SODOM: Genesis XIX
SODOM Genesis XIX
eONE
7/10
THRASH METAL: Sodom has consistently released badass albums ever since the 80s, and they are definitely one of the...
VARIOUS ARTISTS: Metal Massacre XV
VARIOUS ARTISTS Metal Massacre XV
METAL BLADE
7/10
METAL’S FUTURE TENSE: Every headbanger worth his/her salt is aware of the historical importance of the Metal Massacre series. The compilation’s 1982...
ANNIHILUS: Follow a Song from the Sky
ANNIHILUS Follow a Song from the Sky
FEDERAL PRISONER
5/10
JARRING BLACK METAL NOISE: Annihilus is the one-man black metal project of Chicago based musician Luca...
STICK TO YOUR GUNS: Spectre
STICK TO YOUR GUNS Spectre
PURE NOISE
9/10
HARDCORE: Stick To Your Guns has never been apologetic about sharing their views on the current social or...
SVALBARD: The Weight of the Mask
SVALBARDThe Weight of the Mask
NUCLEAR BLAST
7/10
BLACKENED POST-HARDCORE: Someone once described Bristol’s Svalbard as “Envy with more English and less whispering.” Said description filled the...
SWINGIN’ UTTERS: Drowning in the Sea, Rising with the Sun
SWINGIN’ UTTERS
Drowning in the Sea, Rising with the Sun
FAT WRECK CHORDS
8/10
PUNK ANTHOLOGY: This 33 song look back at California punkers Swingin’ Utters’ history is...
ASKING ALEXANDRIA
ASKING ALEXANDRIA
SUMERIAN
9/10
ALT-ROCK METAL: Just after Asking Alexandria released The Black with a new frontman and sustained desires, the short lived fantasy shattered when the...
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM: The End of Chaos
FLOTSAM AND JETSAMThe End of Chaos
AFM
9/10
MELODIC POWER/THRASH METAL: Shortly after Phoenix thrashers Flotsam and Jetsam’s 1986’s debut
release, Doomsday for the Deceiver, original bassist, main...
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...
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...