THE ACCUSED A.D.: The Ghoul in the Mirror
THE ACCUSED A.D. The Ghoul in the Mirror
BLACKHOUSE
6/10
THE PAST AND THE PRESENT: We don’t know the backstory behind why the world now has The...
ABNORMALITY: Sociopathic Constructs
ABNORMALITY Sociopathic Constructs
METAL BLADE
7/10
ULTRA
DEATH METAL: The
trouble with the majority of death metal that’s ultra technical and/or ultra brutal
is that it’s death metal that’s...
ORIGIN: Abiogenesis – A Coming into Existence
ORIGIN Abiogenesis – A Coming into Existence
AGONIA
7/10
THE
ORIGINS OF ORIGIN:
A curious note about this latest Origin release is that, technically speaking,
more than half of...
MARTYRDÖD: Hexhammaren
MARTYRDÖD Hexhammaren
SOUTHERN LORD
8/10
CRUST PUNK: Thundering back with their seventh full-length, these Swedish D-beat crust lords do not waste time on niceties. It’s been three...
ARCH/MATHEOS: Winter Ethereal
ARCH/MATHEOS Winter Ethereal
METAL BLADE
9/10
HEAVY PROGRESSIVE METAL: One could argue that an early selling point
behind Fates Warning mastermind Jim Matheos’ reunion with former frontman John
Arch...
PALADIN: Ascension
PALADIN Ascension
PROSTHETIC
8/10
MELODIC
THRASH POWER METAL: While
Paladin is a comparatively new entry to the world of metal, its members have a
pedigree going back a good...
AMON AMARTH: Berserker
AMON AMARTH Berserker
METAL BLADE
9/10
VIKING METAL: It’s easy to make
jokes about how all their songs sound the same, but Amon Amarth’s 11 album run
may...
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...
PETROL GIRLS: Cut & Stitch
PETROL GIRLS Cut & Stitch
HASSLE
9/10
THOUGHT-PROVOKING ADRENALINE AND AGGRESSION: As true music fans, we are always incredibly fascinated by the creative processes our favorite bands...
POSSESSED: Revelations of Oblivion
POSSESSEDRevelations of Oblivion
NUCLEAR BLAST
8/10
DEATH METAL: Barring a couple of early 90s demos and a song here and there, there hasn’t been much new material...