TRIBULATION: Where the Gloom Becomes Sound
TRIBULATION Where the Gloom Becomes Sound
METAL BLADE
7/10
DARK DREARY SWEDISH METAL: There are chills in the night, and you are encompassed by...
DEMON HUNTER: Peace
DEMON HUNTERPeace
SOLID STATE
8/10
MELODIC ATMOSPHERIC METAL: Just two years after the band’s eighth studio album, Outlive, Demon Hunter has returned with its next two releases...
STARSET: Divisions
STARSET Divisions
FEARLESS
7/10
DYSTOPIAN ALT-ROCK: Divisions finds Starset traveling further into the dystopian future ravaged by the misuse of technology they created on their first...
STORY OF THE YEAR: Tear Me to Pieces
STORY OF THE YEARTear Me to Pieces
SHARPTONE
10/10
POST-HARDCORE: Story of the Year is one of those consistently solid bands that doesn’t get enough credit as...
SAVAGE EXISTENCE
SAVAGE EXISTENCE
RIVET
8/10
GROOVE METAL: When searching for something new to quench a metal music thirst, it is uncommon to look in places such as beautiful...
COMBICHRIST: One Fire
COMBICHRISTOne Fire
OUT OF LINE
10/10
INDUSTRIAL METAL: “A beat-driven explosive journey through an aggressive
industrial landscape” would likely be the most metaphorically poetic
description of this release from...
CIRITH UNGOL: Forever Black
CIRITH UNGOL Forever Black
METAL BLADE
9/10
EPIC METAL: The red-headed stepchild of heavy metal is back! California epic heavy metal band Cirith Ungol...
MACBETH: Gedankenwächter
MACBETH Gedankenwächter
MASSACRE
8/10
CLASSIC TEUTONIC METAL: The backstory of Germany’s Macbeth is a tale worthy of a documentary film designed to visually flesh...
LAKE OF TEARS: Ominous
LAKE OF TEARS Ominous
AFM
6/10
A MIXED BAG: The story of heavy metal has been full of bands whose careers progressed to places...
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....