TAKING BACK SUNDAY: 152
TAKING BACK SUNDAY 152
FANTASY
9/10
ALTERNATIVE ROCK: For two decades, Taking Back Sunday has been a leading force in the emo landscape. When their debut album, Tell...
WAR OF AGES: Alpha
WAR OF AGESAlpha
FACEDOWN
8/10
METALCORE: The metalcore genre is arguably one of the more maligned in all of the metal spectrum. Copycatted and rehashed to...
VLTIMAS: Something Wicked Marches In
VLTIMASSomething Wicked Marches In
SEASON OF MIST
8/10
BLACKENED DEATH METAL: Vltimas are not here to play nice. Comprised of Aura Noir/ex-Mayhem guitarist Rune “Blasphemer” Eriksen, Cryptopsy...
SEPULTURA: Quadra
SEPULTURA Quadra
NUCLEAR BLAST
7/10
GREYBEARD HEROES OF THRASH: Sepultura’s history isn’t something that needs documentation or repeating in this review. Someone’s going to write a...
AVATAR: Avatar Country
AVATAR
AVATAR COUNTRY
(EONE)
8/10
EPIC METAL: Having initially established themselves as a melodic death metal band before evolving into a more nu metal affair, Avatar continues to...
NULLINGROOTS: Into the Grey
NULLINGROOTSInto the Grey
PROSTHETIC
9/10
POST-BLACK METAL: A worthy member of the US post-black metal scene, Nullingroots’ sprawling sound makes for constantly compelling and frequently unpredictable listening....
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...
AXEL RUDI PELL: Knight’s Call
AXEL RUDI PELL
Knight’s Call
STEAMHAMMER / SPV
8/10
HEAVY POWER METAL: Axel Rudi Pell has really cemented his place in the metal world, starting with his early...
HYVMINE: Earthquake
HYVMINE
Earthquake
SEEK AND STRIKE
7/10
SHREDDER ADDS VOCALS: Sometimes you have to wonder about the metal world’s lack of imagination. This isn’t a condemnation of Hyvmine and...
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...
