Category: Album Reviews
Brutal Bits & Pieces: October 2016
Welcome to the second installment of Brutal Bits & Pieces, a monthly miniseries culled directly from the extreme metal underground. …
Amaranthe – Maximalism Review
Sweden’s Amaranthe formed in 2009 with their debut self titled release seeing the light of day in 2011. Their latest, …
Obituary – Ten Thousand Ways To Die Review
Florida’s death metal kings Obituary return with a fix up album of sorts in Ten Thousand Ways To Die. Consisting …
Chad’s Heavy Music Reviews: Week of October 21, 2016
This week’s new reviews include releases from 40 Watt Sun, Auroch, An Autumn For Crippled Children, Destrage, Icethurs, Kix and …
Khemmis – Hunted Review
Denver’s Khemmis gained immediate attention from doom fans around the world with the release of their impressive 2015 debut, Absolution. …
Wovenwar – Honor Is Dead Review
I’m not a big metalcore guy. The mosh pit frightens me. Wovenwar aren’t really metalcore, but they do have deep …
Black Table – Obelisk Review
Black Table’s apocalyptic Obelisk starts at the bottom of a deep cavern and never rises from it. It tries to …
Venom Prison – Animus Review
The caustic attitude of Venom Prison’s Animus is its guiding light, violent tendencies and condemnation of humanity given through an …
Chad’s Heavy Music Reviews: Week of October 14, 2016
This week’s reviews include releases from The Dillinger Escape Plan, Eden’s Curse, Hardline, Meshuggah, Red Fang, Seeker, Theatres Des Vampires …
Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell – Keep It Greasy Review
Hard rocking filth mongers Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell return for album number three with Keep It Greasy. It’s another whiskey drenched …
Wormrot – Voices Review
Singapore’s grindcore maelstrom Wormrot return with Voices, the trio’s first full-length album since 2011’s Dirge. They did release a 5 …
Anciients – Voice Of The Void Review
If you weren’t paying attention, it would have been easy to miss Vancouver, Canada’s Anciients’ debut LP Heart of Oak …
Darkthrone – Arctic Thunder Review
Has there ever been a band that didn’t care what their fans and music critics thought of them like Darkthrone? …
Gatecreeper – Sonoran Depravation Review
A great deal of hype has been building around the imminent full-length debut from Arizona’s Gatecreeper, a buildup that resembles …
Mouth Of The Architect – Path Of Eight Review
I’ll be the first to admit, I don’t know a lot about post-metal veterans Mouth of the Architect. Aside from …
Chad’s Heavy Music Reviews: Week of October 7, 2016
This week’s reviews include releases from Candiria, The Devil Wears Prada, Kyng, Oathbreaker, The Reticent, Saxon and Take Over And …
Alter Bridge – The Last Hero Review
When Alter Bridge rose from Creed’s holy ashes in the early 2000s, they had to distance themselves from being labeled …
Sonata Arctica – The Ninth Hour Review
Finland’s Sonata Arctica walk a fine line between the power and progressive metal genres. Earlier in their career they executed …
Progress Report: September 2016
Welcome to September’s Progress Report, a monthly column dedicated to all forms of progressive rock. Each month we will highlight …
Truckfighters – V Review
Truckfighters have always been a bit of a stoner rock curiosity. Despite the fact that they are from Sweden, they …
Alcest – Kodama Review
French “Blackgaze” pioneering duo Alcest are back with Kodama, their fifth album. Unlike 2014’s Shelter, which featured instrumentalist/singer Neige and …
Asphyx – Incoming Death Review
Following his exit from Hail of Bullets last year, death growler extraordinaire Martin Van Drunen is fully dedicated to one …
Chad’s Heavy Music Reviews: Week of September 30, 2016
This week’s reviews include releases from The Agonist, Brant Bjork and the Low Desert Punk Band, Epica, Insomnium, Kryptos, Noctem, …