Music Reviews
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Oct 23 Reviews
Trees
WORDSReview by Danielle Martin
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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Oct 14 Reviews
The Act
The Devil Wears PradaReview by Nao Lewandowski
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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Sep 27 Reviews
Void
War of AgesReview by Nao Lewandowski
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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Jul 22 Reviews
Eclipse
Wolves at the GateReview by Danielle Martin
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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Jul 21 Reviews
Phantom Sessions EP/Constellations (Remixed)
August Burns RedReview by Philip Trapp
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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Jun 28 Reviews
Violence
My EpicReview by Danielle Martin
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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Apr 22 Reviews
Voices
Death TherapyReview by Nao Lewandowski
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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Mar 8 Reviews
War / Peace
Demon HunterReview by Nao Lewandowski
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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Feb 22 Reviews
Hide No Truth
Good Saint NathanaelReview by Danielle Martin
Nate Allen (formerly of Destroy Nate Allen, releasing music newly under the moniker Good Saint Nathanael) released a nine-song full-length record called Hide No Truth, a tantalizing combination of acoustic...
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Feb 2 Reviews
No Love/No One
GideonReview by Philip Trapp
Feb. 1 saw the surprise release of No Love/No One, a ferocious two-song EP from work-tough nü-rockers Gideon. Loaded with the barbed-wire laced title track and backed with the...
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Jan 28 Reviews
I'll Always Be the Same
The Drowned GodReview by Nao Lewandowski
The Drowned God has made a statement of blistering severity on their sophomore record, I’ll Always Be the Same. The eight-song record rests somewhere between an EP and an...
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Jan 25 Reviews
Multisensory Aesthetic Experience
MaeReview by Tiffany Neufeld
Following a nearly ten year hiatus, Mae recently released their first full-length album in said time, Multisensory Aesthetic Experience. After such a long wait, expectations and hopes inevitably were...
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Dec 6 Reviews
The Sin and Doom, Vol. II
Impending DoomReview by Philip Trapp
The earnest introductory prayer on Impending Doom’s gritty 2007 debut Nailed.Dead.Risen is called “Left Behind,” the title cribbing that of author Tim LaHaye’s doomsday drama-turned-film. Yet the now-prolific Christian deathcore band’s...
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Dec 3 Reviews
Broken
Memphis May FireReview by Nao Lewandowski
When a band has mastered their craft like Memphis May Fire, it’s no surprise when they continue to release solid records. On their sixth studio album, Broken, the band...
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Nov 27 Reviews
When the End Began
Silent PlanetReview by Nao Lewandowski
When the End Began is nothing short of spectacular and fans would expect nothing less from the band that has forged such a unique path in the music industry.
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Nov 22 Reviews
Screaming Away: A Metal Love Story and Memoir
Charlie HanksReview by Danielle Martin
Twenty-seven hours isn’t long to do much of anything, but it’s just enough time to plow through Screaming Away, the surprisingly gripping rock autobiography by Charlie Hanks. As an...
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Aug 26 Reviews
Stranger Here
WeatheredReview by Nao Lewandowski
Facedown Records’ newest addition, Weathered, shows the scene that sometimes it’s the quiet giant that cuts through the noise with the strongest voice. Bringing with them a powerful rock...
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May 14 Reviews
Being Empty : Being Filled
ListenerReview by Danielle Martin
Spoken word has been slowly infiltrating sub-genres of the rock and hardcore scenes over the recent years. But, for Listener, what started as an underground hip-hop solo project in...
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May 6 Reviews
Ultraviolet
My EpicReview by Danielle Martin
“If you got quiet for a moment, finally put your faith where your mouth is, what are you afraid you’ll hear?” My Epic – “Of Wilderness” If there’s one...
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May 6 Reviews
Pyrrhic Victory
ZaoReview by Philip Trapp
“There’s another four or five songs,” Zao drummer Jeff Gretz told us in November 2016 days before the release of the band’s vivid comeback album, The Well-Intentioned Virus. “I...
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