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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Doulos

The Middleman

At the start of a (much-needed) new year, faith-based punk-rock powerhouse label Thumper Punk has given us a street punk addition to their roster, Doulos. Hailing from Riverside, CA,...

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Fallstar

Sunbreather

The meandering musical journey of a literal band of brothers has taken its next turn as Fallstar resurfaces with their latest release, Sunbreather, which also marks their homecoming to...

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United We Skate

Vols. 6 and 7

“For me, punk is about real feelings. It’s not about, ‘Yeah, I am a punk and I’m angry.’ That’s a lot of crap. It’s about loving the things that...

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Everything in Slow Motion

Influence

Shane Ochsner’s brainchild, Everything in Slow Motion, has undoubtedly earned one of the most loyal fan bases on the Facedown Records roster, an iconic name in faith-based heavy music...

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Levi the Poet

It's All Worth Living For

Levi the Poet just released a coffee table book. Right? It’s full-color, thick stock, high-quality imagery and design, but, as soon as you crack the cover, you realize how...

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Fit for a King

The Path

Even in the thick of global music reform, hard-hitting breakdown giants Fit For a King has managed to stretch their roots even deeper into the ground and refine their...

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'68

Love is Ain't Dead

Leave it to Josh Scogin (The Chariot, Norma Jean, Luti-Kriss) to blend rock, blues, and hardcore as if it were a genre that had a historical precedent. In 2017,...

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Idle Threat

Nothing is Broken for Good

When you watch a band play their hearts out at a homegrown festival of their own creation, it’s hard not to hear that humility and passion in every piece...

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Stryper

Even the Devil Believes

They say that even “the devils also believe” that Jesus is God, the ultimate authority figure, and the Creator of all things – and, maybe now, he’ll also believe that...

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Bareheart

In the Mo(u)rning

First impressions are everything with new artists, bringing their shiniest work to the table, enticing an audience, putting out their heart for the world to see. What’s rare is...

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American Arson

A Line in the Sand

A Line in the Sand, American Arson’s debut full-length release, continues the narrative they began three EPs ago. With the release, this Detroit duo has proven they’re still not...

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Kevin Max

Radio Teknika

Kevin Max is an enigma to most people who once followed his somewhat infamous band, DC Talk, during the late ’80s and ’90s Christian contemporary music era. While his...

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Nate Parrish

I'm a Wreck

Nate Parrish has something new to say. The guitarist of the Christian rock outfit Kutless has entered the world of solo projects with his debut album, I’m a Wreck,...

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Mantric

False Negative

Progressive rock is an artistic balance of inward creativity and outward entertainment. With their latest album, Norwegian rock force Mantric locks in on this balance with innovation and precision,...

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Mike Hranica

Bullet-Made Tambourine

“Think about the scramble; everyone counting the days rather than the details.” It’s a simple statement that screams into the echo chamber of quarantine life, written well before the...

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Deathbreaker

Isolate

In 2017, Deathbreaker was introduced to the world after signing with Facedown Records as a new force in post-hardcore, releasing Disconnect to acclaim. Now, nearly three years later to...

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The Beautiful Mistake

You're Not Broken. I Am

For all the insinuated, faith-riddled struggles in the metalcore world, The Beautiful Mistake’s new EP is a mainline message that needs no decoder ring. In full the interest of...

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Fight the Fade

In Love. In Hope. In Peace.

In today’s waterfall of new music, it’s like drinking from a fire hose. Artists have to be exemplary or resonate specifically to stand out in the saturated industry. Record...

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Weeping Hour

Hunger and Thirst

Weeping Hour is keeping a sonic heaviness surging through underground Christian music; undoubtedly, the Louisiana-based prog-core quintet that arrived on the scene in 2018 is pushing the envelope. Because...

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Names Without Numbers

Silos and Smokestacks

Silos and Smokestacks is a classic emo album from the newly rejoined Names Without Numbers. The Omaha-based pop-punkers have resurfaced with a solid release that represents their genre in...

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Nothing Left

Disconnected

I admire albums that throw me back to my underground music days, where kids met in venues that were more like dark basements, where a par can light or...

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What We Do in Secret

Repose

What We Do in Secret, the Memphis-based metalcore band signed to Facedown Records, is strong in their first full-length release, but it’s not like it came out of nowhere....

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WORDS

Trees

WORDS, a new project spearheaded by Jonny Gore of Least of These, is unlike expectation. It is one of those rare musical projects that turns out an exceptional introductory...

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The Devil Wears Prada

The Act

The hardest part about reviewing The Act is the conflict between what is expected and what is perceived. In their latest release, The Devil Wears Prada bravely charts new...

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War of Ages

Void

If there’s a band that has perfected the battle cry, it’s War of Ages. With consistently solid music and an unadorned devotion to their faith, the band’s latest release,...

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Wolves at the Gate

Eclipse

There are some things in this life you can’t understand until you’ve lived them. Perhaps one of the most difficult to describe is a total solar eclipse. It’s not...

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August Burns Red

Phantom Sessions EP/Constellations (Remixed)

Editor’s Note: This is a review of both releases. For a band that hasn’t released a new studio album in a couple of years – Phantom Anthem hit your ears...

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My Epic

Violence

In 2018, My Epic released Ultraviolet, the first of a two-part EP project that explores faith from honest-but-unpopular angles. Whereas Ultraviolet takes a delicate tone and contemplative perspective, its...

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Death Therapy

Voices

Jason Wisdom, formerly of Becoming the Archetype, ventured into new territory in 2015 with a solo project, Death Therapy. By 2017, the solo project became a little bit more...

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Demon Hunter

War / Peace

Christian metal godfathers Demon Hunter have extended their decades-long career with their ninth and tenth sister albums, War and Peace, after long ago striking the sweet spot between strength...

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