Posts Tagged ‘Nuclear Blast Records’
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 Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › I on Monday, February 14th, 2022
Holy crappers- Acts of God is Immolation’s eleventh album. Man, I feel like time has flown right by me. It seems like only yesterday I was at Spark’s on Long Island, NY watching them headline once Dawn of Possession was released. I remember speaking with the entire band, buying merch. I would bring said DOP […]
Tags: 2022, Death Metal, Frank Rini, Immolation, Nuclear Blast Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › H on Thursday, February 10th, 2022
I do not need music to help me achieve a depressed state, Hangman’s Chair, okay? I do very well with that as my default, thank you very much. However, if you’re unlike me (for your own sake, let’s hope), maybe you just need that nudge or like to feel miserable sometimes. If so, A Loner, […]
Tags: 2022, Doom Metal, Hangman's Chair, J Mays, Nuclear Blast Records, Review, Stoner Metal
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › B on Monday, January 31st, 2022
As I’ve stated many times before in these very pages, I’m very picky about my heavy/power metal. It’s not a genre I generally really enjoy or get into, but I’ve certainly come to appreciate the likes of Blind Guardian, WindRose, Dragony, Fairyland, Thy Majestie, Grail Knights, Pathfinder, Twilight Force, and the 23 Rhapsody related bands, […]
Tags: 2022, Battle Beast, Erik T, Heavy Metal, Nuclear Blast Records, Power Metal, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › F on Thursday, January 20th, 2022
It’s a shame when a band, especially one so far into their career, doesn’t know who or what they want to be. With a discography in the range of good to great, unfortunately it feels like this is where we find deathcore veterans Fit For An Autopsy. I’ll explain… While the opening track, which is […]
Tags: 2022, Deathcore, Fit For An Autopsy, J Mays, Nuclear Blast Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › M on Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
Here’s a band and album specifically for those that want older/early Deafheaven back and thought the new album, Infinite Granite was ….not good (but that’s a whole other discussion…). And yes count me in that number. Møl (‘Moth’) is a Danish post-black/shoegaze band that finds itself on Nuclear Blast after a debut album, Jord back […]
Tags: 2021 Erik T, Atmospheric Black Metal, Møl, Nuclear Blast Records
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › K on Monday, December 13th, 2021
In their short existence, Denver’s doom metal act Khemmis have created some of the best metal these ears have heard in a while. I credit my buddy and former Deepsend Records owner, Graham Landers with introducing them to me some years ago and their three prior albums and eps are all excellent and well played […]
Tags: 2021, Doom Metal, Frank Rini, Khemmis, Nuclear Blast Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › P on Tuesday, December 7th, 2021
I have to hand it to Pathology, after fifteen years of existence the band comes sneaking in here at the end of 2021 with what may just be their best album yet, their eleventh full-length album(???), The Everlasting Plague. Througout the band’s career their consistency can hardly be rivaled. Every album has arguably been a […]
Tags: 2021, Brutal Death Metal, Kristofor Allred, Nuclear Blast Records, Pathology, Review
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › H on Monday, December 6th, 2021
Listen, there’s no denying the place of Peter Tägtgren and Hypocrisy in the pantheons of metal over the last almost 30 years. I personally hold Penetralia, Osculum Obscenum, and The Fourth Dimension in super high regard with the latter arguably being the peak of their career as they shifted into more melodic death metal realms […]
Tags: 2021, Erik T, Hypocrisy, Melodic Death Metal, Nuclear Blast Records, Review
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › O on Monday, November 22nd, 2021
I have reviewed 2 of the 3 last Obscura albums, including the magnificent 2016 magnum opus, Akroasis. But for some reason, we/I never covered 2018s Diluvium album, despite it being yet another standout in the band’s consistently brilliant releases, thought it saw them take a more melodic turn. So I thought I would return to […]
Tags: 2021, Nuclear Blast Records, Obscura, Review, Technical Death Metal
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › G on Wednesday, November 10th, 2021
With helpful ghost bathing tips in mind, here is Ghost Bath with their fourth overall full length, Self Loather. I’ve never quite understood the hate these guys seem to get. While I never fell in love with them, I do own their last two albums and enjoyed them despite some minor quibbles. Luckily, they decided […]
Tags: 2021, Atmospheric Black Metal, Ghost Bath, J Mays, Nuclear Blast Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › B on Tuesday, November 9th, 2021
Believe it or not, Norway’s Blood Red Throne has been knocking about for around 25 years and 10 albums now. Initially formed when Tchort of Emperor fame and Død (aka the incredibly affable Daniel Olaisen) met playing in Satyricon, Olaisen is the only remaining member since the band’s formation and Tchort left after 2009s Souls […]
Tags: 2021, Blood Red Throne, Death Metal, Erik T, Nuclear Blast Records, Review
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › E on Monday, November 8th, 2021
Exodus’ 11th proper full-length album, Persona Non Grata, finally sees the light. The band opting to delay it twice due to Covid, as well as drummer Tom Hunting’s cancer diagnosis and treatment, so the release could be closer to when the band could begin playing live shows again. Time really flies and their last scorching […]
