FREEDOM CALL: M.E.T.A.L.
FREEDOM CALL M.E.T.A.L.
STEAMHAMMER / SPV
8/10
POSITIVELY
POSITIVE POWER METAL: The
fact that these natives of southern Germany even exist is a curiosity that
continues to confuse, anger, and...
TORCHE: Admission
TORCHE Admission
RELAPSE
6/10
THUNDER POP SLUDGE: Followers of Miami’s Torche since their early days have probably noticed how the band’s patented thunder pop came to its...
THEATRE OF TRAGEDY: Remixed
THEATRE OF TRAGEDY Remixed
AFM
5/10
MINUS THE METAL: Theatre of Tragedy split up in 2010, but as far back as 2000’s Musique, the Norwegians had already...
BLOODY HAMMERS: The Summoning
BLOODY HAMMERS The Summoning
NAPALM
8/10
GOTH HORROR ROCK: When North Carolina’s Bloody Hammers first creepy crawled their way
onto the scene in 2012, it was on...
ESSENCE OF DATUM: Spellcrying Machine
ESSENCE OF DATUM Spellcrying Machine
SEASON OF MIST
7/10
INSTRUMENTAL
MELODIC TECH DEATH:
This Belorussian duo may excise a focal talking point from their landscape by
not employing a vocalist,...
DESTRUCTION: Born to Perish
DESTRUCTION Born to Perish
NUCLEAR BLAST
8/10
THRASH:
Imagine you pretty
did much the same thing day after day, year after year, for thirty-seven years.
Hell, most of us...
OH HIROSHIMA: Oscillation
OH HIROSHIMA Oscillation
NAPALM
6/10
POST-ROCK: Despite initially being
self-released, previous albums by this Swedish band were reissued via a label
called Fluttery. Oscillation is the
band’s third...
WOLVES AT THE GATE: Eclipse
WOLVES AT THE GATE Eclipse
SOLID STATE
9/10
CHRISTIAN POST-HARDCORE: Practiced and true, Wolves at the Gate has kept the formula essentially the same since...
JOHN 5 AND THE CREATURES: Invasion
JOHN 5 AND THE CREATURES Invasion
10/10
GROUNDBREAKING GUITAR INSTRUMENTALS: Nine records in and the most prolific guitarist of the past few decades just...
CRO-MAGS: Don’t Give In
CRO-MAGS Don’t Give In
VICTORY
8/10
DOWN BUT NOT OUT: The dust has finally settled (for now, at
least) when it comes to the verbal sparring, litigation, and...