
Category: Album Reviews



Ihsahn – Amr Review
Ihsahn’s Ámr is a sleek model of craftmanship from the formidable Vegard Tveitan, Norwegian founder of the black metal group …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of May 4, 2018
Reviews for the week of May 4, 2018 include releases from Anthrax, Archelon, Dimmu Borgir, Lik, Manacle, QFT, Shinedown, Stone …

The Progress Report: April 2018
Welcome to the April 2018 Progress Report. Life goes in cycles, so it seems. Back in March, everything we reviewed …

Riot V – Armor Of Light Review
Riot V may sound like a strange name, but for those unaware, the band is the next evolution of stalwart …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of April 27, 2018
This week’s reviews include releases from Aura Noir, Blood Tsunami, Boss Keloid, Cardiac Arrest, Demonical, God Is An Astronaut, Kobra …

Sleep – The Sciences Review
Sleep shocked the metal world by dropping a surprise album titled simply The Sciences on 4/20, a day where the …

King Goat – Debt Of Aeons Review
Back in 2016, British progressive doomsters King Goat were flying so low under the radar that we here at Heavy …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of April 20, 2018
This week’s reviews include releases from Abolishment Of Flesh, Ails, Evanescence, Gus G, Ivar Bjornson & Einar Selvik, Ghastly, Melvins, …

Dokken – Return To The East Live 2016 Review
The classic original lineup of rock super-group Dokken (vocalist Don Dokken, guitarist George Lynch, bassist Jeff Pilson and drummer Mick …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of April 13, 2018
This week’s reviews include releases from Angerot, Behemoth, Bonfire, Breaking Benjamin, Crematory, Expulser, Holy Grove, Killer Dwarfs, Ledger, Leila Abdul-Rauf, …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of April 6, 2018
This week’s reviews include releases from Above Aurora, The Amorettes, Black Salvation, Coldbones, The Golden Grass, Inisans, Kalmah, Kamelot, Kolossor, …

Ayreon – Ayreon Universe: Best Of Ayreon Live Review
When a band that has been around for more than 20 years finally plays its first official live shows, expectations …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of March 30, 2018
This week’s reviews include releases by Augury, Barren Earth, Critical Mess, Eagle Twin, Hexed, Johansson & Speckmann, Leechfeast, Lychgate, Napalm …

Primordial – Exile Amongst The Ruins Review
For decades now, Ireland’s Primordial have released consistently excellent albums. Their past three: To the Nameless Dead, Redemption at the …

The Progress Report: March 2018
Welcome to the March Progress Report. This month, I took a different approach: I grabbed seven albums from artists I …

Monster Magnet – Mindfucker Review
Decades into what can only be described as a consistently entertaining career, Dave Wyndorf and his lecherous crew in Monster …

The Sword – Used Future Review
Austin, Texas’ The Sword are a prominent band in metal’s “green” movement. Though this movement’s luminaries at the blunt end …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of March 23, 2018
This week’s reviews include releases from Blessthefall, Bruce Lamont, Coilguns, Eldritch, High Priest, Imperial Triumphant, L.A. Guns, Lenore S. Fingers, …

Gygax – Second Edition Review
Two years ago, intrepid adventurers Gygax burst on the scene with their debut, Critical Hits, but it’s not like they …

Heavy Music Headquarters Reviews: Week of March 16, 2018
This week’s reviews include releases from The Crown, Deconstructing Sequence, Earthless, Godthrymm, Myrkraverk, On Thorns I Lay, Paradise Lost, Rivers …

Between The Buried And Me – Automata I Review
Between the Buried and Me have done concept albums before, but nothing like Automata. Their eighth studio album is split …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of March 9, 2018
This week’s reviews include releases from Black Royal, Byyrth, Drudkh, Ministry, Mormant De Snagov, Myles Kennedy, Nightwish, Pestilence, Three Days …

Judas Priest – Firepower Review
Metal gods Judas Priest have been putting out albums since 1974, and their legacy is untouchable. At this stage in …