
Category: Album Reviews



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 …

Sabaton – The Great War Review
For 20 years, the Swedish power metal band Sabaton have been singing songs about war and battles. Most of their …

Tomb Mold – Planetary Clairvoyance Review
In the two-and-a-half years since Canadian death metal group Tomb Mold stirred up the metal underground with their debut album, …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of July 19, 2019
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include albums from Brocelian, Burial In The Woods, Crown The Empire, Enforced, Falls Of …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of July 12, 2019
This week’s reviews include releases from Aeon Winds, An Isolated Mind, Batushka, Brand Of Sacrifice, Bullet, Burial Remains, Celestial Grave, …

Abbath – Outstrider Review
Abbath, the former face of black metal legends Immortal, is back with Outstrider, his second album from his eponymous band, …

Beastwars – IV Review
New Zealand’s answer to the stoner doom of High on Fire and Conan, Beastwars are releasing their appropriately titled fourth …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of June 28, 2019
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Ashbringer, Axioma, Birdflesh, Bloodred Hourglass, Bloody Hammers, Centrilia, Concrete Dream, Dreams …

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 …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of June 21, 2019
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Awake At Last, Gygax, Hollywood Vampires, Howling Sycamore, Lightning Born, Lunar …

The Lord Weird Slough Feg – New Organon Review
When a band has been around for the better part of 30 years, like Slough Feg (or The Lord Weird …

Baroness – Gold & Grey Review
There are a wide variety of bands who have undergone massive changes in musical style over their career arcs. Opeth …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of June 14, 2019
This week’s Heavy Music HQ album reviews include releases from Beheaded, Chaos Magic, Damage S.P.F., Demir Demirkan, Hate, Ingested, Jorn, …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of June 7, 2019
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from All Hell, Axel Rudi Pell, Cave In, Combichrist, Distant, Diviner, Enthroned, …

Darkthrone – Old Star Review
Fenriz and Nocturno Culto are synonymous with black metal. All of their contributions as Darkthrone have helped to make Norway …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of May 31, 2019
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from 1914, Concrete Funeral, Constantine, Death Angel, Funeral Storm, Gaahl’s WYRD, Gloryhammer, …

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 …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of May 24, 2019
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Dark Numbers, Destrage, Diamond Head, Earth, Emil Bulls, Epectase, Fleshgod Apocalypse, …