Search HM Album Reviews Grave Declaration When Dying Souls Scream Praise This album is amazing—symphonic unblack metal with great guitar riffs, awesome arrangements, and beautiful keyboards. I loved their 2008 EP The Nightshift Worshiper, but this album far exceeded my... HM Album Reviews Ark of the Covenant Self Harvest Self Harvest, the full-length debut album from Ark of the Covenant, is flat out heavy. First off, I love the production on this record. It’s heavy, low-tuned guitars and... HM Album Reviews Apparitions Kiss Me Sleeping Don’t get me wrong, I actually like the debut release from Apparitions Kiss Me Sleeping. It’s a modern sounding, melodic metal-infused ride from top to bottom. It’s well produced... HM Album Reviews Iron and Wine Ghost on Ghost Iron and Wine is one of those amazing artists that share his faith in his music in a way where he gets to play his songs on national TV... HM Album Reviews ALERT312 Of Vice &Virtue The trippy minimalism of Moral One’s production on his and Boogalu’s full-length debut as Alert312 recalls the street psychedelia of Eric B. & Rakim, Divine Styler and Pete Rock... HM Album Reviews Andy Mineo Heroes for Sale Andy Mineo has built up a rep through the typical hip-means of mix tapes and guest appearances. On his first proper album, he’s transparent to a fault, which is... HM Album Reviews Hillsong United Zion (Deluxe Edition) In the history of praise and worship music, there have always been leaders, the ones in their era writing the songs that everyone else ends up singing. Chris Tomlin,... HM Album Reviews Glen Kaiser and Joe Filisko Live Those of us who have missed Rez since their retirement from the business have consoled ourselves with the fact that frontman Glenn Kaiser usually has some kind of blues... HM Album Reviews Fallstar Backdraft Fallstar’s Backdraft is metalcore at its heart, but still seamlessly pulls from a myriad of genres—melodic hardcore, punk, rap-rock, electronic—to create an album that’s hard not to like. Songs... HM Album Reviews Foreverlin Long Lost In what apparently took a Kickstarter effort to get off the ground, Foreverlin’s Long Lost is a sweeping, almost self-centered debut—in the honest sense of the word, that’s not... HM Album Reviews Silverline Lights Out Silverline’s highly anticipated new album delivers a really solid record. Produced by Ben Kasica (formerly of Skillet), Lights Out allows the listener to be encompassed by the uplifting atmosphere... HM Album Reviews This City Awaits Said the Liar For better or worse, radio rock is a formulaic genre. The mold can be broken and it can be done right (see: Slipknot, System of a Down), but if... HM Album Reviews Mayfairgrin Surface to Air Andrew Latham has been making electronic music as mayfairgrin for a number of years. While the styles vary from one recorded project to another, the quality is consistent. One... HM Album Reviews Matt Maher All the People Said Amen Mix part Derek Webb, a lot of Scott Farris, a bit of John Davis (from Superdrag) with Rich Mullins, and you’ve got a fine blend of rootsy, bluesy, and... HM Album Reviews David Thulin Reconstruction There is nothing quite like the “they’re the Christian version of…” phenomenon. A non-secular version of everything—but it’s OK! They’re Christian! David Thulin is that, but for EDM. (If... HM Album Reviews Paramore Paramore Paramore does their best when they’re doing Paramore. This statement is ironic because—on their fourth full-length release—it would seem they needed to shed almost half their weight to make... Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /home3/vcnlwqmy/public_html/hmmagazine/wp-content/themes/hm2021/functions.php on line 126 HM Album Reviews Drottnar Stratum Drottnar sure takes their sweet time putting out albums, with 6 or 7 years between full-length releases. This time, it was definitely worth the wait. I was a fan... Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /home3/vcnlwqmy/public_html/hmmagazine/wp-content/themes/hm2021/functions.php on line 126 HM Album Reviews Abated Mass of Flesh Brutal Death Abated Mass of Flesh slam us hard with this aptly named EP. Brutal Death, AMOF’s second EP release, features crushingly heavy grooves, indecipherable vocals, and is mixed with an... HM Album Reviews Valaska Natural Habitat Valaska, the performing name for the solo effort of frontman Dave Valdez, brings a show-gazer indie effort for his first full-length release. It’s instrument rich (think ukeleles, strings, flutes), which makes the effort hard... HM Album Reviews Bill Mallonee Amber Waves Bill Mallonee has given new meaning to the word “prolific” in his long and storied career as a traveling troubadour, singer/ songwriter, and all-around provocateur. When you put his work as the creative... HM Album Reviews Ace Augustine The Sick and Suffering In an oversaturated genre such as metalcore, bands must do something in order to stand out amongst the crowd if they want to get noticed and develop a strong following. While The Sick... HM Album Reviews The Almost Fear Inside Our Bones Now that The Almost delivers its third album (its second full-length after the Southern Weather debut album, which was a pleasant sonic surprise and the Monster Monster EP), the outfit can no longer... HM Album Reviews Killswitch Engage Disarm The Decent Twenty-twelve was a year of “hell-freezingover-not-going-to-happen” band moments. One of those moments was Jesse Leach, original singer of Killswitch Engage, back behind the mic and the holder of the pen. Disarm The... HM Album Reviews Red Release the Panic While walking toward the arena, several soccer moms, each with a varying degree of visible angst, ran up the steps and entered the concourse... Review by Kim Flanders HM Album Reviews Ultimatum Heart of Metal: 20 years of Ultimatum There is a single disc available by this title. It contains a best of Ultimatum. HM Album Reviews Join The Dead Join The Dead Metal aficionados will know the name of guitarist Michael Phillips.. HM Album Reviews The Rose Hill Powerless Sure, the shock is worn off when you hear a small little female belting out blood-curdling screaming. HM Album Reviews Unspoken Get To Me You know that cute faux-pouting vocal that artists like Maroon 5, John Mayer and Train will bring? 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HM Album Reviews Grave Declaration When Dying Souls Scream Praise This album is amazing—symphonic unblack metal with great guitar riffs, awesome arrangements, and beautiful keyboards. I loved their 2008 EP The Nightshift Worshiper, but this album far exceeded my...
HM Album Reviews Ark of the Covenant Self Harvest Self Harvest, the full-length debut album from Ark of the Covenant, is flat out heavy. First off, I love the production on this record. It’s heavy, low-tuned guitars and...
HM Album Reviews Apparitions Kiss Me Sleeping Don’t get me wrong, I actually like the debut release from Apparitions Kiss Me Sleeping. It’s a modern sounding, melodic metal-infused ride from top to bottom. It’s well produced...
HM Album Reviews Iron and Wine Ghost on Ghost Iron and Wine is one of those amazing artists that share his faith in his music in a way where he gets to play his songs on national TV...
HM Album Reviews ALERT312 Of Vice &Virtue The trippy minimalism of Moral One’s production on his and Boogalu’s full-length debut as Alert312 recalls the street psychedelia of Eric B. & Rakim, Divine Styler and Pete Rock...
HM Album Reviews Andy Mineo Heroes for Sale Andy Mineo has built up a rep through the typical hip-means of mix tapes and guest appearances. On his first proper album, he’s transparent to a fault, which is...
HM Album Reviews Hillsong United Zion (Deluxe Edition) In the history of praise and worship music, there have always been leaders, the ones in their era writing the songs that everyone else ends up singing. Chris Tomlin,...
HM Album Reviews Glen Kaiser and Joe Filisko Live Those of us who have missed Rez since their retirement from the business have consoled ourselves with the fact that frontman Glenn Kaiser usually has some kind of blues...
HM Album Reviews Fallstar Backdraft Fallstar’s Backdraft is metalcore at its heart, but still seamlessly pulls from a myriad of genres—melodic hardcore, punk, rap-rock, electronic—to create an album that’s hard not to like. Songs...
