Music Reviews
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Sep 3 Reviews
Silver Under Midnight
My Silent WakeReview by Scott Waters
Released simultaneously with a European vinyl acoustic album titled Acoustic Collection, Silver Under Midnight is a CD release from My Silent Wake. The CD features nine songs of heavy...
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Sep 3 Reviews
Beyond Woodward
XINRReview by Chris Gatto
This hard-working metal band from Oregon should have been one of the pioneers of Christian metal in the early ’80s along with Saint, Bride, Leviticus and Messiah Prophet. Instead,...
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Sep 2 Reviews
Shepherd of the Wolves
Grace and ThievesReview by Chris Gatto
Equal parts hard punk, old school hardcore and crossover thrash, Salem, Ore.’s Grace and Thieves spits out a four-song EP (available on gatefold CD or 7” vinyl) that would...
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Aug 15 Reviews
Evening:Morning
The Digital AgeReview by Sarah Brehm
There’s something mesmerizing about Evening:Morning, the debut album from The Digital Age, a quartet of former members of the immensely popular and eclectic worship ensemble, David Crowder Band. It’s...
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Aug 13 Reviews
The Incomplete Man
DehumanizerReview by Chris Gatto
Peruvian death metal band Dehumanizer was formed in 2003 by guitarist Cesar Gutierrez, so they’ve taken a decade to stabilize their lineup and refine their sound for their debut,...
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Aug 13 Reviews
The Distortion Field
TroubleReview by Chris Gatto
Chicago’s doom masters Trouble have been always been of interest to the Christian metal audience due to the overt spiritual lyrical content of their early albums and a pre-Tourniquet...
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Aug 13 Reviews
In-Graved
In-GravedReview by Keven Crothers
Victor Griffin, the riff master of such powerhouse doom acts as Place of Skulls and Pentagram, is back with a new band: Victor Griffin’s In-Graved. The trademark sound and...
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Aug 13 Reviews
A New World
ReinXeedReview by Jeff McCormack
Tommy ReinXeed calls his music “adventurous power metal,” but whatever you want to call it, we call it great stuff for fans of bands like Helloween, Hammerfall, Rhapsody of...
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Aug 13 Reviews
4 All: The Best of LNJ Vol. 2
Liberty 'n' JusticeReview by Jeff McCormack
For years now, the guys behind Liberty n’ Justice have put out release after release of great melodic hard rock/metal, usually featuring a smörgåsbord of special guest musicians from...
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Aug 13 Reviews
This is What I Want
ThirtysevenReview by Sean Huncherick
One of my favorite things about music is how well it can capture the sounds of popular culture. When you listen to a song with extreme falsettos, screeching guitar...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Change Will Come
Least of TheseReview by Justin Mabee
Least of These is the next iteration of the indie/post-hardcore style of music, and it’s easy to see where much of their influence comes from. Besides Christ (as highly...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Turning a Blind Eye
Strengthen What RemainsReview by Wes Jaques
Steamrolling and unforgiving in nature, Strengthen What Remains pounds out a litany of in-your-face crossover with its new release, Turning a Blind Eye. SWR is not for the weak...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Dig Here Said the Angel
Daniel AmosReview by Dan Macintosh
Daniel Amos’ latest album, Dig Here Said the Angel, finds the veteran band in fine form with a sound both vintage and modern. As usual, these songs offer the...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Disillusion
O'BrotherReview by Rob Houston
O’Brother has been making a name for itself for a while now. It opened up for Thrice a few times, including during the band’s farewell tour. This year, O’Brother...
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Aug 13 Reviews
No Hope for Man
The Tug Fork River BandReview by David Stagg
The Tug Fork River Band might be best known for their song “Ex-Wives,” having put out what some call “the greatest lyric video of all-time.” (It’s readily available on...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Saloon
The Ongoing ConceptReview by David Stagg
The Ongoing Concept is a four-piece rock and roll band you want to hear first, so you can be the ones to tell your friends about them. Saloon is...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Tracing Back Roots
We Came As RomansReview by David Stagg
How audiences and fans adopt bands and make them figureheads for a genre is bizarre. (It’s not the first, it’s never the last and it’s always a tricky game...
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Aug 13 Reviews
After the End
The Revolutionary Army of the Infant JesusReview by Jamie Lee Rake
When The Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus reared its head up from the Liverpool indieground in the late ‘80s with The Gift Of Tears, the critical lexicon to...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Cast the First Stone
The Great CommissionReview by Collette Wycoff
Let’s play a game. I write only the most important words about the new The Great Commission album, deal? Cool. New Album. Cast The First Stone. Eleven tracks. Vulnerable...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Wrongdoers
Norma JeanReview by Dan Macintosh
On Norma Jean’s new Wrongdoers album, the midpoint track, “Afterhour Animals,” incorporates what sounds like a woman hypnotizing someone else by speaking calming words, sinking them into a “comfortable...
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