VOODOO CIRCLE – Hail To The King
The latest solo effort from former Primal Fear guitarist Alex Beyrodt comes just a couple months removed from the surprisingly sudden disintegration of the venerable German power metal outfit. What...
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The Last Will And Testament
(Reigning Phoenix Music) Rating: 10 By: Rich Catino It’s always a musical and emotional journey listening to an Opeth album. Many questions arise – will it be melodic death metal,...
KRUELTY – Profane Usurpation
(Closed Casket Activities) Rating: 7.5 Fresh off last year’s killer Untopia LP on Profound Lore, Japan’s Kruelty are back with Profane Usurpation, a four-song EP that’s just the right length...
HAVOK – New Eyes
(Independent) Rating: 7.0 New Eyes is a taster of new music for Havok as they crash the road with Exodus on their North American tour. This is their first bit...
DEMON BITCH – Master Of The Games
(Cruz Del Sur) Rating: 8.5 Sophomore full-length from an intriguing Detroit outfit. Newly signed to the label, their earlier output (dating back a decade): EP and debut album, will be...
MÖTLEY CRÜE – Dr. Feelgood (35th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set)
(BMG) Rating: 8.0 By: Rich Catino Dr. Feelgood has been reissued and remastered several times, 1999 on Mötley Records with demos etc., 2003, 2009 20th anniversary with live songs, and...
MICHAEL WILTON – Vol. I (Album Review)
The whip strikes outside the queen’s realm Seattle’s premier progressive heavy metal forefathers Queensrÿche have been on a colossal upsurge since the shakeup of their lineup and subsequent release of...
MORAL DECAY – To Build An End
(Supreme Echo) Rating: 8.5 What an absolute gem of resurfaced 1989 Canadian thrash this one is, Supreme Echo on a metal tear lately, reissuing the only recorded material from Victoria’s...
Stillness And Trust (Album Review)
Sometimes a rock album becomes a work of art. When crafted with precision, imagination, and skill, music is created that transcends category or genre. When it’s also imbued with an...
BLADESTORM – Wrangler Of Thunder (Album Review)
Wrangling steeds of chrome and steel. Sometimes it takes the changing of a name and a brand new flock of musicians for a vision to come to full fruition, and...
