ANVIL: Pounding the Pavement
ANVIL
Pounding the Pavement
STEAMHAMMER / SPV
8/10
METAL ON METAL: Canada’s legendary Anvil has made a career out of mixing old school speed metal with a healthy...
VOJD: The Outer Ocean
VOJD
The Outer Ocean
HIGH ROLLER
7/10
CLASSIC ROCK: Swedish rockers VOJD are essentially a reformed Black Trip with a new drummer. Similar in sound to a certain...
MORBID ANGEL: Kingdoms Disdained
MORBID ANGELKingdoms Disdained
SILVER LINING
7/10
DEATH METAL: It’s a widely accepted fact that Morbid Angel’s Illud Divinum Insanus (2011) was lousy, and that’s probably one of...
EXHUMED: Death Revenge
EXHUMEDDeath Revenge
RELAPSE
9/10
CLASSY CARNAGE: Death metal concept albums aren’t exactly a dime a dozen, never mind one as effective and razor-sharp as the latest from...
CRAZY LIXX: Forever Wild
CRAZY LIXX Forever Wild
FRONTIERS
9/10
HIGH-OCTANE HAIR METAL: Genre cycles come and go, it’s just the
nature of the beast. For every Bay Area thrash scene,...
SACRED REICH: Awakening
SACRED REICH Awakening
METAL BLADE
7/10
GROOVE/THRASH METAL: Twenty-three years is a long time to wait for a new album. Awakening is seminal thrash band...
DEATHWHITE: Grave Image
DEATHWHITE Grave Image
SEASON OF MIST
8/10
DEATH DOOM DARK METAL: The worlds of melodic death, gothic doom, and dark metal converge on Grave Image, the sophomore...
GREEN CARNATION: Leaves of Yesteryear
GREEN CARNATION Leaves of Yesteryear
SEASON OF MIST
9/10
WORTH THE WAIT AND WORTH ITS WEIGHT: If you were one of the few and proud...
VENOM: Sons of Satan
VENOM Sons of Satan
BMG
8/10
LAYING DOWN THEIR SOULS: Lesser and vastly more insignificant bands have had fawning and comprehensive biographies penned about...
JINJER: Alive in Melbourne
JINJER Alive in Melbourne
NAPALM
9/10
GENRE BLURRING METAL: Ukrainian modern metal band Jinjer is truly one of a kind. By seamlessly blending elements...