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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The Old-Timers

Soli Deo Gloria

With an album covering/painting of a big circle-pit and mohawk-wearing punks..

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Sufjan Stevens

Silver and Gold

Really, how much can a singer say in a second Christmas album that he couldn’t say in his first?

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The Lee Boys

Testify

This family-based band (made up of brothers Alvin, Derrick and Keith Lee...

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King's Kaleidoscope

Joy Has Dawned

Having heard far too much poorly executed Christmas music, I am skeptical when it comes to Christmas albums.

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Young Oceans

Advent

Young Oceans has done a wonderful job of creating an ambient EP in Advent..

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Brandon Michael Williams and Seth Andrew Hecox

All Folked Up

Many hard bands have gone soft in the past. When Strongarm broke up they came back as Further Seems Forever.

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My Heart To Fear

Lost Between Brilliance and Insanity

My Heart to Fear have put together a solid EP.

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Green River Ordinance

A Green River Ordinance Christmas

Looking for a little bit of hipster cred while listening to a few of your favorite Christmas time standards?

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Levi The Poet

Seasons

Levi The Poet has kept slam poetry alive and well since Bradley Hathaway has become a folk artist.

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August Burns Red

Sleddin' Hill

August Burns Red are unquestionably the masters of today’s metal scene.

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Malchus / Pospolite Ruszenie

Caput Mundi / Swiebodnosc

full-length split is comprised of 7 songs from up-and-comers Malchus and 3 from newcomers Pospolite Ruszenie

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Ted Kirkpatrick

Spoken tales of a tortured genius

Tourniquet madman Ted Kirkpatrick pondered how he could share his love for the writings of Edgar Allan Poe.

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Disciple

O God Save Us All

Singer Kevin Young is quickly closing in on 20 years of metal ministry as Disciple.

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Letter to the Exiles

Make Amends

Listening to Letter to the Exiles, I found myself reminded of Veil of Maya.

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Anchor & Braille

The Quiet Life

Christian has given us many wonderful moments to remember

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The Chariot

One Wing

this time, they’ve really outdone themselves

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A Bullet For Pretty Boy

Symbiosis

If this is a glimpse of the direction the band is going, then there is still hope.

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Owl City

The Midsummer Station

This collection of tunes comes closer to the “magic” of Ocean Eyes than last year’s All Things Bright and Beautiful, so maybe we could call this “cautious optimism” as...

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We Shot The Moon

Love And Fear

The vocalization is controlled and tends to a higher range. The music polished like that of any band that knows their way around a studio. However, overall the album...

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Leper

Beautiful Gray Day

With these small glimmers of hope amidst darkness, Shaw reminds us that hope is not lost.

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Sam Phillips

Martinis & Bikinis

This reissue proves it’s still the largely dark and quizzical work of a woman whose commercial and spiritual crossroads intersected in such a way to birth some of her...

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12 Stones

Beneath The Scars

Indeed, 12 Stones rises above it all with Beneath the Scars.

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Saint

Desperate Night

How do they do it? I wasn’t sure they could top their 2009 Hell Blade release, but I believe they have now.

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Liberty N' Justice

Hell Is Coming To Breakfast

Liberty N’ Justice is marking its 20th anniversary with this new release. Although celebratory, this album also marks time as the band finishes up work on The Cigar Chronicles, its ambitious 2 CD...

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Frank Lenz

Holy Rollers Soundtrack

I can count the number of soundtracks that I like on one hand. Most are just so atmospheric/slow and background landscape-y sonice palette stuff that it puts me to sleep. This one has...

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Mortification

Scribe Of The Pentateuch

Probably titled as a nod to the band’s second album it can never seem to get close enough to for grindcore fans, the guitars of Lincoln Bowen and Troy Dixon shred all...

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Pastor Brad

Essentials 2003-2011

A “best of” collection from 11 albums, Essentials 2003-2011 has enough licks and leads to satisfy many a rock guitar fan, particularly those who revere the art of shredding. Pastor Brad’s release is...

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Dave Barnes

Stories To Tell

When Dave Barnes sings, “Forgiveness is the chorus in our rebel song” during “White Flag,” it suggests one really smart songwriter. Although Barnes shows flashes of compositional intelligence, there just aren’t enough of these...

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Trip Lee

The Good Life

Pro-life pop songs are relatively common in Christian music, but when was the last time you heard one performed by a rapper? “Beautiful Life” is rapper Trip Lee’s moving anti-abortion song, and it...

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Various Artists

Passion: White Flag

You may recall how U2 used to wave a white flag back in that band’s early concert days, which is why the Passion collective’s latest release, Passion: White Flag, carries with it a...

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