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Seven Kingdoms / The Square – EP Review

Symphonic power metal with amazing melodies and plenty of shred! Back in July (2024), I got an early preview of Florida power metallers Seven Kingdoms new EP “The Square,” which officially dropped a couple of weeks ago. I wrote an immediate response mini-review then, but here is an update now that I have both had […]

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My Top Metal albums for 2025: Top 25 full lengths, Top 2 EPs, 16 more to check out

Notable metal albums from 2025 that are required listening I love seeing end of year lists and am always fascinated to see how different they are from person to person, molded by what they gravitate to and what resonates. I have definitely broadened the genres and bands I listen to, but I still bias toward

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As the Sun Falls / Pohjoisen Sydän – EP Review

Icy cold melancholic melodeath from Finland! Finnish band As the Sun Falls has been around for a few years and released a 4-song EP earlier this year in May called “Pohjoisen Sydän.” This is atmospheric, melancholic, and crushing melodic death metal, icy and cold in the Finnish tradition. All lyrics are in Finnish, so I

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Meteora / Broken Mind – EP Review

HEAVY gothic symphonic metal with cinematic flair! I rarely review EPs, but this one smacked me so hard that I had to! Meteroa hails from Hungary and recently released this 4-song EP, “Broken Mind.” This is heavy symphonic gothic metal with wonderful orchestration and a heavy helping of death metal. Crushing guitars, intense drums, killer

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Aeonian Sorrow / From the Shadows – EP Review

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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Nospūn / Ozai – EP Review

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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Tales of Time / The Journey – EP Review

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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