HM Album Reviews Foreverlin Long Lost In what apparently took a Kickstarter effort to get off the ground, Foreverlin’s Long Lost is a sweeping, almost self-centered debut—in the honest sense of the word, that’s not...
HM Album Reviews Silverline Lights Out Silverline’s highly anticipated new album delivers a really solid record. Produced by Ben Kasica (formerly of Skillet), Lights Out allows the listener to be encompassed by the uplifting atmosphere...
HM Album Reviews This City Awaits Said the Liar For better or worse, radio rock is a formulaic genre. The mold can be broken and it can be done right (see: Slipknot, System of a Down), but if...
HM Album Reviews Mayfairgrin Surface to Air Andrew Latham has been making electronic music as mayfairgrin for a number of years. While the styles vary from one recorded project to another, the quality is consistent. One...
HM Album Reviews Matt Maher All the People Said Amen Mix part Derek Webb, a lot of Scott Farris, a bit of John Davis (from Superdrag) with Rich Mullins, and you’ve got a fine blend of rootsy, bluesy, and...
HM Album Reviews David Thulin Reconstruction There is nothing quite like the “they’re the Christian version of…” phenomenon. A non-secular version of everything—but it’s OK! They’re Christian! David Thulin is that, but for EDM. (If...
HM Album Reviews Paramore Paramore Paramore does their best when they’re doing Paramore. This statement is ironic because—on their fourth full-length release—it would seem they needed to shed almost half their weight to make...
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Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /home3/vcnlwqmy/public_html/hmmagazine/wp-content/themes/hm2021/functions.php on line 126 HM Album Reviews Abated Mass of Flesh Brutal Death Abated Mass of Flesh slam us hard with this aptly named EP. Brutal Death, AMOF’s second EP release, features crushingly heavy grooves, indecipherable vocals, and is mixed with an...
HM Album Reviews Valaska Natural Habitat Valaska, the performing name for the solo effort of frontman Dave Valdez, brings a show-gazer indie effort for his first full-length release. It’s instrument rich (think ukeleles, strings, flutes), which makes the effort hard...
HM Album Reviews Bill Mallonee Amber Waves Bill Mallonee has given new meaning to the word “prolific” in his long and storied career as a traveling troubadour, singer/ songwriter, and all-around provocateur. When you put his work as the creative...
HM Album Reviews Ace Augustine The Sick and Suffering In an oversaturated genre such as metalcore, bands must do something in order to stand out amongst the crowd if they want to get noticed and develop a strong following. While The Sick...
HM Album Reviews The Almost Fear Inside Our Bones Now that The Almost delivers its third album (its second full-length after the Southern Weather debut album, which was a pleasant sonic surprise and the Monster Monster EP), the outfit can no longer...
HM Album Reviews Killswitch Engage Disarm The Decent Twenty-twelve was a year of “hell-freezingover-not-going-to-happen” band moments. One of those moments was Jesse Leach, original singer of Killswitch Engage, back behind the mic and the holder of the pen. Disarm The...
HM Album Reviews Red Release the Panic While walking toward the arena, several soccer moms, each with a varying degree of visible angst, ran up the steps and entered the concourse... Review by Kim Flanders
HM Album Reviews Ultimatum Heart of Metal: 20 years of Ultimatum There is a single disc available by this title. It contains a best of Ultimatum.
HM Album Reviews Join The Dead Join The Dead Metal aficionados will know the name of guitarist Michael Phillips..
HM Album Reviews The Rose Hill Powerless Sure, the shock is worn off when you hear a small little female belting out blood-curdling screaming.
HM Album Reviews Unspoken Get To Me You know that cute faux-pouting vocal that artists like Maroon 5, John Mayer and Train will bring?
HM Album Reviews Joy Electric Dwarf Mountain Alphabet Yes, Ronnie Martin has pep to spare in his pursuit of peachy synth-pop on the umpteenth Joy Electric
HM Album Reviews The Old-Timers Soli Deo Gloria With an album covering/painting of a big circle-pit and mohawk-wearing punks..
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