REZN- Cycles in the Infinite Dream (Album Review) July 24, 2026

Cycles in the Infinite Dream
by REZN

REZNs work ethic is admirable, as in their ten years of existence the band has released six full-length albums and other collaborative works. But where some artists churn out material that follows similar formulas every few years, whats noticeable when digging into the Chicago groups discography is ...

Joudy- Permanent Maintenance (Album Review) July 23, 2026

Permanent Maintenance
by Joudy

Joudy may be a new name to many, but the bands history stretches back over fifteen plus years and a change in continents. Originally called Joudy Ju and based out of Venezuela, guitarist/vocalist Diego Ramrez would eventually flee his home country due to the continued instability and political tensi...

Black Sites- For Eternity (Album Review) July 22, 2026

For Eternity
by Black Sites

Black Sites emerged in 2017 with In Monochrome, showcasing founder Mark Sugars knack for bridging old and modern takes on heavy/progressive metal. Even early on the band was hard to pin down, as it encompassed a wide range of influences from across the metal spectrums. With each successive album Sug...

Funebrarum- Beckoning the Void of Eternal Silence (Album Review) July 15, 2026

Beckoning the Void of Eternal Silence
by Funebrarum

Funebrarum has been around since 1999 but compared to some of the other long-running US death metal bands their output has been a bit more sporadic. Following 2001s Beneath the Columns of Abandoned Gods, it would take another eight years with a few smaller releases in between before The Sleep of Mor...

Parts & Labor- Set of All Sets (Album Review) July 14, 2026

Set of All Sets
by Parts & Labor

Throughout the early and mid-2000s, Parts Labor made a name for themselves in the Brooklyn and wider NYC music scene through material that blurred the lines between noise rock, noise pop, and everything in between. Initially their albums retained more of a punk and hardcore edge to them along with ...

The Dharma Chain- Some Kind of Pure State (Album Review) July 10, 2026

Some Kind Of Pure State
by The Dharma Chain

The Dharma Chain joined the ever-growing shoegaze and psychedelic rock scene back in 2024 with their debut Nowhere, but even early on their material showcased elements that pushed beyond the usual genre stereotypes. Originally based in Australia before relocating to Berlin, Germany, two years after ...

Devin Townsend- The Moth (Album Review) July 1, 2026

The Moth
by Devin Townsend

Over the years Devin Townsend has remained one of the true experimenters within the worlds of progressive metal and rock, and each time he releases something listeners are never quite sure what theyre going to get. If youve explored a significant amount of his back catalog there are key elements tha...

Junius- Sotera (Album Review) June 30, 2026

Sotera
by Junius

Junius is one of those bands that has always been hard to pin down into specific boxes, as even early on their sound encompassed so many different elements. Originally formed in 2000 as Dedspace before changing over to Junius in 2003, their earliest works had this intriguing sound that felt like alt...

100 Demons- Embrace The Black Light (Album Review) June 25, 2026

Embrace the Black Light
by 100 Demons

One thing that has become clear throughout the 2020s is that as long as a good portion of a bands lineup is still alive, a reunion is never truly off the table. So many artists in a wide range of genres have returned in this decade after twenty or more years of inactivity, and this has been especial...

Nargaroth- Apocalyptic Steel (Album Review) June 24, 2026

Apocalyptic Steel
by Nargaroth

Nargaroth celebrates its thirtieth anniversary this year, and while the German black metal bands output has been few and far between compared to in the early days founder Ash has kept busy with live performances throughout South/Central America and other parts of the world. While the groups earlier ...

Urzah- A Tranquil Void (Album Review) June 23, 2026

A Tranquil Void
by Urzah

UK based Urzah has been steadily building a name for themselves over the past six years, and their particular blend of sludge with post metal gave listeners just as many pummeling grooves as it did expansive atmosphere. 2024s The Scorching Gaze showcased a band that really understood both the aggres...

Lex Legion- Lex Legion (Album Review) June 19, 2026

Lex Legion
by Lex Legion

Lex Legion is one of those supergroups that seemed to emerge out of nowhere when their first single dropped, but things have been in the works for just shy of two decades. While the supergroup designation doesnt always carry as much weight depending on the bands its members came from, there was plen...

Warning- Rituals of Shame (Album Review) June 18, 2026

Rituals of Shame
by Warning

Warnings studio output may be small, but the amount of impact it has had on listeners is significant. The Strength to Dream and the earlier demos felt a bit more in the traditional doom space, with vocalist Patrick Walker hitting some pitches that sounded quite close to Ozzy. But by 2006s Watching f...

Genghis Tron- Signal Fire (Album Review) June 16, 2026

Signal Fire
by Genghis Tron

When Genghis Tron returned in 2021 following a thirteen-year absence, it wasnt in the form many long time fans may have been expecting. The groups third full length Dream Weapon brought a new lineup alongside founding members Hamilton Jordan and Michael Sochynsky and shifted things towards a spacey ...

Hammok- When Does This Place Become Our Scene (Album Review) June 11, 2026

When Does This Place Become Our Scene
by Hammok

Norwegian trio Hammok may have emerged from the countrys hardcore and post hardcore scenes, but it has been clear from their earliest releases that their influences ran a lot deeper than the norm for these genres. On both their EPs and 2024 full length Look How Long Lasting Everything Is Moving Forw...

Jungle Rot- Cruel Face of War (Album Review) June 8, 2026

Cruel Face of War
by Jungle Rot

Jungle Rot is one of those bands that dont get mentioned quite as much as some of the earlier US death metal artists, but at just shy of thirty-five years since their formation theres a lot to be said for the consistency theyve brought from album to album. Their core approach has been one that is or...

Slift- Fantasia (Album Review) June 4, 2026

Fantasia
by Slift

Within the realms of psychedelic rock and adjacent genres, French trio Slift has been one of the most interesting bands to follow over the past decade. Their earlier material fell somewhere between psychedelic rock, garage rock, and space rock while having some nods to the crunchier stoner and deser...

Crown Lands- Apocalypse (Album Review) June 2, 2026

Apocalypse (2026)
by Crown Lands

Over the years there have been a handful of newer bands that have really nailed the sound and aesthetic of influential hard rock and prog from decades past. Greta Van Fleet and their take on the Led Zeppelin sound has certainly been one of the more prominent examples, but Canadian duo Crown Lands ha...

Elder- Through Zero (Album Review) May 29, 2026

Through Zero
by Elder

Elders transformation over the past decade has been exciting to follow, as while they may have started off on a more traditional doom and stoner metal path before branching out significantly into prog, psychedelic, and even space rock territory. Since 2017s Reflections of a Floating World each album...

David Eugene Edwards- Mercurial Silence (Album Review) May 21, 2026

Mercurial Silence
by David Eugene Edwards

Whether youve spent time with 16 Horsepower or Wovenhand, David Eugene Edwards music has always stood out due to his fiery delivery style and the sheer amount of ground that each project covered. Always deeply spiritual, works from 16 Horsepower and early Wovenhand offered up striking gothic country...
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