Ironflame – Worlds to Conquer Review
Besides thrash, heavy metal played a pivotal role in shaping my relationship with metal. Black Sabbath and Rainbow…
Coffin Hunters – Cosmic Dawn Review
I love album art you can hear, and fittingly, Coffin Hunters’ Cosmic Dawn churns with a groovy, psychedelic…
Into to the Obscure: Cianide – Death, Doom and Destruction
We all have our dark and privileged metal secrets we selfishly keep to ourselves, only sharing with a…
August Burns Red – Season of Surrender Review
I want to apologize in advance for delaying the biggest review of the summer that we all have…
Solace – Fading Failing Ruin Review
Asbury Park, New Jersey’s Solace observes their thirtieth anniversary this year, and to celebrate it, the quintet emerges…
Serpent Lord – The Once Forgotten Ways of Old Review
After reviewing Crotaline in April and Dimmu Borgir’s Grand Serpent Rising earlier this month, 2026 is shaping up…
Fires in the Distance – Circadian Promise Review
Not many bands can craft as characteristic an aura as Fires in the Distance. Their dreamy melodicism yet…
Stuck in the Filter: March 2026’s Angry Misses
Rain has started to leak into the ducts as Spring gets wetter and wetter. While I’m away, vacationing…
Elder – Through Zero Review
Elder sits at the top of their field, a rare heavy band with a genuinely singular sound that…
Restless Spirit – Restless Spirit Review
When one thinks of Long Island, stoner doom may not be the first musical variant that comes to…
Frozen Soul – No Place of Warmth Review
Texan five-banger Frozen Soul crept into my promo pile back in 2021 with their glacially imposing Crypt of…
Panopticon – Det Hjemsøkte Hjertet Review
What feelings come with an ending? Grief? Gratitude? Hope? As the Laurentian Trilogy comes to a close with…