Category: Album Reviews
Chad’s Heavy Music Reviews: Week of September 23, 2016
This week’s reviews include releases from Allegaeon, Almah, Dysrhythmia, Giraffe Tongue Orchestra, Neurosis, Saint Vitus and The Sword. The ratings …
Brutal Bits & Pieces: September 2016
Welcome to the first installment of Brutal Bits & Pieces, a monthly miniseries culled directly from the extreme metal underground. …
High Spirits – Motivator Review
High Spirits are Chris Black’s Hard Rock/NWOBHM alter ego. The prolific multi instrumentalist seems to release a new record every …
Drudkh / Grift – Betrayed By The Sun/Hagringar Split Review
Ukrainian veterans Drudkh return very quickly after their last full-length from last year (A Furrow Cut Short), this time for …
Warfather – The Grey Eminence Review
When Steve Tucker left Morbid Angel for the second time in 2004, (he rejoined the band in 2015), he took …
Brujeria – Pocho Aztlan Review
In a year of civil unrest, a new Brujeria album is just what we needed. Pocho Aztlan is a satirical …
Devin Townsend Project – Transcendence Review
Devin Townsend is the most prolific musician in metal. Putting to rest the ultra heavy Strapping Young Lad, he formed …
Chad’s Heavy Music Reviews: Week of September 16, 2016
This week’s reviews include releases from Carcer City, Finsterforst, Heaven Shall Burn, Helen Money, In The Woods, Johansson & Speckmann, …
Barishi – Blood From The Lion’s Mouth Review
Barishi burst on the scene three years ago with their self-titled debut, an interesting mash of prog metal and hardcore …
Black Funeral – Ankou And The Death Fire Review
Michael W. Ford from Houston, Texas has long been the creative force behind Black Funeral, a long running act within …
Pain – Coming Home Review
Pain’s Peter Tägtgren is almost extreme metal’s version of Steven Wilson: prolific to a fault, playing in death metal, grindcore, …
Chad’s Heavy Music Reviews: Week of September 9, 2016
This week’s heavy music reviews include releases from Elm Street, Exalt, Letters From The Fire, Serious Black, Steve ‘N Seagulls …
Evergrey – The Storm Within Review
This year Sweden’s Evergrey are celebrating their twentieth year as a band. Having compiled an impressive catalog over the course …
Kerasphorus – Kerasphorus Review
This is a compilation from Kerasphorus, a face melting blackened death metal outfit from San Francisco. Currently, all of the …
Monkey3 – Astra Symmetry Review
Swiss purveyors of psychedelic stoner rock Monkey3 are as consistent as they come in the genre. With six albums (including …
The Progress Report: August 2016
Welcome to The Progress Report, what will become a monthly column here at Heavy Music Headquarters dedicated to all forms of …
Running Wild – Rapid Foray Review
Walking a fine line between speed and power metal, Germany’s Running Wild formed 35 years ago. Their earliest releases were …
Sodom – Decision Day Review
Sodom are one of the most iconic bands in metal’s history. Their aggressive brand of metal was revolutionary and has …
Chad’s Heavy Music Reviews: Week of August 26, 2016
Reviews of new albums from Dark Forest, Delain, King Company, Kiss and Wretch. The ratings are on a 5 star …
SubRosa – For This We Fought The Battle Of Ages Review
Along with Windhand, Salt Lake City’s SubRosa have captured the imaginations of fans of doom metal everywhere. By now it’s …
Inquisition – Bloodshed Across The Empyrean Altar Beyond The Celestial Zenith Review
Continuing their interstellar trek, Inquisition release their seventh album, Bloodshed Across The Empyrean Altar Beyond The Celestial Zenith. For those …
Powerwolf – The Metal Mass: Live Review
Live releases are often a hit or miss affair. It is incredibly hard to capture the magic of a live …
Blood Incantation – Starspawn Review
Much to my personal delight, more bands are mining cosmic themes for inspiration. Just within the last few weeks (or …