Authors: Henry Glasheen
Review: Suffering in Solitude – A Place Apart
Too much time is spent plucking out guitar overtones and delay-heavy arpeggios. These guys have a lot of room to grow, but if you like your metal tinged with shoegaze, you’ll probably enjoy A Place Apart nonetheless. … read more
Review: Storm of Light – Nations to Flames
This album takes a completely different direction with its post-metal influences than I was expecting. Instead of the gentle surges and mellow refrains, Nations to Flames takes you by the collar and shakes you again and again with its unrelenting chaos. … read more
Review: Slough Feg – Digital Resistance
Mike Scalzi continues to tread the thin line between heavy metal and rock n’ roll with his acrobatic guitar work and unconventional songwriting. The whole production sounds warm and organic, contrasting well with the album’s lyrical themes of technological isolation … read more
Review: Saxon – St. George’s Day Sacrifice – Live in...
Saxon = Accept + Judas Priest … read more
Review: Secrets of the Sky – Pathway
Secrets of the Sky = Anathema + Katatonia + Paradise Lost … read more
Review: Saxon – Unplugged and Strung Up
Over the course of a 36-year career, Saxon have proven themselves to be the undisputed masters of heavy metal songwriting. Unplugged and Strung Up is a cavalcade of re-recordings, orchestrations and acoustic takes on a selection of Saxon’s greatest material. … read more
Review: Primordial – Where Greater Men Have Fallen
Primordial = Bathory + Old Season + Ereb Altor … read more
Review: PULSE – The Best Is Not Good Enough
PULSE = Deep Purple + Rainbow – Ritchie Blackmore … read more
Review: Night Demon – Curse of the Damned
Night Demon = Motörhead / Diamond Head + Angel Witch … read more
Review: Obsequiae – Aria of Vernal Tombs
Obsequiae = Summoning + early Rotting Christ + Aquilus … read more
Review: Moonsorrow – Jumalten aika
Moonsorrow = Menhir + Finsterforst + Bathory
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Review: Motörhead – Aftershock
In an age when most of the great classic hard rock bands are slowing down and approaching their twilight years, Motörhead keeps charging ahead, playing the hardest and truest rock n’ roll ever recorded. … read more
