SOEN: Imperial
SOEN Imperial
SILVER LINING
9/10
MODERN PROG ROCK: Swedish prog metal purveyors, Soen, have been carving out a unique niche within the metal subgenre since...
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM: Blood in the Water
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Blood in the Water
AFM
8/10
SPEED/THRASH METAL: Legendary Phoenix thrashers Flotsam and Jetsam have aged rather well. Riding out the...
CRAZY LIXX: Street Lethal
CRAZY LIXX Street Lethal
FRONTIERS
9/10
ACTION PACKED, CINEMATIC HARD ROCK: Crazy Lixx has never been out to reinvent the wheel, but the band...
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...
HUNTSMEN: American Scrap
HUNTSMEN
American Scrap
PROSTHETIC
9/10
AMERICANA METAL: Chicago’s Huntsmen blends Americana storytelling with the metal muscle of bands such as Neurosis, Red Fang, and High on Fire on...
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...
I PREVAIL: Trauma
I PREVAILTrauma
FEARLESS
9/10
THUNDEROUS HYBRID ROCK: Lifelines, the band’s Fearless debut from 2016, felt and sounded a lot like an A Day to Remember album. Trauma, however,...
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...
EXCUSE: Prophets from the Occultic Cosmos
EXCUSE Prophets from the Occultic Cosmos
SHADOW KINGDOM
8/10
DEATH THRASH SPEED: Borders are just imaginary lines created by people with more money and
power than you...
MIDNIGHT: Rebirth By Blasphemy
MIDNIGHT Rebirth By Blasphemy
METAL BLADE
8/10
BLACKENED SPEED METAL: The one word that describes the Cleveland “one-man band” Midnight is “raw.” Formed in...