Category: Album Reviews
Insomnium – Heart Like A Grave Review
When you consider how small Finland’s population is, it’s quite amazing to behold the number of metal bands that rise …
The Progress Report: September 2019
Welcome to the September Progress Report. The release year is winding down, which usually means the big names start to …
Borknagar – True North Review
Borknagar return to the majesty of Norway’s snow capped mountains and frozen fjords on True North. The group’s eleventh studio …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of September 27, 2019
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Advent Sorrow, Anacrusis, Car Bomb, Creeping Death, DragonForce, High Command, Horror …
Opeth – In Cauda Venenum Review
In Cauda Venenum is Latin for “Poison of the Tail,” and is the title of Opeth’s fourth album as a …
Heavy Music Headquarters Reviews: Week of September 20, 2019
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from The Agonist, Arctos, Coffins, Cult Of Luna, Ecstatic Vision, Hallow Point, …
Exhorder – Mourn The Southern Skies Review
Seminal NOLA based groove metal collective Exhorder are finally releasing their majorly anticipated third album Mourn the Southern Skies, their …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of September 13, 2019
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Alice Cooper, Atlantean Kodex, Betraying The Martyrs, Blacktop Mojo, Blood Red …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of September 6, 2019
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Aittala, Alluvion, Black Star Riders, Dead Head, Eclipser, Ethereal Riffian, Liv …
Tool – Fear Inoculum Review
No band in recent memory has been more polarizing than Tool. They seem to instill fervent adoration among their fan …
Elvenking – Reader Of The Runes – Divination Review
Elvenking have enjoyed a bit of a renaissance this decade. Earning a sustained run on AFM Records and navigating troubled …
The Progress Report: August 2019
Welcome to the August Progress Report. It’s been a quiet month on the progressive music front, and while I certainly …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of August 30, 2019
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Acid King, Crimson Moon, Entombed A.D., Illusions Of Grandeur, Imperium Dekadenz, …
Tarja – In The Raw Review
During her now-fourteen-year solo career, Finnish singer Tarja Turunen has been nothing if not prolific. In the Raw is her …
Sacred Reich – Awakening Review
Sacred Reich’s fifth album, Awakening, is significant for a few reasons. It’s their first full-length album since they reunited …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of August 23, 2019
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Astralium, Ceremony, Concrete Winds, Crobot, The Dead Daisies, Eva Bartok, Frantic …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of August 16, 2019
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Anticosm, Bastard Grave, Cemican, Cerebral Rot, Conjurer, Dialith, Hellvetron, Killswitch Engage, …
HammerFall – Dominion Review
Since their founding in 1993, heavy metal templars HammerFall have fought to continue the legacy of ’80s heavy metal, smithing …
Destruction – Born To Perish Review
Not much has to be said for Teutonic thrash legends Destruction, who alongside Sodom and Kreator created a sound that …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of August 9, 2019
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Ardours, Besvarjelsen, The Contortionist, Eradikator, Grima, The Last Martyr, Lord Gore, …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of August 2, 2019
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Crystal Ball, Damn Your Eyes, The Drippers, Eradikator, Excuse, Finsterforst, Freedom …
The Progress Report: July 2019
Welcome to the July Progress Report. The heat of summer is here, which means there’s a bit of a lack …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of July 26, 2019
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Botis, Carnal Tomb, Children Of The Sun, Desecresy, Faithsedge, Gates To …