Category: Album Reviews
Myrkur – Mareridt Review
The question, “Is this black metal or not?” has followed Myrkur since her polarizing 2014 self-titled EP. Every time a …
Heavy Music Headquarters Reviews: Week of September 15, 2017
This week’s reviews include releases from Ace Frehley, Black Mare, Bob Kulick, Caligula’s Horse, The Contortionist, Dyscarnate, Ensiferum, Highrider, Josh …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of September 8, 2017
This week’s reviews include releases from Argus, Cannabis Corpse, Crematory, Demon Eye, The Ditch And The Delta, Forged In Black, …
Heavy Music Headquarters Reviews: Week of September 1, 2017
This week’s reviews include releases from Anubis Gate, The Convalescence, Crawl, Epica, Fireforce, From North, Monster Magnet, Motorhead, Night, Ovakner …
The Progress Report: August 2017
Welcome to the August Progress Report. After the mellowness of July, you’re in for a shock this month! Of the …
Pagan Altar – The Room Of Shadows Review
If you are a Pagan Altar fan you can stop reading and buy the album now. This is the album …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of August 25, 2017
This week’s reviews include releases from Akercocke, Alpha Tiger, Bobaflex, Canyon Of The Skull, Crimfall, Eden’s Curse, Korpiklaani, Leng T’che, …
Leprous – Malina Review
Norway’s Leprous are the progressive metal band only fans of the genre are in the know about. With five albums …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of August 18, 2017
This week’s reviews include releases from Casket Robbery, Eagleheart, Eluveitie, End Of Green, Funeralglade, Janet Gardner, KMFDM, Phylactery, Sons Of …
Steven Wilson – ‘To The Bone’ Review
Steven Wilson is this generation’s equivalent of progressive rock royalty. Whether it is his past work with seminal prog band …
Venom Inc. – Avé Review
Everyone knows the legacy of Venom. In some ways, the band is responsible for black metal (although not in the …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of August 11, 2017
This week’s reviews include releases from Atriarch, Dawn Of Disease, Devil Electric, Empyrean Throne, Hundred Suns, Incantation, The Lurking Fear, …
Accept – The Rise Of Chaos Review
When I was a teenager, two of my favorite albums were Accept’s Balls to the Wall and Metal Heart, classics …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of August 5, 2017
This week’s reviews include releases from Bonehunter, Dead Cross, Def Leppard, Exit Eden, Kavrila, Marty Friedman, Masterplan, Quiet Riot, Russkaja, …
July 2017 Best Heavy Metal Albums
There was a bit of a summer slump in July, with a noticeable drop in the number of quality releases. …
The Progress Report: July 2017
Welcome to the July Progress Report. We’ve got a very diverse selection to look at this month, from ’70s prog …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of July 28, 2017
This week’s reviews include releases from Abhorrent Decimation, Byzantine, Couch Slut, Divinity Compromised, Fate Unburied, Hexenklad, Make Them Suffer, Obscura …
In This Moment – Ritual Review
In This Moment started life as a metalcore band, but they’ve gradually transitioned away from most things hard and …
Heavy Music Headquarters Reviews: Week of July 21, 2017
This week’s reviews include Cytotoxin, Ded, Ereb Altor, Kroh, Necromandus, Orden Ogan, Poseidon, Soul Remnants, Tau Cross, Wilderness Dream, Wintersun …
Decrepit Birth – Axis Mundi Review
7 years away from the scene is a long time, but Decrepit Birth return just as strong as they were …
Boris – Dear Review
Impossibility and Tokyo’s Boris share the commonality of slow evolution into reality along with the respect that time, ever-so-slowly, crushes …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of July 14, 2017
This week’s reviews include releases from 12 Stones, Dayseeker, Destroyer Of Light, Enfold Darkness, Explusion, Ewigkeit, Integrity, Livid, One Master, …
Edguy – Monuments Review
Tobias Sammet may be better known for Avantasia these days, but Edguy is where it all started for the prolific …