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...
INCANTATION: Sect of Vile Divinities
INCANTATION Sect of Vile Divinities
RELAPSE
8/10
FILTHY BLUDGEONING DEATH METAL: No one does death metal quite like Incantation does. For over three decades,...
D.O.A.: A Rite of Passage
D.O.A.A Rite of Passage
MVD
8/10
BIRTH OF PUNK: On the heels of a limited theatrical release, Lech Kowalski’s classic punk documentary D.O.A.: A Rite of...
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...
ORTHODOX: Learning to Dissolve
ORTHODOX Learning to Dissolve
CENTURY MEDIA
7/10
MODERN HARDCORE MEETS METALCORE: Nashville, TN metallic hardcore act Orthodox is back with their third full-length and...
RAVENSCRY: 100
RAVENSCRY100
9/10
KEEP IT 100: The marriage of aggressive, pounding metal with a silver tongued songstress at the helm is admittedly nothing new, but with 100,...
FIT FOR A KING: The Hell We Create
FIT FOR A KING The Hell We Create
SOLID STATE
9/10
MELODIC METALCORE: Trauma and tragedy follow us from one event or person, passing...
LANTERN: Dimensions
LANTERN Dimensions
DARK DESCENT
9/10
EPIC METAL OF DEATH: Until recently, your humble narrator wasn’t at all familiar with Finland’s Lantern, despite their 13...
ROTTING OUT: Ronin
ROTTING OUT Ronin
PURE NOISE
8/10
KILLER HARDCORE: Breaking their chains and coming in heavy is Rotting Out on their new record, Ronin. It’s...
DEMON HUNTER: War
DEMON HUNTERWar
SOLID STATE
7/10
RESILIENT AND DEFIANT METAL: Though War takes a few more moments to gather itself than the accompanying Peace for something stronger and more commanding,...