CD Review: “Eat the Elephant” by A Perfect Circle
A Perfect Circle hasn't had a new album for 14 years, despite promising one for the last ten. Between other projects and creative squabbles, it felt like the super group might be finished until a steady trickle of singles started showing up ahead of the ...
CD Review: “The Sciences” by Sleep
The seminal stoner metal band Sleep has been dormant nearly 20 years while the side projects of guitarist Matt Pike (High on Fire) and vocalist/bassist Al Cisneros (Om) took the spotlight. There had been rumors and rumblings, the occasional tour and a n ...
CD Review: “Oblivion” by Crematory
Crematory return with its 14th album, Oblivion, a steely slab of death metal, goth and industrial. “The Expectation” is a short orchestral piece that commences the album and concludes with a short poem that introduces the band. “Salvation” is noted for it ...
CD Review: “Pop Evil” by Pop Evil
Pop Evil's self-titled fifth album is centered around empowerment determination in a world of chaos and corruption. “Waking Lions” with an industrial beat before breaking out with pounding down tuned guitars. Frontman Leigh Kakaty proclaims in the chorus ...
‘Designed To Disappear’ by Dead Empires
“Rock ‘N Roll never felt so good.” When we last left our musically-inclined heroes, Dead Empires, they were releasing their sophomore album, Secret Snakes / Silent Serpent. Since that time, they’ve done something rather unusual: this instrumental band ...
CD Review: “Vuur Van Verzet” by Heidevolk
Dutch folk metal outfit Heidevolk unleash its sixth record, Vuur Van Verzet, to commence the new year. The opening track “Ontwaakt” is equal parts pummeling and melodic with a cutting midsection that concludes with a weeping violin. That same stringed ins ...
Top Ten Heavy Metal Albums of 2017
2017 is coming to a close, but left a blistering path of metal in its wake. This list features my top 10 favorite metal albums for the year. The albums are listed, but there is no particular ranking. Without further ado, let us dive into the pit. 1. Immo ...
CD Review: “Psychosis” by Cavalera Conspiracy
Max and Igor Cavalera continue their brotherly brutality on Cavalera Conspiracy's fourth record, Psychosis. Sepultura fans can rejoice as Psychosis is primarily based on Arise and Chaos A.D. with its fusion of hardcore, groove and thrash. There is even a ...
‘For The Demented’ by Annihilator
Canada’s thrash mastermind, Jeff Waters, is back again with Annihilator’s 16th studio album, For The Demented. Without attempting to imitate past work, but with a desire to recapture the “thrash-meets-melody” aspect that die-hard Annihilator fans love, W ...
CD Review: “Wizard Bloody Wizard” by Electric Wizard
Electric Wizard keep the doom wheel rolling on its ninth record Wizard Bloody Wizard. Six songs of bluesy sludge wrapped in psychedelia, the occult and melancholy. The record's initial single “See You In Hell” is a primordial blues stomp akin to Black Sab ...