Tags: 2021, Exodus, Frank Rini, Nuclear Blast Records, Review, thrash metal
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › M on Monday, November 1st, 2021
You know the saying, right? “Opinions are like assholes, everybody has one”. Well, I guess that would be damn near doubly true when it comes to reviewing/critiquing. All I know is that when this asshole saw the new Massacre album, Resurgence, was up for review I jumped at the chance to cover it. It’s not […]
Tags: 2021, Death Metal, Kristofor Allred, Massacre, Nuclear Blast Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › E on Thursday, October 28th, 2021
There are quite a few things I wish I could go back and change about last year. I’m sure most of us feel the same way considering what a shitball year it was, and still continues to be in a lot of ways. Though one of the simplest things I would change would be regulating […]
Tags: 2021, Black/Progressive Metal, Enslaved, Kristofor Allred, Nuclear Blast Records
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › C on Monday, October 18th, 2021
For two albums now, Dani Filth has delivered a reinvigorated Cradle of Filth since gutting the lineup after 2012s forgetful The Manticore and Other Horrors. Both 2015s Hammer of the Witches and 2017s Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness of Decay, with the same re-vamped line-up, delivered classic Cradle of Filth writing and energy that signaled Dani […]
Tags: 2021, Cradle of Filth, Erik T, Nuclear Blast Records, Review, Symphonic Black Metal
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › M on Monday, October 11th, 2021
What can he said about the greatest industrial metal band of all time? I mean they started out as an alternative band until 1988 when the legendary The Land of Rape and Honey combined metal with industrial to create the benchmark for this style of music. Main man Al Jourgensen is a musical genius. Especially […]
Tags: 2021, Frank Rini, Industrial Metal, Ministry, Nuclear Blast Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › N on Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
If someone were to tell you Sharlee D’Angelo of Arch Enemy (and several other bands) and Bjorn “Speed” Strid of Soilwork (and also many others) formed a band, you’d probably prepare yourself for some melodic death metal near perfection, right? RIGHT?! Well, wrong, buckaroo! Unrelated note to self: Use “buckaroo” in sentences more often. Enter […]
Tags: J Mays, Nuclear Blast Records, The Night Flight Orchestra
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › C on Monday, August 30th, 2021
Finally we get the anticipated and delayed new Carcass album Torn Arteries. Last year I reviewed the stop gap EP, Despicable and explained it was kind of a mixed bag with some great moments, but far too many average moments thrown in, with more Swansong moments. So let’s get to the review to see how […]
Tags: 2021, Carcass, Death Metal, Frank Rini, Nuclear Blast Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › W on Thursday, August 26th, 2021
2020’s Kuarahy caught me completely by surprise. It really hit the spot at the time, despite it not staying in my rotation for the entire year. It was a great debut for White Stones, and I recall it scratched… a certain… itch. Anyway, let’s check out their new one, which upon first listen certainly sounds […]
Tags: 2021, J Mays, Nuclear Blast Records, Progressive Death Metal, Review, White Stones
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › C on Monday, August 16th, 2021
Despite being one of the early deathcore bands to successfully add keyboards to their repertoire and become more of a blackened deathcore band 4-5 albums ago, Carnifex has been surpassed by the likes of Shadow of Intent, Mental Cruelty and Lorna Shore when it comes to this supposed ‘blackened deathcore’ sound (and you could make […]
Tags: 2021, Carnifex, Deathcore, Erik T, Nuclear Blast Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › G on Thursday, June 24th, 2021
Take a small journey with me, friends. A journey much like the one I recently took back to my hometown for a day. It didn’t take long to get there, I had a good time, some things surprisingly changed, but for the most part, it was exactly what I expected. I’ll definitely visit again soon. […]
Tags: 2021, Death Metal, Go Ahead And Die, J Mays, Nuclear Blast Records, Review
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › F on Monday, May 31st, 2021
I’m going to do my best to leave the drama out of this review because I’m sure everyone, myself included, has opinions of Dino, Burton C. Bell, and Fear Factory in general. So, I am going to do my best to just talk about this album and the band in general. If I fail, well […]
Tags: 2021, Fear Factory, Industrial Death Metal, J Mays, Nuclear Blast Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › W on Friday, May 28th, 2021
Full confession; I dig Wednesday 13. I wanted to tackle this because I searched and did not find a single review for him on the site. That’s cool. I get it. His material is definitely more horror punk than metal. If this sums it up well for you, a good friend of mine, after we […]
Tags: 2021, Heavy Metal, J Mays, Nuclear Blast Records, Review, Wednesday 13
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › M on Monday, December 21st, 2020
I didn’t want to do this to you guys, really I didn’t, especially on Christmas week, but the fact is, this is the album we need now. Typically, I would absolutely cringe at anything with spoken word, theatric, storytelling tropes in a metal album, especially of this sort of Dickensian old-timey fluff. And do we […]
Tags: Majestica, Nuclear Blast Records