Category: Album Reviews
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, …
Chad’s Heavy Music Reviews: Week of December 2, 2016
This week’s reviews include releases from Avenged Sevenfold, Bethlehem, Crystal Lake, Enuff Z’Nuff, Ranger and Trivium. The ratings are on …
Martyrdod – List Review
For those with d-beat still faithfully in their blood, Martyrdod must be a household name to you by this point. …
The Progress Report: November 2016
Welcome to the final Progress Report of 2016. Next month I’ll be providing a “Top Something” list of 2016’s essential …
Sister – Stand Up, Forward, March! Review
Swedish sleaze-metal vets Sister are back with their third full-length album, Stand Up, Forward, March! The band is attempting to …
Bolzer – Hero Review
Bölzer, a duo from Switzerland, made perhaps the biggest splash of 2013 with the release of Aura, a three-song EP …
Witchery – In His Infernal Majesty’s Service Review
Sweden’s solid blackened thrash metal outfit Witchery return with In His Infernal Majesty’s Service, their sixth full-length album, and their …
Primordial – Gods To The Godless Review
Anyone who has been lucky enough to see pagan black metal stalwarts Primordial in concert know that they bring it …
Chad’s Heavy Music Reviews: Week of November 25, 2016
This week’s reviews include releases from Beasto Blanco, Fetid Zombie, Leprous, Mortualia, Pestilence and Scorched. The ratings are on a …
Metallica – Hardwired…To Self Destruct Review
It has been eight long years since metal legends Metallica have released a proper studio album. They are building off …
Misanthropic Rage – Gates No Longer Shut Review
What a band should want to do, whatever genre they represent, is provide a twist on the norms. It’s not …
Risk Relay – As We Descend Review
As We Descend is quite possibly the shortest concept album of all time, clocking in at a svelte six songs …