I was given very specific instructions: resist the temptation to listen to A Sound Of Thunder’s new album, Tales From The Deadside, on computer speakers or sample parts of the album. Instead, I was told to acquire a good sound system and strap myse ...
CD Review: ‘Condition Hüman’ by Queensrÿche
When Queensrÿche’s self-titled album was released in 2013, it was the first without long-time singer, Geoff Tate. It was a solid release and one that saw the new group, fronted by Todd La Torre, embark upon a campaign to rebuild their name, reclaim ...
CD Review: ‘Kill The Flaw’ by Sevendust
On October 2, 2015, Atlanta alternative rock group, Sevendust, will release their 11th studio album entitled Kill The Flaw. While I’m not long-time fan, I do remember jamming out to the album Next in my best friend’s Honda Civic following its relea ...
CD Review: ‘A Dance Of Shadows’ by Confrontational
Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of reviewing the debut EP Done With You from darkwavers, Confrontational. At that time, I described my musical introduction to the band as “vibrant, full, and undoubtedly addictive.” I continue to stand by tha ...
CD Review: ‘With The Dead’ by With The Dead
Doom power supertrio With The Dead making a lumbering impression with its self titled debut. With The Dead is abundant in molten riffs and colossal drumming. Lee Dorrian (Cathedral, Napalm Death), Tim Bagshaw (Electric Wizard) and Mark Greening (Elec ...
CD Review: ‘I Worship Chaos’ by Children of Bodom
Children of Bodom are a four-piece for the first time in its 20-plus year career. Roope Latvala left the band this past May before the recording of I Worship Chaos. Well, the absence of a second guitarist has not hindered the band's aggression. “I Hu ...
CD Review: ‘The Book of Souls’ by Iron Maiden
It’s been five years since Iron Maiden blessed us with The Final Frontier, so the anticipation for their newest masterpiece The Book of Souls had been building up to a fever pitch with no less than Lady Gaga tweeting that she was up at 5 a.m. to purc ...
CD Review: ‘Suicide Society’ by Annihilator
Annihilator founder and guitarist Jeff Waters has made it to album no. 15 with Suicide Society. Not only is this the band's 15th release, it is also to first album since 1997 where Waters handles lead vocals. This is not a plus or a negative, as Anni ...
CD Review: ‘Broken Flesh’ by Broken Flesh
Christian metal often gets a bad reputation for being soft or fake. Well, one cannot say that about Oklahoma metal act Broken Flesh. The band's self-titled third album is straight up guttural, tech-death metal with a groove. In fact, one would not ev ...
CD Review: ‘Meliora’ by Ghost
From the opening theremin refrains of “Spirit,” Ghost immediately adorns itself in the familiar façade of religious reverie and Scooby-Doo spookiness. Ghost is a band that stretches both metal and religious conventions to cartoonish proportions, lo ...