Posts Tagged ‘Heavy Metal’
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › G on Friday, July 21st, 2023
I reviewed Ghost’s several albums and I thought Impera was incredible. The band has always had a penchant for doing cover songs and really is quite good at it. Whereas many bands will like to do exact covers of the original song I appreciate when a band takes the time to make it their own […]
Tags: 2023, Frank Rini, Ghost, Heavy Metal, Loma Vista Recordings, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › W on Wednesday, June 28th, 2023
I’m gonna come right out and say right at the start – I agree with Hank Hill on a lot of fronts. Not all, of course – Arlen’s favorite son certainly has an irremovable stick up his ass about a lot of things that, really, are just silly. But when it comes to Christian Rock, […]
Tags: 2023, Bad omen Records, Heavy Metal, IV: Sacrament, NWOTHM, Proto Metal, Steve K, Traditional Heavy Metal, Wytch Hazel
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › M on Tuesday, June 13th, 2023
Listen, it’s nice when you discover an album, and it just blows you the hell away, right? Be it with originality, technical mastery or creative genius – the kind of album where you get a sense you’re listening to something special, a new benchmark upon which all releases after will be judged. Especially if it’s […]
Tags: 2023, Cakes & Coffins, Edged Circle Productions, Heavy Metal, Magick Touch, Rock, Steve K, Traditional Heavy Metal
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › B on Thursday, April 20th, 2023
By this point ya’ll probably know my theory about the world of Traditional Heavy Metal, where bands do battle in my own mind in an attempt to claim the throne of Heavy Metal supremacy. Again, I will not apologize for my own stupidity, this is just who I am. But here’s the thing – in […]
Tags: 2023, Blazon Rite, Heavy Metal, NWOTHM, Steve K, Wild Rites and Ancient Songs
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › T on Friday, April 7th, 2023
When life throws you a lemon, you’re supposed to make lemonade, right? Take a sour situation, and make something sweet. Find the good in the bad. Take an unforeseen opportunity to do something new, different, maybe even exciting and vibrant! That’s certainly one way to handle life’s curveballs. Probably the healthiest way! But there’s always […]
Tags: 2023, Black and Roll, Gothic Metal, Hamartia EP, Heavy Metal, Steve K, Tribulation
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › D on Thursday, March 23rd, 2023
I’ve mentioned this more than once on this site (most recently on my review for Megaton Sword‘s excellent Might & Power), but I take great pleasure in imagining the world of Traditional Heavy Metal as an endless sea of mighty warriors clashing in righteous battle for the right to sit upon the throne of Heavy Metal and […]
Tags: 2023, Desolate Realm, Doom Metal, Epic Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, Legions, Steve K, Traditional Heavy Metal
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › M on Friday, March 10th, 2023
While I guess it’s fair to say 2020 will be remembered for… other reasons… I, personally, will remember it as a year that saw the battle for modern Heavy Metal supremacy really get into full swing. Glorious, chainmailed, axe-wielded swing. There were the up-and-coming warriors like Black Soul Horde, Stygian Crown and Meurtrières entering the arena to […]
Tags: 2023, Dying Victim Productions, Heavy Metal, Megaton Sword, Might & Power, Power Metal, Steve K
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › T on Friday, December 16th, 2022
When one thinks about traditional Heavy Metal, a lot of what immediately comes to mind is, inevitably, British. From the obvious big guns of Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, to the more second-tier acts like Saxon, Diamond Head or Cloven Hoof, and a seemingly endless list of others, you just cannot think Heavy Metal without thinking […]
Tags: 2022, Fireflash Records, Heavy Metal, New Wave of British Heavy Metal, NWOBHM, Steve K, Tailgunner
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › W on Thursday, December 1st, 2022
At Teeth of the Divine, we all have our own individual tastes and personal preferences when it comes to metal – a point which has, unfortunately, led to some words we wish we hadn’t said and no shortage of blood left on each of our hands. Literally. We’ve made some… mistakes… ANYWAY, one thing that […]
Tags: 2022, Heavy Metal, Morgana, Napalm Records, Power Metal, Steve K, Warkings
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › H on Tuesday, November 29th, 2022
Last year I reviewed the reissue of the classic debut Hammers of Misfortune album – The Bastard. I have enjoyed their progressive brand of metal that is quite eclectic, mixing in styles ranging from Manilla Road, Fates Warning, Omen, 70’s prog rock metal to more extreme forms of death and thrash metal. Somehow their conglomeration […]
Tags: 2022, Cruz Del Sur Music, Frank Rini, Hammers of Misfortune, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › C on Monday, November 21st, 2022
I struggle to think of another band revered with such legendary status as Candlemass has within the pantheons of Heavy Metal, with as strange and unorthodox a journey as theirs over their almost 40 year career. The breakups, reformations and seemingly endless string of cryptic hints at retirement, the rotating lineup of ex-members entering and […]
Tags: 2022, Candlemass, Doom Metal, Epic Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, Napalm Records, Steve K, Sweet Evil Sun
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › S on Friday, October 28th, 2022
Sometimes you stumble across an album that you just know is going to either be a complete and utter hit, or an absolute whiff from listener to listener – there will be no in-between. You either love it like you love your own child, or you want to throw it off a cliff like a […]
Tags: 2022, Cruz Del Sur Music, Heavy Metal, Proto Metal, Sordid Blade, Steve K, Traditional Heavy Metal
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › S on Tuesday, October 25th, 2022
