Reviews 0 Album Review: Tomb Mold Talk to Planets on Planetary Clairvoyance July 16th, 2019 at 10:00am Jeff Treppel Planetary Clairvoyance, Tomb Mold’s third album, continues to make a case for their current dominance.
Reviews 0 Album Review: Sabaton Perfect the Art of War (Metal) on The Great War July 15th, 2019 at 9:20am Jeff Treppel The Great War loads earworm after earworm into the breech and then rattles them off in rapid succession.
Reviews 0 Album Review: Torche Enter A More Mature Phase with Admission July 11th, 2019 at 9:51am Jeff Treppel Admission may be Torche’s most straight-up metal release to date — except when it isn’t.
Reviews 0 Album Review: Thy Art Is Murder Need to Calibrate the Scope on Human Target July 10th, 2019 at 12:11pm Phil Boozeman A completely unnecessary mess of unimaginative breakdowns, stupid riffs and political clichés from a band that absolutely knows it can do better.
Reviews 0 Cave In Honor Their Fallen Comrade with Final Transmission June 20th, 2019 at 10:15am Jeff Treppel A fitting tribute to one of post-hardcore’s most beloved and influential figures.
Reviews 0 Album Review: Darkthrone Shine Bright on Old Star June 7th, 2019 at 2:45pm Jeff Treppel “Certain indigenous cultures believe in using every part of the animal: Darkthrone do that with metal.”
Reviews 0 Album Review: Baroness Prove All That Glitters is Gold & Grey June 6th, 2019 at 1:56pm Jeff Treppel An unflinchingly honest snapshot of where Baroness are now.
Reviews 0 Album Review: Death Angel Make Bender’s Dream Come True on Humanicide May 14th, 2019 at 10:05am Jeff Treppel The band’s ninth overall release, Humanicide, proves they’re still capable of channeling that youthful anger.
Reviews 0 Album Review: Devin Townsend Achieves Enlightenment with Empath March 27th, 2019 at 9:56am Jeff Treppel This is as deep-end Devin as you get.
Reviews 0 Album Review: Whitechapel Reach the Peak of the Mountain with The Valley March 12th, 2019 at 2:14pm Phil Boozeman After a few stutter steps on the past two records, Whitechapel are back with a vengeance, delivering an incredibly emotional album that perfects the sound they’ve been developing over the past five years.
Reviews 0 Album Review: Misery Index’s Rituals of Power February 27th, 2019 at 8:30am Axl Rosenberg Misery Index remain one of a kind at doing one kind of thing.
Reviews 0 Album Review: Lamb of God Guitarist Mark Morton’s Anesthetic February 19th, 2019 at 11:17am Axl Rosenberg Morton’s solo debut plays out like two distinct EPs — one of LoG material with different famous singers, and one where he really spread his wings creatively.
Reviews 0 Album Review(s): Demon Hunter’s War and Peace February 18th, 2019 at 3:16pm Axl Rosenberg Make War, not Peace.
Reviews 0 Review: Astronoid’s Self Titled Sophomore Album is Galactic as Fuck January 22nd, 2019 at 10:18am MetalSucks Does it pass the bar set by Air, or fall victim to the sophomore slump?
Reviews 0 Review: Does The Smashing Pumpkins’ Shiny and Oh So Bright Gleam? November 15th, 2018 at 10:32am Jeff Treppel Billy Corgan’s latest effort benefits from having others in the room with him, but he still make some bizarre choices.
Reviews 0 Album Review: Nothing Can Prepare You for Sigh’s Heir to Despair November 5th, 2018 at 4:24pm Axl Rosenberg Expect the unexpected.
Reviews 0 Review: Bloodbath’s Winning Streak Continues with The Arrow of Satan Is Drawn October 22nd, 2018 at 1:46pm Axl Rosenberg Another near-perfect achievement from the death metal all-stars.
Reviews 0 Album Review: Shining Go in a Bold New Direction on Animal… But Does it Work? October 12th, 2018 at 7:57am Vince Neilstein The “new and improved” version of Shining is decidedly more hard rock than metal.
Reviews 0 Album Review: Polyphia’s New Levels New Devils October 9th, 2018 at 4:07pm MetalSucks This shit bumps!
Reviews 0 Album Review: Soulfly’s Ritual May Be the Band’s Best Offering to Date October 8th, 2018 at 12:06pm Axl Rosenberg Mostly more of the same — but the best possible version of more of the same.