
Category: Album Reviews



Heavy Music HQ Album Reviews: Week of February 4, 2022
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Abysmal Dawn, And Harmony Dies, Beyond The Styx, Mass Worship, Obsidian …

The Progress Report: January 2022
Welcome to the January Progress Report, and Happy New Year to everyone out there. It seemed like 2021 was just …

Heavy Music HQ Album Reviews: Week of January 28, 2022
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Burned In Effigy, Bye Bye Tsunami, Celeste, Deeper Graves, Depleted Uranium, …

Within The Abyss: January 2022
The world may have taken a full trip around the sun, but there Within The Abyss remains in frost-bitten shadows. …

Heavy Music HQ Album Reviews: Week of January 21, 2022
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from 40 Watt Sun, Abyssus, Ashes Of Ares, Battle Beast, Boris, The …

Heavy Music HQ Album Reviews: Week of January 14, 2022
Happy New Year and welcome to our first collection of reviews for 2022. This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include …

Heavy Music HQ Album Reviews: Week of December 10, 2021
These are our final weekly reviews of 2021. They will resume in January of 2022. This week’s Heavy Music HQ …

Heavy Music HQ Reviews: Week of December 3, 2021
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Bog Wizard, Dead War, Death Angel, Demonstealer, Doodswens, Genocide Pact, Ofermod, …

Within The Abyss: November 2021
We have come to the end our shadowy journey for 2021. This is the last column for the year with …

The Progress Report: November 2021
Welcome to the November Progress Report – the final review column of the year, as December’s will be our Best …

Heavy Music HQ Reviews: Week of November 26, 2021
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Bastard Of Loran, Black Label Society, Blodtar, Helmet, Hypocrisy, Imperial Triumphant, …

Cynic – Ascension Codes Review
I’m not sure if anyone expected another Cynic album after what was a disastrous 2020 for the band. Long-time drummer …

Converge – Bloodmoon: I Review
Converge are a band that needs very little introduction to the heavy music scene considering what they have been able …

Heavy Music HQ Album Reviews: Week of November 19, 2021
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Aephanemer, Daxma, Der Weg Einer Freiheit, Eldritch, Godless, The Lurking Fear, …

Exodus – Persona Non Grata Review
Thrash metal legends Exodus return with their eleventh proper album Persona Non Grata, their first in over seven years. Exodus …

Khemmis – Deceiver Review
Critical doom metal darlings Khemmis are back with their fourth album Deceiver, after the longest gap between releases yet. Three …

Heavy Music Headquarters Reviews: Week of November 12, 2021
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Black Soul Horde, Bonded, Delphian, Eyes Wide Open, Kill City, Mesarthim, …

Heavy Music HQ Album Reviews: Week of November 5, 2021
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Bornholm, Bryan Eckermann, Bullet For My Valentine, Crazy Lixx, Deber, Deceased, …

Lucifer – Lucifer IV Review
Lucifer return with their fourth proper album, only a year after the amazing Lucifer III. Their constant embrace for ‘70s …

Mastodon – Hushed And Grim Review
Four plus years after 2017’s Emperor Of Sand, the mighty Mastodon return with the double album Hushed And Grim, their …

Heavy Music HQ Album Reviews: Week of October 29, 2021
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from 1914, Aexylium, Bastardur, Beast In Black, Be’lakor, Black Veil Brides, Bobby …

The Progress Report: October 2021
Welcome to the October Progress Report. As the end of the year (and therefore list season) approaches, things are heating …

Within The Abyss: October 2021
Welcome to another installment of Within The Abyss. Each month we review black metal albums from all over the world, …