Album Reviews

It seems that against all odds, I’ve beat the “Go a month without reviewing a single Frontiers release – Difficulty: Impossible” challenge. Well, I guess […]

No personnel change makes or breaks a band more than that of a lead singer change. With all due respect to the guitarists, bassists, and […]

Michigan has been a hotbed of heavy music since heavy music came into being. From the raw power of The Stooges and MC5, and bonehead […]

It was back in 2019 when cult Belgian maniacs, Cyclone, stepped up to the plate as the next in a seemingly endless line of ’80s […]

Tailgunner are a band who I’ve been aware of since 2022, when they were blowing up my inbox as an independent act, hounding me to […]

Status Quo: Now there’s a name that you probably haven’t heard in a while, especially if you’re an American. Despite selling in excess of 120 […]

Despite having a solid decade of metal experience under their bullet belts, 2026 is the first I’m hearing of Spanish traditional metallers, Rave in Fire. […]

What was it that made Yngwie Malmsteen such a legend and household name (albeit a hard to pronounce one)? It’s easy to argue that it […]

My love affair with Swedish “adventure rockers” Hällas began nearly a decade ago, when I stumbled upon the modern-day classic “Star Rider” as part of […]

Motorcycles, longhaired rocker dudes decked out in all black, the word “night” spelled as “nite”: It can only mean one thing. It’s time for our […]