Album Reviews

In a time when death metal and black metal stood in polar opposition to each other, Unanimated brazenly fused the two with a healthy dose […]

Naming your band “Fortress” in 2021 is practically a death sentence. Why? Because there’s literally been dozens of bands named “Fortress” over the past 40 […]

As each year goes by, more and more NWOTHM bands seem to transition into hard rock/AOR acts. Striker have comfortably assumed status as the heavy […]

Of all the bands I’ve reviewed this year, if you told me one of them would be Victory, I’d probably laugh in your face. The […]

Before there was heavy metal, and before there was hard rock for that matter, there was Mark Stein. As the singer, organist, and arranger of […]

While scores of bands they’ve influenced have either said farewell or succumbed altogether (i.e. Van Halen, Motörhead, Slayer), Deep Purple remains heavy metal’s resident freaks […]

Am I really reviewing two black metal releases in two days? What on earth is becoming of me? Granted, today’s album in review isn’t just […]

November has been packing some serious heat. Whether it be arena rock galore, NWOBHM worship done startlingly right, or melodic black metal magnificence, there’s no […]

Ready to feel old? It’s been almost 20 years since The Darkness released the crowning musical achievement of the 2000s, Permission to Land (2003). By […]

By this point, I’m sure my cynicism and disdain towards post-first wave black metal is well documented. I’ve even gone as far to say Darkthrone […]