Distance Over Time, the band’s 14th studio album, and first …
The Progress Report: January 2019
Welcome to the January Progress Report. Overall in the metal world, the year is off to a rather slow start, …
Evergrey – The Atlantic Review
For more than twenty-five years, Sweden’s Evergrey have been the preeminent purveyors of morose progressive metal. Tom Englund and company …
2018 Best Progressive Metal/Rock Albums
Welcome to 2018’s final Progress Report, where we highlight the best of the year. 2018 saw a wide variety of …
Venom – Storm The Gates Review
Last year we reviewed the solid new album from Venom Inc., Avé. While not the greatest album, it was a …
The Progress Report: November 2018
Welcome to the November Progress Report – our last one of the year (December’s will be our Top Prog Albums …
The Ocean – Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic Review
It has been five years since the patron metal band of geologists, The Ocean, gave us the excellent Pelagial, a …
The Progress Report: October 2018
Welcome to the October Progress Report. Even though the year is winding down, there were still some very worthy progressive …
Haken – Vector Review
As you may or may not recall, Haken’s 2016 masterpiece Affinity was our Progressive Album of the Year, and it …
Striker Interview
Play to Win is the latest album from Canada’s Striker. Our writer Mike Huck caught up with the band towards …
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats – Wasteland Review
It’s October. The nights are longer, there’s a chill in the air, and of course Halloween is looming. What better …
The Progress Report: September 2018
Welcome to the September Progress Report. We are now into our third year here at Heavy Music Headquarters, and it’s …
Voivod – The Wake Review
It has been a long and storied career for Canada’s most unique metal band. In recent years, Voivod have overcome …
Clutch – Book Of Bad Decisions Review
It doesn’t seem like any time at all has passed since Clutch’s last album, Psychic Warfare, even though that record …
The Pineapple Thief – Dissolution Review
The “Top 25 Most Played” playlist in my iTunes library has The Pineapple Thief’s 2010 song “Preparation for Meltdown,” from …