Album Reviews

For as often as I preach the age old adage of “Don’t judge a book by its cover”, I tend to contradict myself by doing […]

In 2007, before the so-called NWOTHM really picked up steam, a Japanese band by the name of Blaze popped out of nowhere with their eponymous […]

1992 was not a good year to be a melodic hard rock act. As MTV and rock radio shifted gears towards the plaid-clad sounds of […]

Keeping in line with this week’s unofficial theme of melodic hard rock, a much needed palette cleanse after a cavalcade of blackened thrash/speed, would you […]

Have you ever wondered what it would sound like if the late Jim Steinman had written an album for Doro? Now as strange as that […]

Sintage are yet another one of those bands who I heard the NWOTHM crowd rave about upon the release of their debut album, and it’s […]

“Who on earth are DET?” I asked myself the same question when investigating the upcoming release schedule for Dying Victims Productions, who for some reason […]

As much as I wish I can say I was there for Wings of Steel since day 1, I can’t. See, when you’re as bombarded […]

Despite being next door neighbors like my good buddies in Wraith, GraveRipper are a band who I’m embarrassed to admit I’ve only become recently familiar […]

If Steve Harvey were to survey 100 metalheads and ask what their most anticipated release of the year was, there’s no way Coroner’s Dissonance Theory […]