Reviews

Daily Album Premiere Thursday: PROJECT EVIL – Project Evil

18. July 2018

Italy’s Project Evil drops their seven song self-titled debut album in late August. Opening with “Fire At Will”, a Manowar-ish sounding rumination on war, Project Evil sets a tone that indicates that they will follow very well-trodden pathways laid down by the masters without really blazing ...READ MORE

Daily Album Premiere Wednesday: SHOTGUN RODEO – By Hook Or By Crook

17. July 2018

By Hook Or By Crook is the second full length album release from Trondheim, Norway’s four piece Heavy Metal Band Shotgun Rodeo. The band includes vocalist Nino Escopeta, guitarist Don Shrediablo, bassist Grimmo D.B., and drummer Doomfang, and, citing influences as diverse ae Pantera and Avenged ...READ MORE

Daily Album Premiere Tuesday: BLACK SWAMP WATER – Distant Thunder

17. July 2018

Plagued by a downright terribly done mastering job, the new release from Black Swamp Water is an underwhelming, curious collection of Country Metal tracks. On Distant Thunder, we find the band floundering in original yet uninspired songwriting. The all-to-common problem of originality without ...READ MORE

Daily Album Premiere Monday: HALCYON WAY – Bloody But Unbowed

15. July 2018

Atlanta’s Halcyon Way admits to difficulty categorizing their sound. It is inspired from a range of Metal bands such as Megadeth, Dream Theater, Testament and Chimaira. The band predicts their fifth full-length album since 2008 will appeal to fans of Power Metal, Thrash Metal, Progressive ...READ MORE

AMERICAN AMNESIA – …Yet Here We Are

14. July 2018

The full-length debut release from Connecticut, USA based Alternative Punk Rock act American Amnesia has all of the teen angst and naive yet heartwarming rebellion that any fan of 2nd wave Punk or Grunge could want. On …Yet Here We Are, this trio slogs and stumbles its way through eleven ...READ MORE

Daily Album Premiere Thursday: PIQAIA – Artifact

12. July 2018

If you have ever wondered what Shoegazer Metal would sound like, look no further than PIQAIA on their debut album Artifact. Sounding remarkably like a mash-up between Parallels-era Fates Warning and Further-era Flying Saucer Attack (compare album art and song titles from the PIQAIA release and the ...READ MORE

Daily Album Premiere Wednesday: CRYONIC TEMPLE – Deliverance

11. July 2018

Deliverance, Cryonic Temple’s 6th studio album, while still a very solid Power Metal album, lacks much of the raw energy and excitement that Cryonic Temple initially became known for. The album’s ten tracks consist of mostly mid-tempo songs, all with a strong Melodic Metal frosting. ...READ MORE

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