Heavy metal album reviews that go deep, with band history, song by song analysis, and more!
Ludicrous speed power metal marries melodeath in expert fashion! Imagine an alternate timeline where Dragonforce grew up in Gothenburg and decided to emphasize extreme vocals while still maintaining some cleans, particularly on the choruses, while reveling (and even amping up) the long drawn out guitar virtuoso solos, but then ultimately decided to move to Canada. […]
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Brilliant extreme progressive metal with killer melodies and genius incorporation of saxophone! Progressive mixed with extreme has become one of my favorite forms of metal (along with various flavors of power and symphonic), and the quality of many releases in this subgenre has been sky high as of late. One band that had been on
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Cinematic theatrical symphonic metal that is melodic and heavy! It has been a pretty great year for symphonic metal so far. Legends Epica released a killer new album, Moonlight Haze’s latest is awesome, newcomers Tales of Time blew me away with their debut EP, and Crown Solace’s latest single has me excited for their new
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Fun and inspiring symphonic power metal from Italy! Italian symphonic power metal band Moonlight Haze recently released their 4th album, “Beyond.” I have been following them for a bit but admittedly was only somewhat familiar with their earlier material, honestly moreso with Chiara Tricarico’s earlier work when she was with Temperance. I was excited to
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Wolven power metal with killer hooks and thrash sensibility! Lycanthropy: the supernatural transformation of a person into a wolf Lycanthro: An amalgam of lycantrophilia and various flavors of smoking hot metal that will tantalize your ears. Ottawa-based purveyors of wolven metal Lycanthro just released their sophomore album, “Remnants of Rapture,” and for this metalhead who
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Haunting gothic death doom with blackened edges! My love for the recent Tribunal album has IG recommending more doom to me, helping discover Aeonian Sorrow, a collaboration between Greek and Finnish musicians (including members from Red Moon Architect). The band recently released a 4-song EP, “From the Shadows,” but at 31 minutes and only one
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HEAVY progressive metal with great melodies and insane technical prowess! I was first introduced to Charlotte, NC, progressive metal band Nospūn at ProgPower last year, and I was blown away by their live performance and their incredible debut album, “Opus.” Rewind 11 years, and they were going by the name Ozai and recorded 5 songs with
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Cool symphonic metal debut with a progressive twist! UK symphonic metal newcomers, Tales of Time, just released their debut EP, “The Journey.” This is symphonic metal at its core, with operatic cleans and gutteral growls, great orchestration, and crushing guitars and drums. The keyboards are fantastic and complement the guitars well, and the bass guitar
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Amazing progressive power metal with a Wild West theme! Let me start by saying I love Utah-based progressive power metal band Judicator, even more so after seeing them live for the first time last year at Mile High Power Fest (and sadly missing them at Epic Fest last month). John Yelland’s voice is incredible and
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Epic orchestral gothic death doom! Finding new bands can sometimes feel like a large coincidence. It was the week of Hyperspace Metal Festival in early April. Amidst various related posts, IG surfaces an album release show in mid-May for a band I was unfamiliar with, but I thought they sounded cool. Then, while waiting in
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