HELLOWEEN – Live At Budokan
(Reigning Phoenix Music) Rating: 8.5 The snow is falling as winter encroaches on the land. Not a bright a time for planting, but one crop is able to bloom through...
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HAZZERD – The 3rd Dimension (Album Review)
Musical 3D chess with extra riffs. It might seem completely contradictory to associate descriptive terms like nuance and subtlety with the impact-based, uncompromising aggression of thrash metal. From its very...
THY KINGDOM WILL BURN – The Loss And Redemption (Album...
An escape from the embers of modernity is found. The ephemeral nature of modernity has often been the catalyst of some of the most compelling artistic expressions of escapism. Contrary...
HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY – Scorched Earth
Scorched worlds come to those who wait. “The despairing musings of a fatalistic mind” could be a phrase used to describe any creation from the depressive side of black metal,...
Album Review: JINJER Duél – Metal Injection
Ukrainian progressive metal band Jinjer has returned with their latest offering, Duél, a riveting exploration of the genre’s outer limits. Building upon the foundation laid by their previous acclaimed efforts,...
TORMENTOR TYRANT – Excessive Escalation Of Cruelty
(Everlasting Spew) Rating: 8.0 I dig Corpsessed, so it follows that I should enjoy the sounds of Finnish trio Tormentor Tyrant, here on their debut full-length laying down DM law...
NECROMANIAC – Sciomancy, Malediction & Rites Abominable
(Invictus Productions) Rating: 7.5 The Brainiac title of Sciomancy, Malediction & Rites Abominable is the debut full-length from UK’s Necromaniac. The most noteworthy member of these ghoulish demons is vocalist...
CENTURY – Sign Of The Storm
(Electric Assault) Rating: 9.0 Heard the demo/pre-release EP, their debut and saw a couple of US live appearances, then I knew Century were on to something! Couldn’t wait for the...
DREAM THEATER – Parasomnia
(Inside Out Music) Rating: 9.0 Back in Black. 5150. Heaven and Hell. Burn. Eat’em and Smile. A Momentary Lapse of Reason. Lick It Up. The Number of the Beast. Invariably,...
WARDRUNA – Birna
(By Norse Music / Sony Music) Rating: 8.0 Birna is the sixth full-length from Wardruna, a moving experience from the Norwegian tribe. Their newest opus masterfully crafts ambient folk with...
