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Honest, in-depth reviews of new metal and rock albums, from the biggest names to the underground bands worth discovering.

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The Obsessed “Gilded Sorrow” Album Review By Josh Phillips

2020 – a year of Doom – in more ways…
Feb 29, 2024
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Big Big Train “The Likes Of Us” album review by Banyon G.

Big Big Train is back with their 15th studio album,…
Feb 28, 2024
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Liv Kristine “Deus Ex Machina” album review by Curtis J. Dupree

Norwegian singer Liv Kristine is associated with various musical artists,…
Feb 28, 2024
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Blaze Bayley “Circle of Stone” album review by Antoine Karam

Blaze Bayley's "Circle of Stone" emerges not just as an…
Feb 27, 2024
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Felix Martin “The Gathering” Album Review by Curtis J. Dupree

To sum up Felix Martin’s sound on The Gathering, I…
Feb 27, 2024
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Surgical Strike “24/7 Hate Album Review by Curtis J. Dupree

One thing that makes thrash metal such an interesting genre…
Feb 26, 2024
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Whom Gods Destroy “Insanium” album review by Gabriel Zarruk

Whom Gods Destroy is the new progressive metal band founded…
Feb 26, 2024
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Firewind “Stand United” Album Review by Scott Douglas

Gus G. is only 43 years old! This caught me…
Feb 26, 2024
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Borknagar “Fall” Album Review By Josh Phillips

I have a long history with Borknagar. I began to…
Feb 23, 2024
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North Sea Echoes “Really Good Terrible Things” album review by Banyon G.

North Sea Echoes is the new side project of Jim…
Feb 20, 2024
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Arkado “Open Sea” Album Review by Banyon G.

The genre of AOR/melodic rock has its roots in the…
Feb 20, 2024
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Big Big Train “The Likes Of Us” Album Review by Marc Fernandez

Two Thousand and Twenty-four sees Big Big Train reach many…
Feb 20, 2024
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Stygian Crown “Funeral for a King” Album Review by Curtis J. Dupree

Now this is how doom metal is supposed to sound.…
Feb 20, 2024
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Cathubodua “Interbellum” Album Review by Curtis J. Dupree

A quick cursory glance at the cover art for Cathubodua’s…
Feb 19, 2024
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Leah “The Glory and the Fallen” Album Review by Curtis J. Dupree

Those of us who are fans of female-fronted metal are…
Feb 15, 2024
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Eternal Storm “A Giant Bound to Fall” Album Review by Curtis J. Dupree

Melodic death metal has long frustrated me. I’ve always felt…
Feb 13, 2024
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Ihsahn “Ihsahn” Album(s) Review by Curtis J. Dupree

This review is a hard one to write. Why? Because…
Feb 12, 2024
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Acrid Death “Abominable Presence of Blight” Album Review by Curtis J. Dupree

Last year we were blessed to hear some really great…
Feb 12, 2024
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Thy Shining Curse “Theurgia” Album Review by Scott Douglas

We metal fans know, flat-out know, that our genre is…
Feb 12, 2024
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The Pineapple Thief “It Leads To This” Album Review by Banyon G.

It is rare that I will listen to an album…
Feb 7, 2024
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Gates Open “Voice After Silence” Album Review by Curtis J. Dupree

When reviewing albums it is important to give them more…
Feb 7, 2024
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Smoking Snakes “Danger Zone” Album Review by Scott Douglas

Hard Rock… Hallelujah! Every band since the first one rocking…
Feb 6, 2024
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Revolution Saints “Against The Winds” Album Review by Banyon G.

I remember when Deen Castronovo hit the scene as the…
Feb 6, 2024
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If These Trees Could Talk “Trail of Whispering Giants” Single Review by Bernard Romero

When I discovered If These Trees Could Talk a few…
Feb 2, 2024