Album Reviews

Rule of thumb: If a metal band’s name includes the word “Sadistic”, or a variation of such (i.e. Sadistik Exekution), they’re gonna rule. Look no […]

50 years of rockin’ and rollin’ is quite the milestone, especially when it’s uninterrupted. Unlike too many of their peers who gave up when the […]

It seems no matter what kind of metal they pedal my way, Dying Victims Productions seldomly swings and misses. When Teutonic hard and heavy mercenaries […]

Of all the “metal adjacent” genres I cover, post-punk is perhaps the one I cover the least. The brooding, awkward, pimple-faced younger brother of punk […]

They say that good things come to those who wait. This is certainly the case when it comes to the long awaited sophomore album from […]

It was just the other day that I was discussing the dichotomy between Scandinavia’s knack for extreme metal and AOR: Two scenes I love despite […]

When discussing my late night driving music choices in my last review, I didn’t plan on the review that followed it to reflect the other […]

When it comes to the soundtrack of a late night drive, it’s usually a tossup between one of two styles: Easygoing AOR or ripping thrash/speed […]

The extent of USPM veterans Helstar’s activity over the past decade has largely consisted of playing Hell’s Heroes and then watching the cavalcade of pictures […]

If the ’20s have proven anything, it’s that “the end” is never truly the end for our favorite elder statesmen of hard and heavy music. […]