Category: Album Reviews
Cynic – Ascension Codes Review
I’m not sure if anyone expected another Cynic album after what was a disastrous 2020 for the band. Long-time drummer …
Converge – Bloodmoon: I Review
Converge are a band that needs very little introduction to the heavy music scene considering what they have been able …
Heavy Music HQ Album Reviews: Week of November 19, 2021
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Aephanemer, Daxma, Der Weg Einer Freiheit, Eldritch, Godless, The Lurking Fear, …
Exodus – Persona Non Grata Review
Thrash metal legends Exodus return with their eleventh proper album Persona Non Grata, their first in over seven years. Exodus …
Khemmis – Deceiver Review
Critical doom metal darlings Khemmis are back with their fourth album Deceiver, after the longest gap between releases yet. Three …
Heavy Music Headquarters Reviews: Week of November 12, 2021
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Black Soul Horde, Bonded, Delphian, Eyes Wide Open, Kill City, Mesarthim, …
Heavy Music HQ Album Reviews: Week of November 5, 2021
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Bornholm, Bryan Eckermann, Bullet For My Valentine, Crazy Lixx, Deber, Deceased, …
Lucifer – Lucifer IV Review
Lucifer return with their fourth proper album, only a year after the amazing Lucifer III. Their constant embrace for ‘70s …
Mastodon – Hushed And Grim Review
Four plus years after 2017’s Emperor Of Sand, the mighty Mastodon return with the double album Hushed And Grim, their …
Heavy Music HQ Album Reviews: Week of October 29, 2021
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from 1914, Aexylium, Bastardur, Beast In Black, Be’lakor, Black Veil Brides, Bobby …
The Progress Report: October 2021
Welcome to the October Progress Report. As the end of the year (and therefore list season) approaches, things are heating …
Within The Abyss: October 2021
Welcome to another installment of Within The Abyss. Each month we review black metal albums from all over the world, …
Cradle Of Filth – Existence Is Futile Review
British gothic metal icons Cradle Of Filth once again open Pandora’s Box with Existence Is Futile. The group’s thirteenth album …
Heavy Music HQ Album Reviews: Week of October 22, 2021
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Apparition, Armored Saint, Blackwater Holylight, Catalyst Crime, Dream Theater, Dust Mountain, …
Heavy Music HQ Album Reviews: Week of October 15, 2021
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Aeon, The Agonist, Alcatrazz, Ded, Dug Pinnick, Feed The Corpses To …
Trivium – In The Court Of The Dragon Review
The pandemic put all bands on the sidelines when it came to touring. Musicians used that downtime in different ways. …
Heavy Music HQ Album Reviews: Week of October 8, 2021
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include Alda, Antichrist Siege Machine, Atrae Bilis, Black Sites, Blood Red Throne, Eternal Silence, …
Heavy Music HQ Album Reviews: Week of October 1, 2021
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from 1000 Bone Cylinder Explosion, Alkuhamonian Kantaja, Big|Brave, The Body, Bummer, Charred, …
The Progress Report: September 2021
Welcome to the September Progress Report. As we head into the final months of 2021 (already?!) we will typically see …
Within The Abyss: September 2021
Welcome to another installment of Within The Abyss. Each month I review albums from humanity’s darkest form of music, black …
Heavy Music HQ Album Reviews: Week of September 24, 2021
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Aeon Zen, Cognizance, Drott, Grinder Blues, Hellsword, Nefariym, A Pale Horse …
Rivers Of Nihil – The Work Review
Anyone that heard the massive evolution Rivers Of Nihil took on 2018’s Where Owls Know My Name won’t be surprised …
Heavy Music HQ Album Reviews: Week of September 17, 2021
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Alien Weaponry, Anomaly, Aversio Humanitatis, Brainstorm, Centenary, Charlotte Wessels, Criminal, Eard, …