Christmas is right around the corner and if you want some solid rock with a holiday twist, you should check out the Wolves at the Gate’s upcoming EP, Lowborn, which features both original tracks and holiday classics covered in the heavy setting that they are known for. All five tracks on Lowborn are solid and …
Drowning Pool laid dormant for six years after releasing Hellelujah and have since found a new label home in T-Boy/UMe Records and they’re off to a hell of a start with this label with new breath in their lungs. Long time Drowning Pool fans had high hopes with Hellelujah after the previous record- Resilience was …
Brace yourselves, the highest-anticipated pirate metal record of all-time is finally here with Alestorm’s Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum and you’ll find yourself wishing you were on a giant pirate ship, sailing the seven seas. This is the band’s first album since 2020- Curse of the Crystal Coconut was released over the summer of …
After almost four years, Psychostick are BACK with …And Stuff, a record of B-sides and rarities, which sits at 30- yes, 30 mighty Psychostick tracks. What can go wrong, right? RIGHT? The album is narrated by a Patrick Stewart impersonator who kills it as Stewart and reminds us it\’s okay to ask questions- just not …
Nekrogoblikon is one of those bands that are hard to describe to someone who doesn’t know who they are- there’s so many elements that go into a song that you just have to have someone sit down and give it a listen. They’re in luck! The band just dropped their latest record, The Fundamental Slimes …
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It’s always fun when members from different bands come together to form a new entity and, with Kill The Lights (Bullet For My Valentine, Threat Signal, Throw The Fight, Still Remains)- that’s exactly what we have- a completely new entity. Their debut, The Sinner via Fearless Records is a debut that all debuts should be …
When I first heard that Static-X was putting out a new album, like pretty much everyone I was left thinking…How the hell is this going to work without their charismatic frontman Wayne Static? As I later learned these recordings would in fact feature Wayne along with longtime bassist Tony Campos their original drummer Ken Jay, …
Just a few years after Rumahoy set sail upon their quest to bring the world more pirate metal, the band is back with their 2nd record- Time II: Party, which is exactly that- a party. In a genre like pirate metal, you have to have fun with it and Rumahoy spare no expense there. The …
Devastation, heartache and pain can lead to the best music. Fans resonate with it and sometimes it can actually save another’s life. This is the case with Grey Daze and their Amends record. Grey Daze is the band Chester Bennington fronted pre-Linkin Park and, shortly before his passing, he had reconnected with the members and …
Today\’s album review is the new one from German power metal band Primal Fear with Metal Commando. It is absolutely fantastic and if you don\’t yet know Primal Fear, the best way I can describe them is that they are a heavier Judas Priest with awesome grooves and stellar vocals. When the lead singer hit\’s those …
The World Will Burn have always prided themselves in using different genres and making sure no two songs sound alike and here we are, three albums in with Nothing’s As Real As It Seems and this could not be more true. The record opens with “Sins and Tragedies”- a straight rock song that features hooky, …
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Pirate metallers Alestorm are finally back after a three-year wait, with Curse of the Crystal Coconut, which comes just three years after No Grave But the Sea and shows the band really spreading their wings. “Treasure Chest Party Quest” kicks it off in outrageous manner and tells you right away that this is primed to …
It seems like Bad Wolves started touring before their debut- Obey released and just kept going and going. Now their sophomore record- N.A.T.I.O.N. is out and they’re still going strong. The fact that this album is as strong as it is with how busy Bad Wolves have been is impressive. “I’ll Be There” starts the record off with …
Just in time for the Xmas holiday season, September Mourning came to the rescue with Volume III– their latest dose of unholy, ravenous, diabolical metal and everything you need to combat that pesky Jesus on his birthday. After “Unholy” kicks things off strongly, “Hiding From Heaven”gives us a slow, taunting metal tune that finds its way …
When a band member passes during the recording of an album, the original plans often go out the window and it becomes a memorial and tribute to that member. When that member is legendary drummer Vinnie Paul, and the band is Hellyeah, that’s exactly what happens and the record- now released- is Welcome Home. Much …
Resilience is a word that has become synonymous with Of Mice & Men and their last record- Defy– showed exactly that. Fast forward to 2019 and their second record with bassist Aaron Pauley on vocals- EARTHANDSKY is ready to unleash upon the world and it’s the perfect successor to last year’s record. Considering this record …
Every few years Steel Panther return and remind us how deprived we’ve actually been from the world of real heavy metal and this year is no exception as they’ve returned with Heavy Metal Rules, which obliterates everything your earholes have heard this year. “Zebraman” opens the album- why’s it called that? Who the hell knows …
While a band’s debut record is important for many reasons, their sophomore release is even more important on so many levels. If their debut is strong, it puts them on the map and raises expectations for the follow-up, which can raise their stock or completely break their career and make fans look elsewhere. Luckily for …
The Hÿss’ latest record- Sound- is one that’s guaranteed to appeal to stoner metal fans around the world. With distorted guitars in the vein of Sleep and Clutch, the songs on Sound flow together well and no two songs sound the same. The tracks have the same style but each has their own identity At …
An album or EP doesn’t have to be long to be powerful and that’s the case with Burial Party’s Please, Electric Move Slow. The EP- four tracks-long- is loaded with aggression, emotion, honesty and energy, all pulled into one, as well as punk and hardcore combined and it’s a pure adrenaline rush from start to …
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