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So far, 2014 has been a banner year for great power metal releases. Sonata Arctica and Iron Savior recovered from multi-album slumps to release some of...
"Judas Priest might actually be at their apex right now, some five decades after their formation."
"If you literally need heavy metal to live, then Outsider might be immortality on tap."
The debut KK's Priest album Sermons of the Sinner hearkens back to days of Downing-era Judas Priest.
I'm always in awe of the prolificity and breadth of the Melvins. Being active nearly forty years now, they have continued relentlessly to churn...
Despite what the lion’s share of Merzbow’s discography would hint at, Masami Akita is able to take a foot off the speaker-shredding gas and,...
It doesn’t seem too long ago when deathcore was a frowned upon scene. And to an extent, that disapproval was justified considering the over-indulgence...
Perhaps because the band had to recover, hunker down and hammer it out against the odds, Palimpsest contains some of Protest The Hero's most...
Hard to believe its been 15 years since August Burns Red released Thrill Seeker. Once the young frontrunners of metalcore, they’ve matured into one...
Recently, a New York Times’ tech reporter wrote a piece about spending a couple of months deliberately ignoring the digital news, internet newsfeeds. Time spent...
There’s something grander and expansive happening here. But how much opportunity and potential has been quashed by the band's isolationist stance?
It's a bit inconsistent, but Phantom Amour's high points prove that Toothgrinder has the potential to become one of the scene's most exciting bands...
With their 16th studio album, Canadian thrash pioneers Annihilator attempt to break new ground with For The Demented. But is it epic thrash or...
Whether you think positively or negatively about Hammerfall, the Swedes have to be respected for being one of the initial bands to break heavy...
Crossover thrash supergroup Iron Reagan strip away the sanctimoniousness of socially conscious extreme music and replace it with vaguely political anger that almost any...
If you're a fan of Dragonforce, definitely get this record. If you're looking for something new, give it a listen but know you're not...
Not that I have immediate bias against artists on Victory Records, because there are a few I really do like, but you pretty much...
If you haven’t seen the new Chthonic video for “Supreme Pain for the Tyrant,” then immediately scroll to the bottom of this review and...
As I Lay Dying never cease to amaze me with every release; they are one of the few bands that I’ve heard who can...
When Manowar do things, they do them big. Their album covers are filled with big men with big muscles holding big swords. Their tunes...
