Category: Album Reviews
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 …
Chad’s Heavy Music Reviews: Week of November 18, 2016
This week’s reviews include releases from Dark Sarah, Devilment, Disturbed, Freedom Call, Furia, Lamb Of God, Phil Campbell and the …
Gravehill/Mordbrand – Skullbearer/In Nighted Waters Review
Skullbearer/In Nighted Waters is a nine-song split LP released on vinyl from Doomentia Records featuring Gravehill and Mordbrand. Both bands …
Ravencult – Force Of Profanation Review
Greece’s Ravencult are one of black metal’s most underrated bands. Their second album, 2011’s Morbid Blood, made my top ten …
Quicksand Dream – Beheading Tyrants Review
Quicksand Dream’s Beheading Tyrants is an album 16 years in the making. That’s right, sixteen years. No extra number placed …
Trees Of Eternity – Hour Of The Nightingale Review
A strong pedigree and a compelling backstory made Trees of Eternity’s debut album an easy one to choose for review …
Ruinous – Graves Of Ceaseless Death Review
Disma, Incantation, Funebrarum: all bands that had at least one member of Ruinous in their ranks at some point or …
KEN Mode – Nerve Review
Canada’s critically acclaimed noise metal act KEN Mode are issuing an EP Nerve to tide fans over until the release of …
Chad’s Heavy Music Reviews: Week of November 11, 2016
This week’s reviews include releases from Arkona, Downfall Of Gaia, Enslaved, Graham Bonnet Band, Old Chapel, Setentia and Sirenia. The …
In Flames – Battles Review
There are certain bands that have mutated their style so radically over the years that the fan base has been …
Vader – The Empire Review
Poland’s death metal war machine Vader return with The Empire, the twelfth full-length studio album from this pioneering death metal …
Pretty Maids – Kingmaker Review
Starting their career back at the beginning of the 1980s, Pretty Maids have consistently released quality albums throughout the years. …
Chad’s Heavy Music Reviews: Week of November 4, 2016
This week’s reviews include releases from Arkona, Civil War, Dark Tranquillity, Glenn Hughes, Junior Bruce, Upon A Burning Body and …
HammerFall – Built To Last Review
Power metal vets HammerFall have been pummeling us with their, um, hammers since the turn of the century. Built to …
Crowbar – The Serpent Only Lies Review
Crowbar’s heavy sludge from the Big Easy is iconic; existing for nearly 25 years and not changing the music too …