
Category: Album Reviews



Bloodbath – The Arrow Of Satan Is Drawn Review
Swedish death metal machine Bloodbath return with their fifth proper album The Arrow of Satan Is Drawn, their second helmed …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of October 19, 2018
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Ace Frehley, Aldo Nova, Amaranthe, Anthrax, Arion, Erosion, Esoctrilihum, Evanescence, Hatesphere, …

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 …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of October 12, 2018
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Atreyu, Chthonic, Deadbird, DungeonHammer, Gama Bomb, Helsott, High On Fire, Nazareth, …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of October 5, 2018
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Alkymist, Author & Punisher, Behemoth, Coheed and Cambria, Deathhammer, Gridfailure, Hammer …

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 …

Anaal Nathrakh – A New Kind Of Horror Review
On their tenth proper album, British blackened grind duo Anaal Nathrakh continue their musical evolution. A New Kind of Horror …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of September 28, 2018
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include Brainstorm, Electric Citizen, A Forest Of Stars, Helrunar, Livekill, Once Human, Onkel Tom, …

Horrendous – Idol Review
Philadelphia death metal collective Horrendous are back with album number four, Idol, and a lot of hype to live up …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of September 21, 2018
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Aborted, Bangladeafy, Betzefer, Dark Sarah, Dragonlord, Forn, Madder Mortem, Prezir, Pyrexia, …

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 …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of September 14, 2018
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Abhorrence, Bosse-de-Nage, Brant Bjork, Conan, Deicide, Dream Child, Ethernity, Grave Digger, …

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 …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of September 7, 2018
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Allfather, Alter Bridge, Arabrot, Cauldron, Downpour, Infera Bruo, Korpiklaani, Krisiun, Metal …

Pig Destroyer – Head Cage Review
Mid-Atlantic mavens of grind Pig Destroyer return for the first time in six years with the highly anticipated Head Cage, …

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 …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of August 31, 2018
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Alice Cooper, Beyond The Black, Cast The Stone, Circles, Descent, Helion …

The Progress Report: August 2018
Welcome to the August Progress Report. As summer draws to an end we hit a bit of a lull in …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of August 24, 2018
This week’s reviews include releases from Ancestors, Chuggernaut, Etherius, Imperialist, Leeched, Lords Of The Trident, Manes, Mob Rules, Nonpoint, Nothing, …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of August 17, 2018
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Carnation, Cemetery Urn, Demise, Doro, Exocrine, Moonspell, Parasite Inc., Pink Mass, …

Black Tusk – T.C.B.T. Review
Savannah, Georgia was a sludgy pool of primordial ooze in the early oughts; home to bands like Kylesa and Baroness. …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of August 10, 2018
This week’s Heavy Music HQ album reviews include Airrace, Enuff Z’Nuff, Imperial Domain, Lurk, Mad Max, Massive Wagons, Nachash, Primal …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of August 3, 2018
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Abhorrent Deformity, Blight House, Cancer, Earth Groans, Integrity, Into Eternity, Krieg, …