Posts Tagged ‘Heavy Metal’
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › D on Tuesday, October 1st, 2024
Returning with album #8, Deceased enters the realm of creating a concept album with Children of the Morgue. Their last album, from six years ago, Ghostly White was a fantastic display of their death-thrashing madness, equipped with a plethora of good old ass-kicking heavy metal moments. With roughly around the same running time Children of […]
Tags: 2024, Death Metal, Deceased, Frank Rini, Heavy Metal, Hells Headbangers, Review, thrash metal
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › I on Monday, September 23rd, 2024
Ohio’s Ironflame is a writing machine. Since 2016 they have released four full-length albums and now they have dropped their fifth one Kingdom Torn Asunder on us. I have enjoyed all their prior albums a lot, although I did feel their 2022 album Where Madness Dwells, slightly suffered in the production department and the hooks […]
Tags: 2024, Frank Rini, Heavy Metal, High Roller Records, Ironflame, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › C on Thursday, September 12th, 2024
Category 7 is a brand new “super-group” which formed in 2023. This self-titled album is their debut and the band members are John Bush – Vocals, Mike Orlando – Guitars, Phil Demmel – Guitars, Jack Gibson – Bass, Jason Bittner – Drums. So we have these metal players who are currently in or were ex-members […]
Tags: 2024, Category 7, Frank Rini, Heavy Metal, Metal Blade Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › D on Tuesday, September 10th, 2024
OK, hear me out… 2024 has been a friggin’ WILD ride for the world of metal and extreme music. Like it or not, the spotlight has perhaps never shone brighter on our little deranged corner of the music world than it is right now. Ignore for a moment legendary stalwarts like Metallica, Iron Maiden or […]
Tags: 2024, Black Metal, Black Thrash, Demiser, Heavy Metal, Metal Blade Records, Slave to the Scythe, Speed Metal, Steve K, thrash metal
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › C on Tuesday, July 30th, 2024
UK’s Cloven Hoof has been around since 1979…yes you read that correctly. Now while the band has broken up a few times, only to reform and release new material, the band has gone through many changes over the decades. For me, their 1984 s/t debut will always be my favorite of theirs. It was evil. […]
Tags: 2024, Cloven Hoof, Frank Rini, Heavy Metal, High Roller Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › W on Wednesday, June 19th, 2024
WyndRider is a young upcoming stoner doom metal act from Tennessee. In their short existence since 2022 they have released their self-titled debut last year and now Revival. I’ve recently been in communication with Chloe Gould, their singer, and have been mightily impressed with her vocals, after receiving this promo to review. I was so […]
Tags: 2024, Doom Metal, Electric Valley Records, Frank Rini, Heavy Metal, Review, WyndRider
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › H on Thursday, May 30th, 2024
The Headless Ghost is a new Italian band and is also now signed to an Italian label, the excellent Punishment 18 Records. The Headless Ghost originally started out a few short years ago more as a tribute act to Mercyful Fate/King Diamond. And as you can see from this kick ass album art, the King […]
Tags: 2024, Frank Rini, Heavy Metal, Punishment 18 Records, Review, The Headless Ghost
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › S on Tuesday, May 7th, 2024
Three years ago I reviewed the self-titled, debut album from California’s epic doom metal band Stygian Crown and really loved it. I was happy to see my friend, Rhett Davis, drumming on it, a legendary drummer from Crimson Relic, Morgion and Gravehill, and many other bands, both past and present. The original line-up with guitarists […]
Tags: 2024, Cruz Del Sur Music, Doom Metal, Frank Rini, Heavy Metal, Review, Stygian Crown
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › S on Tuesday, April 9th, 2024
I am a tremendous Manilla Road fan. Unfortunately, they are one of the few bands I never had a chance to see live, prior to the passing of founder/vocalist/guitarist Mark Shelton – a true metal genius. RIP Metal Brother. From the ashes, we will rise and what we have here is 50% Manilla Road and […]
Tags: 2024, Frank Rini, Heavy Metal, High Roller Records, Sentry
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › J on Monday, March 18th, 2024
Judas Priest will go down as one of the greatest Heavy Metal bands of all time – without a shadow of a doubt. This is the first time for me reviewing a Priest album and I am excited to do so. I will say this….sometimes I get overly excited reviewing some of my favorite bands. […]
Tags: 2024, Frank Rini, Heavy Metal, Judas Priest, Review, Sony Music
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › M on Wednesday, February 7th, 2024
I cannot help myself. At the beginning of every year, there’s always an album I hear and say “GUYS! We already have an album of the year contender! Really, I swear!” It’s dumb. That’s not to say any of those albums haven’t merited the attention I’ve given them, but saying something will stand as the […]
Tags: 2024, Cruz Del Sur Music, Heavy Metal, Mega Colossus, NWOTHM, Showdown, Steve K, Traditional Heavy Metal
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › T on Tuesday, November 28th, 2023
Picture this: you find yourself in the hellscape of a charred and broken battlefield. You’re tired, bleeding from a nasty gash left in your ribs by a claymore you were only just lucky enough to avoid having split you in two. Vision is blurred, everything sounds echoed and distant. Desperately, you look in every direction […]
Tags: 2023, Deathstalker, Heavy Metal, No Remorse Records, NWOTHM, Steve K, Tower Hill, Traditional Heavy Metal
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › G on Saturday, October 28th, 2023
I have a soft spot for Gothic Metal. It goes pretty deep, this Gothic love. So when this album popped up in the promo bin I picked it out because I saw that Kostas Salomidis was attached to it. In case you haven’t heard of him, then you should be checking out his band Distorted […]
Tags: 2023, Ghost Warfare, Gothic Metal, Heavy Metal, Jeremy Beck, Review, Self-Released
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