ELYSION: Bring Out Your Dead
ELYSIONBring Out Your Dead
MASSACRE
8/10
OPERATIC POP METAL: It sure as hell doesn’t sound like it, but Bring Out Your Dead is Elysion’s first album in...
ARMORED DAWN: Barbarians in Black
ARMORED DAWN
Barbarians in Black
AFM
8/10
POWER METAL: In spite of all the hype AFM has generated in order to sell records, recoup advance money, and ultimately...
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...
INCITE: Built to Destroy
INCITE Built to Destroy
MINUS HEAD
7/10
MODERN EXTREME METAL: Phoenix based Incite—led by frontman Richie Cavalera—have been proving themselves for 15 years now. Despite his...
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....
SAINT VITUS
SAINT VITUS
SEASON OF MIST
8/10
HEAVY MOODY DOOM: There always seems to be something symbolic or special behind a band intentionally self-titling an album so...
NIGHTFELL: A Sanity Deranged
NIGHTFELL A Sanity Deranged
20 BUCK SPIN
7/10
BLACKENED
DOOM: There
have been untold numbers of claims by artists of all stripes that the recent
downswing in the mood of...
SEVEN SPIRES: Emerald Seas
SEVEN SPIRES Emerald Seas
FRONTIERS
9/10
SYMPHONIC/BLACK/POWER METAL:
Seven Spires—led by frontwoman Adrienne Cowan—formed the band while attending
the well revered Berklee College of Music in...
…AND OCEANS: Cosmic World Mother
…AND OCEANS Cosmic World Mother
SEASON OF MIST
8/10
ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW STRANGER: Finland’s …And Oceans has always been extremely difficult to...
ZAKK SABBATH: Vertigo
ZAKK SABBATH Vertigo
MAGNETIC EYE
7/10
Zakk Sabbath’s new release, Vertigo, is the band’s monstrous cover of Black Sabbath’s iconic self-titled album and features...