Category: Album Reviews
Set And Setting – Reflectionless
Reflectionless, the third album from Set And Setting, can be a tricky listen. Not because it’s some impenetrable creation, but …
Xandria – Theater Of Dimensions Review
Coming up on their twentieth year as a band, Xandria have only gotten better with age. Theater Of Dimensions is …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of January 27, 2017
This week’s reviews include releases from Annihilator, Au Champ Des Morts, The Great Old Ones, The Murder Of My Sweet, …
Hour Of Penance – Cast The First Stone Review
Italy’s Hour Of Penance, a brutal death metal powerhouse, returns with Cast The First Stone, their seventh full-length album. They …
Jack Russell’s Great White – He Saw It Comin’ Review
Great White were one of those bands I managed to catch onto before they made it big. My cassette copy …
Kreator – Gods Of Violence Review
If the time was ever ripe for a new Kreator album, I can’t think of a better one than now. …
Firewind – Immortals Review
Gus G. is the hardest working man in metal. Not only has he been the lead guitar player in Ozzy …
Twingiant/Into The Storm – Split Review
At some levels Twingiant and Into the Storm are similar, but there are distinct differences as well. While Arizona’s Twingiant …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of January 20, 2017
This week’s reviews include releases from As Lions, Burning Point, Laster, Magnum, Once Human, Shallow Side and Terrifier. The ratings …
Nightmare – Dead Sun Review
French metallers Nightmare have been at it a long time – since 1979, to be precise. Over that time, the …
Grave Digger – Healed By Metal Review
A ground-breaking band in the early ’80s, Germany’s Grave Digger have built an amazing catalog and reputation over their thirty …
Black Anvil – As Was Review
Black Anvil have slowly been separating from the unpolished ode to early ’90s death and black metal that was present …
Heavy Music Album Reviews: Week of January 13, 2017
This week’s reviews include releases from Accept, Chrysalis, Draugsol, Lo-Pan, Memories In Broken Glass, Nightwish and more. The ratings are …
Pain Of Salvation – In The Passing Light Of Day Review
It has been six years since the last proper studio album from Swedish prog metal vets Pain of Salvation, 2011’s …
Spectral Apparition – Manifestation Review
There is scant information available about the U.K.’s Spectral Apparition other than Manifestation being the first recorded output from the …
2016 Best Progressive Metal Albums
The end of the year is upon us, which means it’s time to spew out a bunch of Top 10 …
Blood Tyrant – Aristocracy Of Twilight Review
Blood Tyrant, a raw black metal duo from Netherlands, are part of the vast and prolific Dutch metal scene and …
Brutal Bits & Pieces: December 2016
Welcome to the second installment of Brutal Bits & Pieces, a monthly miniseries culled directly from the extreme metal underground. …
Terra – Mors Secunda Review
The sweeping black metal Terra perform is a delicate endeavor. It’s tough for many bands to go over ten minutes …
Red Mesa & Blue Snaggletooth – The Second Coming Of Heavy Series: Vol. 4 Review
Stoner/doom metal label Ripple Music has a project entitled The Second Coming of Heavy, which has been underway since 2015 …
Night Ranger – 35 Years and A Night In Chicago Review
Hard rock, pop metal, bubblegum metal, whatever you want to call it, in the ’80s Night Ranger did it as …
Hollow Earth – Dead Planet Review
Hollow Earth look to the sky and past Earth’s vast atmospheric layers to outer space for inspiration behind their second …
Ash Borer – The Irrepassable Gate Review
Not much has been heard from Cascadian black metal lately. Largely dominated by Wolves In The Throne Room and Agalloch, …