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...

This is Hell- Born Suspicious (EP Review) May 15, 2026

Born Suspicious
by This is Hell

If you followed hardcore and melodic hardcore in the early to mid-2000s, chances are good you came across either the debut or sophomore full length from New York based This is Hell. Sundowning and Misfortunes struck that fine balance between hardcores aggression, infectious melodies, and anthemic ve...

Lorn- Searing Blood (Album Review) May 14, 2026

Searing Blood
by Lorn

Italian black metal band Lorn has gone through an interesting transformation since their founding in 1999, as their earlier efforts explored more of a traditional second-wave sound but by 2013s Subconscious Metamorphosis things had shifted to a denser and dissonant sound. 2017s Arrayed Claws was my ...

We Follow the Earth- Foamdrinker (Album Review) May 12, 2026

Foamdrinker
by We Follow the Earth

North Carolina based We Follow the Earth has only been putting out music for a couple years now, but theyve maintained a steady pace of releases and each one has continued to expand the groups musical approach. Initially formed as a solo project by Matthew Crotts, by the time Extinct came out in 202...

Darkthrone- Pre-Historic Metal (Album Review) May 12, 2026

Pre-Historic Metal
by Darkthrone

Darkthrones output over the past thirty-five years has made them a metal institution, and with new material often coming out every other year they show no signs of slowing down. While they may be best known to most metal listeners for their role in shaping black metal in the 90s, those that have kep...

Lago- Vigil (Album Review) May 11, 2026

Vigil
by Lago

Phoenix based Lago made an impact throughout the 2010s with their dense and dissonant take on death metal that felt like equal amounts of Immolation and Morbid Angel fused with quite a bit of other elements. Following 2018s Sea of Duress the band would be quiet on the studio front for quite some tim...

Karmanjakah- Diamond Morning (Album Review) May 6, 2026

Diamond Morning
by Karmanjakah

Sweden has had a considerable amount of talent emerge in the progressive metal space over the past decade and a half, with some acts like Vildhjarta even creating their own sub-genres. Stockholm based Karmanjakah has been putting their own spin on things since their self-titled EP in 2016, but while...

Venom- Into Oblivion (Album Review) May 4, 2026

Into Oblivion
by Venom

Venoms legacy on metal is undeniable, but like many bands with a forty-five year plus history theyve had plenty of lineup shifts and offshoots. One of the first major shifts was brought about by Cronos departure following 1987s Calm Before the Storm, which resulted in a three-album run with Demoliti...

Spell- Wretched Heart (Album Review) May 1, 2026

Wretched Heart
by Spell

Canadian heavy metal band Spell has been one of the more exciting in the genre to follow over the past decade, as their sound has morphed from album to album in interesting ways. Whether it was jumping into 70s hard rock and prog for a bit to the more gothic leaning flourishes of 2022s Tragic Magic,...

Crobot- Supermoon (Album Review) April 29, 2026

Supermoon
by Crobot

Crobot has been one of the more consistent bands in the hard rock space over the past fifteen years. Where their earlier material had a noticeably bluesy swagger and even some funk elements, in more recent years things took on a darker tone and even a bit of a metallic slant. 2024s Obsidian represen...

OOIOO & Lightning Bolt- The Horizon Spirals / The Horizon Viral (Album Review) April 27, 2026

The Horizon Spirals / The Horizon Viral
by OOIOO & Lightning Bolt

One of the reasons I like split releases is because they often expose you to artists that you might not have come across previously or presents the bands in completely different ways compared to the rest of their discography. The former is the case for the recently released split between Japans OOIO...

The Prestige- Isthmos (Album Review) April 24, 2026

Isthmos
by The Prestige

When it comes to hardcore, France has had a lot of bands that have taken a noticeably darker tone and infused elements of post metal and sludge/doom into their material. One of the more prominent examples from the past decade and a half is Celeste, whose infusion of black metal and sludge with post ...

Failure- Location Lost (Album Review) April 23, 2026

Location Lost
by Failure

Failures reunion has been one of the most interesting in the alternative rock space. The groups original run in the early to mid-90s may not have been as widely popular as other artists from that time, but the quality of the material gave them increased notoriety in the years that followed. When the...

The Melvins with Napalm Death- Savage Imperial Death March (Album Review) April 20, 2026

Savage Imperial Death March
by The Melvins with Napalm Death

If youve explored any of the Melvins vast discography, youve likely come across one of their splits or collaborative releases. Not only has Buzz Osbourne and company released album after album with different lineups and concepts, but theyve brought in friends and tour mates over the years to shake t...

Mylingar- Út (Album Review) April 17, 2026

Út
by Mylingar

Mylingar has released some of the most twisted and nightmarish black and death metal out there, as their initial trilogy seemed to only get denser with each effort. Their initial trilogy came in rapid succession, as the first EP dropped in 2016 and then the following two albums came out only a year ...

Lividus- Scarabaeus (Album Review) April 15, 2026

Scarabaeus
by Lividus

Lividus material first caught my attention due to the involvement of vocalist Uta Plotkin, whose work in Witch Mountain in the early 2010s was some of my favorite in the doom space at the time thanks to her powerful voice that had a bluesier swagger to it but occasionally shifted to harsher tones. R...

Ordh- Blind in Abyssal Realms (Album Review) April 14, 2026

Blind in Abyssal Realms
by Ordh

Ordh may be a new band, but it has seasoned veterans in its ranks. Formed by two ex-members of progressive/sludge metal group Barishi along with the vocalist of Come to Grief and bassist of KiefCatcher, Ordh takes the progressive foundation of Barishi and heads into death metal territory on their de...

The Arrivals- Payload (Album Review) April 13, 2026

Payload
by The Arrivals

When bands return after a long absence, the results can vary wildly. Sometimes it sounds like the band had never left in the first place and new material has the same urgency and energy as their earlier days, but on the other end of the spectrum are albums that sound either phoned in or try to latch...

Metal Church- Dead To Rights (Album Review) April 9, 2026

Dead To Rights
by Metal Church

Metal Church is an institution within the heavy, power, and thrash metal genres, but compared to some of the others that formed in the early 80s their history has been a bit more fragmented. Not only have there been multiple break-ups and reunions, but the lineups have shifted often enough that ther...

deary- Birding (Album Review) April 3, 2026

Birding
by deary

Although they formed during the COVID lockdown in 2020, London based deary sounds like they could have come straight from the early 90s when dream pop and shoegaze were in some of their most formative stages. Their two prior EPs showcased a band that already had a mastery of the type of distortion l...
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