Music Reviews

Metal and heavy music album reviews for those that wish to rock

Music Reviews

Metal and heavy music album reviews for those that wish to rock

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Satellites and Sirens

One Noise

Perhaps you are familiar with Satellites and Sirens because of their song, “Our God is Able,” but their entire album, One Noise, is worth a deeper listen. While distinctly...

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There is No Tomorrow

The Cult of Celebrity

Polish group There Is No Tomorrow made its first official release back in October with The Cult of Celebrity, a six-track EP. The three-piece metalcore band formed in 2010,...

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Barren Cross

Birth Pangs

This old metal band has defied its age and captured a performance that is worthy of the ages. Recorded at Switzerland’s Elements of Rock Festival in 2012, Barren Cross...

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Silent Planet

lastsleep (1944-1946)

All new metalcore bands: listen to this EP. It is, hands down, one of the best five-song releases I’ve ever heard, a perfection of the metalcore genre. In fact,...

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The Infantry

No Escape, No Morale

Chock-full of bass drops, tuned-down guitars and heavy-duty growls, No Escape, No Morale isn’t for the faint of heart. The Infantry, a five-piece from Mansfield, Ohio, didn’t pull any...

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June and the Well

June and the Well

June and the Well bring us a self-titled album of light rock I might expect to hear on the local mainstream radio station, if not for the slight indie...

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Saving Grace

The Urgency

One thing I always loved about Pantera’s The Great Southern Trendkill was that it started off with the guttural scream of a pissed off man and nothing but ear-splitting...

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Subtle City

Let//Go

Let//Go screams into your ears from a self-titled with all the intensity that draws people into metal. Energy pours forth from the rapid-fire drumming and furious vocals, shaking the...

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Pocket Vinyl

Death Anxiety

Pocket Vinyl is a unique group, with husband-and-wife duo Eric Stevenson and Elizabeth Jancewicz as the foundation. The self-proclaimed “piano slam rock” group tours full time, primarily around the...

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Day of Vengeance

Crutchless

Mixing genres is often hard to do, and in metal, it happens more often than you’d think. (I’m speaking of bands employing the electronic/hardcore bands, which are all the...

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Signum Regis

Exodus

I am not positive as to whether the band claims to be Christian in nature, but this release is of interest for two reasons. First, the album is, as...

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Solamors

Depravity's Demise

Solamors is the brainchild of ex-Becoming the Archetype member Alex Kenis. He recruited ex-ex-Becoming the Archetype vocalist Jason Wisdom and drummer Travis Turner (who played with Kenis before BTA...

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This Divided World

The Missing Pages

When a group joins the “core” genres, there is a proverbial checklist of things they must do: breakdowns, double bass, breakdowns, maybe some keyboard work, melodic choruses … What...

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The Letter Black

Rebuild

Three years after its first full length, worship-band-come-rock-group The Letter Black has followed up its critically-acclaimed debut with Rebuild. The group has expanded on some of the elements of...

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Adelaide

Shipwrecks

Adelaide (not to be confused with the now-defunct English band of the same name) brings some heaviness with their second EP, Shipwrecks, but the lack of well-written lead parts...

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Couriers

Decidious

Couriers describes itself as post-hardcore, and while that certainly can be seen as accurate, it shows just how heavy modern post-hardcore has become – clean vocals do not steal...

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Revival Hymns

Pauhu

Revival Hymns doesn’t say a lot, and they don’t need to. Their record, Pauhu, is a speak-softly-carry-a-big-stick kind of thing. If you’re a fan of My Epic’s latest, Behold,...

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BLOODGOOD

Dangerously Close

It has been more than 20 years since the last BLOODGOOD album, so I wasn’t sure what to expect from it. Would it be fast and powerful like the earlier...

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Still Remains

Ceasing to Breathe

When a band breaks up, it often means that the members will be taking a break for a few years. This is luckily the case with one of the...

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Cheisrah

Deafbreed

Cheisrah is an independent metalcore band from Bangalore, India, and their debut record, Deafbreed, has sex appeal: wonderful artwork; great album name; effective, professional photography. And while the final...

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My Epic

Behold

It has been three years since we’ve had a full-length album from Charlotte, North Carolina’s My Epic. (The band did give us an outstanding acoustic EP, Broken Voices, in...

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A Feast for Kings

Hell on Earth

In a genre soaked with amateurs unable to create a unique sound, A Feast for Kings has attempted to create something well-rounded and diverse. Although the group has definite...

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The Way

I Keep Falling

“I Keep Falling” will show you The Way. Punk influences peek out as the high-speed rock kicks into high gear from the first track. A youthful enthusiasm shows through...

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Under the Weather

When Character Was King

Fusing pile driver post-hardcore riffs with poppy, Mae-esque melodies, Alto, Georgia’s Under the Weather have delivered a satisfying release with When Character Was King. The six-track record (not counting...

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Elevation Worship

Only King Forever

The three-song EP from Elevation Worship is a teaser to their full-length album under the same title, Only King Forever, which is being released on January 14. The worship...

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Citizens

Repeat the Sounding Joy

Citizens has managed to effectively pack a myriad of genres — punk, indie, blues, pop — into one five-song Christmas EP that’ll warm your heart like a steaming mug...

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Everything in Slow Motion

Phoenix

Hands has always been known for their hard hitting, experimental rock, a similar vein to Between the Buried and Me. Screams are prevalent in most of their music, and...

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Dead Words

There Must Be Someone Out There

Out of the Dallas/Fort Worth area comes punk band Dead Words, striking all the right chords and punchy snares needed to make this record a hit. With hints of...

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Kings and Daughters

The Lion

Kings and Daughters debuts themselves to the world with a five-track EP, complete with brutality and intensity to set your ears ablaze. The Lion wastes no time in launching...

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Keyoung

Left Handed Son

If someone mentioned spoken-word music in 2004, thoughts would have jumped to Bradley Hathaway; if they mentioned spoken-word music in 2010, it’d be Listener. But now? Now, it should...

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