Heavy metal album reviews that go deep, with band history, song by song analysis, and more!
An epic progressive metal album with a compelling melding of sci-fi storytelling and incredible musicianship and songwriting! Progressive metal is such a broad genre these days, and that description alone is insufficient to clarify the sound of any specific band within the genre. This is very true for Costan Rican band Fractal Sun, a band […]
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Technical, whimsical, and mighty, this is one of the best power metal albums of 2026 so far! Iceland is a bucket list location for me, and with as well traveled as I am, I have yet to make it there. When thinking of Iceland, images of waterfalls, geysers, fjords, and the Blue Lagoon all come
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Powerful and creative while remaining accessible, this is a serious slab of catchy heavy metal with some progressive flavor! My first time hearing Black Sites live is a fun story (at least for me). They were playing on the smaller Joint Stage at Legions of Metal in 2026, and they were on my list of
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Mesmerizing progressive symphonic metal that is technical and powerful! I first saw London, Ontario based metal band Solarus at Hyperspace Metal Festival in Vancouver, BC, in April 2025. They were a new band to me as of a month prior to that Fest, and I fell in love with “A Dance of Tragedy,” their 2022
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Fast, furious, brutal, and technical progressive tech death that will melt your face off! I enjoy discovering and supporting new bands, and it never ceases to amaze me the sheer amount of undiscovered talent just waiting to be consumed. It is also interesting how searching for information on a band can help you learn about
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Dark, eerie, and moody doom / post metal from Spain! Black holes have always been a fascinating topic, at least to me. They are powerful constructs that seem to have the ability to suck away everything in their path, even light, holding it all in a natural maximum security prison with no possibility of escape.
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A progressive soundscape of symphonic, folk, melodeath, and black metal flavors that is enchanting! It is always interesting being first exposed to a band via an EP, particularly when they have a couple full lengths under their belt already. It is even more interesting when this EP only has two songs, with the first being
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Intricate, orchestral and heavy: fabulous cinematic symphonic death metal from Italy! I have always been a believer that symphonic music is a perfect match for metal when executed well. The gravitas and cinematic qualities it brings has the ability to make the compositions so much grander. Symphonic metal can take a variety of forms, though
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Artistic, creative, passionate, melodic, and heavy, this is prog rock/metal at its finest! I love it when bands meld various musical styles together, particularly when they are bold in their choices. Many things on paper sound like they should not work, but when both amazing song writing and excellent execution converge, the opportunity for something
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Technical and melodic, this is the fastest most insane death metal around! Who is the world’s fastest band? It something I have never really thought about, but I would have to believe it rests somewhere in the death/black/grind world. There are clearly plenty of people who love fast and furious given the sheer number of
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