Album Reviews

Veil of Maya have made sure the cosmetic aspects of their new album, ‘False Idol’ don’t give much away. The album cover alone hints at an avant-garde, art rock direction while the song titles are, for the most part, vague and have little [...]

Few bands have the sheer presence like the one cultivated by GWAR. The characters, the stories, and the music all have such a unique spin that makes you chuckle while you headbang. They’re one of those unforgettable live bands that really have the [...]

Savage Messiah is savage. When I first heard these dudes back in 2007 with their ‘Spitting Venom’ (2007) EP, I was extremely happy for a band that managed to create fresh and enjoyable music despite the swarm of groovy new thrash bands that were surfacing [...]

Female fronted metal bands, regardless of  how popular in the scene today, still are minorities in a male dominated sphere. But it doesn’t matter what goes where, because Butcher Babies really don’t give a shit (no really, they don’t) as long as you have [...]

Comprised of a star-studded cast of some of Sweden’s finest metal musicians including two-fifths of former In Flames members as well as Jake E. from Amaranthe, CyHra are a unique and frankly, promising outfit. As we know, there’s plenty in a [...]

It brings me great pleasure to say that Trivium, first of all, are soon to have eight records. As a hardcore fan of ten years, I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a band both remain exactly who they were from the start and change so dramatically [...]

This Aussie thrash metal band has been in the scene for more than half a decade now doing what they call ‘A backwards sounding forward movement’ in the genre. The band comprising of frontman/guitarist Riley Strong along with guitarist Scottie Anning, [...]

Famous faces, shameless name dropping and dragging up the old catalogues, all seem to go hand in hand, creating a rinse, reuse, recycle formula for when it comes to writing about the recurring banner that surmises anyone who has been in more than one [...]