Target Audience Magazine

Target Audience Magazine

The music magazine for artists and their fans

  • Home
  • Concert Coverage
  • Music News
  • Reviews
    • Album Reviews
    • Book Reviews
  • Contributors
  • Archives
  • Interviews
  • Contact
© 2023 Target Audience Magazine. All rights reserved.

HomeReviews

Posts in category: Reviews

0030502926_10

Album Review: Dark Embrace-Dark Heavy Metal

February 21, 2023
by Jerel Johnson Album Reviews

Spanish metal quintet Dark Embrace enfold all things heavy and dark, Dark Heavy Metal, its third album. The tongue-in-cheek album title is also appropriate as Dark Embrace churn out nearly 40 minutes of gothic tinged death metal. The title track ...

Read More
Atrocity-Featured-scaled

Album Review: Atrocity-Okkult III

January 13, 2023
by Jerel Johnson Album Reviews

German death metal group Atrocity complete its trilogy with Okkult III. Okkult treads the line between commercial accessibility and uncompromising brutality on this record. Songs will shift from grooving riffs reminiscent of Machine Head and Sli ...

Read More
Obituary-Featured

Album Review: Obituary-Dying Of Everything

January 6, 2023
by Jerel Johnson Album Reviews

Six years have passed since legendary death metal band Obituary released its self-titled tenth record. The band's newest release, Dying Of Everything, is replete with Obituary's swampy riffs and John Tardy's guttural vocals. Unfortunatel ...

Read More
GreenKing

Album Review: Green King- “Hidden Beyond Time”

December 16, 2022
by Jerel Johnson Album Reviews

Finnish metal quartet Green King conjure metal nostalgia on its debut album, Hidden Beyond Time. Old school riffs and rhythms abound on this record. However, Time does not merely imitate classic metal and injects a modern dose to the album's eig ...

Read More

Top 10 Heavy Metal Albums of 2022

December 11, 2022
by Jerel Johnson Album ReviewsReviews

2022 proved another stellar year for heavy metal releases. This list features 10 of my favorite metal albums for the year. Rake-Off- Observing Madness ...

Read More
a3350949337_10

Album Review: “Til Klovers Takt” by Kampfar

November 9, 2022
by Jerel Johnson Album ReviewsReviews

Norwegian Black Metal outfit Kampfar provide a fiery offering for autumn with its ninth album, Til Klovers Takt: six tracks of chilling riffs and hellish blast beats. The opening salvo “Lausdans Under Stjernene” is a masterful fusion of dissonant ri ...

Read More
Crop-Feat-Orianthi-

Album Review: “Rock Candy” by Orianthi

October 11, 2022
by Jerel Johnson Album Reviews

Guitarist Orianthi spreads her musical wings on Rock Candy, her fifth album. The eleven tracks on Candy are a diverse array of blues, pop and rock. “Illuminate (part1)” is a 57 second long instrumental that opens the record. Orianthi lays a blue ...

Read More
image

Album Review: “Ritual Violence” by Armed For Apocalypse

October 4, 2022
by Jerel Johnson Album Reviews

Californian sludge metal outfit Armed For Apocalypse return with its third proper album Ritual Violence. Ritual is the band's first LP in nine years, and its first release in four after the Palm Reader EP. This album is replete with walloping produc ...

Read More

Album Review: “The Erinyes” by The Erinyes

September 17, 2022
by Jerel Johnson Album Reviews

The Erinyes are an international metal supergroup comprised of three vocalists: Justine Daae of Elyose, Nicolette Rossellini of Walk In Darkness and Kalidia, and Mizuho Lin of Semblant. The band's name is derived from Greek mythology. The Erinye ...

Read More
f9174211c4294b5ba3caaa8abdcb03c9_989d1b9d_8979_4527_acd1_73a7f6496e5e

Album Review: Red Rot- “Mal De Vivre”

August 22, 2022
by Jerel Johnson Album ReviewsReviews

Red Rot is comprised of vocalist Luciano George and guitarist Davide Tiso, former members of Ephel Duath alongside bassist Ian Baker and drummer Ron Bertrand. Mal de Vivre, the band's debut album, is an extreme collage of black metal, death metal, t ...

Read More
  • First
  • Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • ...
  • 29
  • Next
  • Last

Recent Posts

  • Tegan and Sara with Carlie Hanson @ Charleston Music Hall 09.27.23
  • Photos: Thursday @ HOB Myrtle Beach 09.22.23
  • Photos: SOJO Concert feat. Talib Kweli, Chuck D, The Reminders @ Levitt Pavilion 9/17/23
  • Video: Satellite Citi Release New Single “Anxious Hearts”
  • Photos and Live Review: Squeeze @ Chastain Park 9/16/23
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
© 2023 Target Audience Magazine. All rights reserved.
Shopping Basket