The new Spellbook album is not as good as their debut. That could be the review. However, it’s not always so easy to explain. You see, there are still several excellent moments, but where the debut felt like a complete album experience, Deadly Charms feels like a collection of songs. That’s not necessarily a bad […]
Tags: 2022, Cruz Del Sur Music, Heavy Metal, J Mays, Review, Spellbook
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › S on Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
Vengeance is a dish best served heavy. And melodic. And epic. OK, I guess I shouldn’t assume “vengeance” as being the first emotion that would come to mind for former Absu guitarist Melissa Moore, who is jumping back into the spotlight after a very ugly and public firing from the band following her coming out […]
Tags: 2022, Cruz Del Sur Music, Heavy Metal, NEOTHM, Sonja, Steve K
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › S on Friday, October 7th, 2022
OK so we’ve got, like, 3 months left of 2022? So who knows what can happen between now and then, but whatever. I’m calling it. Blood Empire is the most fun you’re gonna get out of just 4 songs this year. This thing is a goddamn blast. I need more ASAP. Of course, anyone who’s […]
Tags: 2022, Gates of Hell Records, Heavy Metal, Skelator, Steve K
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › D on Friday, September 30th, 2022
I reviewed UK’s Heavy/Power Metal band Dark Forest’s fifth album Oak, Ash & Thorn a few years ago. I raved about the album and now they have returned with a 5-song ep Ridge & Furrow. Opening with the longest track, “Skylark”, excellent double bass drums with the continued Iron Maiden influences all over the place with some melodic yet excellent power metal […]
Tags: 2022, Cruz Del Sur Music, Dark Forest, Frank Rini, Heavy Metal, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › M on Friday, September 2nd, 2022
I realize that some bands just aren’t for everyone. Japan has always been a solid part of the world of Metal. Loudness and Sigh are the first two that come to mind for me. Metalucifer, not so much. A side project conceived by Gezol (Sabbat), Metalucifer have a body of work that dates to 1996 […]
Tags: 2022, Heavy Metal, Iron Oxide Records, Jeremy Beck, Metalucifer, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › G on Thursday, July 7th, 2022
I’ve always been a Gwar fan. The Brockie albums are classics, the first two, Hell-o and Scumdogs of the Universe are undeniable required listening. Their shows are legendary, copious amounts of blood, piss and sperm being sprayed across the crowd with wild, reckless abandon. They were the last show I saw before the world went […]
Tags: 2022, Gwar, Heavy Metal, Jeremy Beck, Pit Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › S on Thursday, June 9th, 2022
UK’s NWOBHM band, Satan, have been around since the late 70’s. During their long career they changed their name a few times (Blind Fury, Pariah) which may have hurt their long-term popularity. Under the Satan name they have released, 5 albums and Earth Infernal their 6th. In 1986 I picked up their new ep on vinyl Into the Future, bypassing their […]
Tags: 2022, Frank Rini, Heavy Metal, Metal Blade Records, NWOBHM, Satan
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › C on Friday, May 6th, 2022
For a couple years now, I’ve been praising the French for their rise to prominence in the Traditional Heavy Metal scene. It’s still not necessarily a numbers game, but the quality in the limited product is undeniable. Obviously, much of this is owed the genre’s continued growth in popularity, but bands like Herzel and Tentation […]
Tags: 2022, Canada, Cauchemar, Doom, Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, Steve K, Temple of Mystery
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › N on Wednesday, April 6th, 2022
The sky is blue. The sun rises in the East. Every “metal subgenre of the moment” is destined to become oversaturated and less exciting by virtue of its own popularity. These are basic and inalienable truths. I’m not arguing that something loses its appeal because it’s “more popular.” That argument is dumb. Popular things are […]
Tags: 2022, Blackened Heavy Metal, Heavy Metal, Nite, NWOTHM, Steve K, Traditional Heavy Metal, Voices of the Kronian moon
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › M on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022
Oh hey – just in time for World War III, AKA “The ACTUAL War to End All Wars” because this time around we’re all packing that doomsday-level heat. Sick. Seriously, for what its worth, who better to ring in the potential end of days, right? We’ve all been looking over at Vladdy-boy saying “Hey. HEY! […]
Tags: 2022, Black Metal, Heavy Metal, Let There be Witchery, Metal Blade Records, Midnight, Speed Metal, Steve K
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › G on Monday, March 21st, 2022
I reviewed Ghost’s Meliora when it was released years ago. I did enjoy that album quite a lot, but also felt there was some filler on it. The more I listen to that album, though, I truly appreciate it and love it. It’s part of their first 3 albums, which are excellent as well as […]
Tags: 2022, Frank Rini, Ghost, Heavy Metal, Loma Vista Recordings, Review
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › S on Monday, March 7th, 2022
There’s something that feels a little… I dunno… strange about listening to Sabaton these days. Right? To be fair, it’s not like war hasn’t been a constant part about being on planet Earth. But WORLD War? Jeez, seems sort of… archaic, no? Making bombastic, rousing power metal about heroism and battlefield glory and all that […]
Tags: 2022, Heavy Metal, Nuclear Blast Records, Power Metal, Sabaton, Steve K, The War To End All Wars
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › G on Friday, February 25th, 2022
A lot is said about the element of surprise when it comes to war tactics. You catch an enemy sleeping, and the impact of your attack is likely to be that much more devastating. Of course, this principal isn’t solely applicable to warfare. Take, for example, Seattle Power/Traditional Heavy Metal outfit Greyhawk and their 2020 […]
Tags: 2022, call of the hawk, Fighter Records, Greyhawk, Heavy Metal, NWOTHM, Power Metal, Steve K, Traditional Heavy Metal