MANY EYES: The Light Age
MANY EYESThe Light Age
PERSEVERANCE
8/10
LIFE AFTER DYING, EVERY TIME: If there’s been an iron-clad public statement about why Every Time I Die broke up, we...
MORK: Syv
MORK Syv
PEACEVILLE
6/10
BLACK METAL: The scene was the 2024 edition of the Maryland Deathfest where Norway’s Mork was headlining one of the days at...
HUMAN IMPACT: Gone Dark
HUMAN IMPACT Gone Dark
IPECAC
8/10
NOISE ROCK: Chris Spencer and Jim Coleman, Human Impact’s principles, have a friendship that extends back to the dirty, violent,...
ATREYU: The Pronoia Sessions
ATREYU The Pronoia Sessions
SPINEFARM
9/10
ETHEREAL ROCK: Pronoia is the belief that the world is conspiring in your favor—the opposite of paranoia. At its most...
CROSSFAITH: AЯK
CROSSFAITH AЯK
UNFD
9/10
HEAVY ELECTRONICORE: Crossfaith is a band that cannot be pigeonholed into one genre. The Japanese noise merchants blur the lines...
INSECT ARK: Raw Blood Singing
INSECT ARKRaw Blood Singing
DEBEMUR MORTI
9/10
EXPANSIVE AVANT-METAL: Raw Blood Singing is the latest sonic distillation of Insect Ark, a duo consisting of Dana Schechter (Swans)...
KITTIE: Fire
KITTIEFire
SUMERIAN
9/10
METAL: Of the original female movers and shakers within the metal industry, none stick out more prominently than the all-female tour de force of...
VOMIT THE SOUL: Massive Incineration
VOMIT THE SOULMassive Incineration
UNIQUE LEADER
8/10
UNRELENTING FREIGHT TRAIN OF DEATH: Massive Incineration is like a runaway freight train speeding down the tracks at breakneck speed,...
BONFIRE: The MMXXIII Versions
BONFIREThe MMXXIII Versions
AFM
7/10
REMASTERED METAL: Tenured German metallers Bonfire are back, well, sort of, with a trio of remastered re-releases, which they call The MMXXIII...
IRON SAVIOR: Firestar
IRON SAVIORFirestar
AFM
8/10
TOP-NOTCH POWER METAL: Spending three decades at the top of your craft is something to be commended. And 28 years in, Germany’s Iron...