GLORYHAMMER: Legends from Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex
GLORYHAMMERLegends from Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex
NAPALM
6/10
OVER-THE-TOP POWER METAL: If you took the already poncy, flowery, and overblown world of power metal and exponentially expanded...
LESS THAN JAKE: Silver Linings
LESS THAN JAKE Silver Linings
PURE NOISE
9/10
EXPERT LEVEL SKA PUNK: Though 2020 has been one hellacious bastard of a slog, new Less Than Jake...
ENTOMBED: Clandestine – Live
ENTOMBEDClandestine – Live
THREEMAN
8/10
DEATH METAL/CLASSICAL: Years
before pioneering what would eventually define the oft-maligned death ‘n’ roll
subgenre, Sweden’s Entombed stood at the forefront of death...
GWAR: The Blood of Gods
GWAR The Blood of Gods
METAL BLADE
9/10
THRASH METAL: Nothing can kill GWAR, not even the death of original frontman Oderus Urungus (Dave Brockie) in 2014....
BRICK BY BRICK: Hive Mentality
BRICK BY BRICK Hive Mentality
UPSTATE
8/10
MODERN HARDCORE: New York brawlers Brick by Brick returns with its sixth studio album, Hive Mentality. Unapologetically predictable, its nine tracks are wonderfully...
ENFORCED: Kill Grid
ENFORCED Kill Grid
CENTURY MEDIA
8/10
CROSSOVER THRASH: These riffs are so addicting! Richmond, Virginia crossover thrash metal band Enforced has released its second...
VISIGOTH: Conqueror’s Oath
VISIGOTHConqueror’s Oath
METAL BLADE
9/10
EPIC METAL: One wouldn’t necessarily expect Salt Lake City to be the source of one of the finest purveyors of traditional heavy...
SEPULTURA: Quadra
SEPULTURA Quadra
NUCLEAR BLAST
7/10
GREYBEARD HEROES OF THRASH: Sepultura’s history isn’t something that needs documentation or repeating in this review. Someone’s going to write a...
CIRITH UNGOL: Half Past Human
CIRITH UNGOL Half Past Human
METAL BLADE
7/10
HEAVY/DOOM METAL: Like many bands, Ventura, CA’s Cirith Ungol had a big list of plans for 2020 scuttled by COVID-19....
STRUNG OUT: Black Out the Sky
STRUNG OUT
Black Out the Sky
FAT WRECK CHORDS
8/10
PUNKS GO ACOUSTIC: Interesting idea here, California punk vets Strung Out deciding to write an acoustic EP that is...