Nao Glover

Naø is a writer, musician, artist, and editor of HM Magazine.

Nao Glover

Naø is a writer, musician, artist, and editor of HM Magazine.

The Devil Wears Prada 2019

The Devil Wears Prada - The Act

HM Album Reviews

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...

War of Ages 2019

War of Ages - Void

HM Album Reviews

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,...

Wolves at the Gate Photo by Aaron Marsh

Rescued by Light

Featuring Wolves at the Gate

Wolves at the Gate stand firm in their formidable subtext of rescuing hope for humanity on their latest release, 'Eclipse.'

After the Burial

Growing into Permanence

Featuring After the Burial

With over fifteen years as a band, After the Burial has already dug deep and planted the seeds. Now, those roots have taken hold, been tested, and have proved true on their latest release, 'Evergreen.'

Death Therapy - Voices

HM Album Reviews

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...

War / Peace album cover

HM Album Reviews

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...

I'll Always Be the Same album cover

HM Album Reviews

The Drowned God

I'll Always Be the Same

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...

Impending Doom 2018

The Brutal Homecoming

Featuring Impending Doom

On 'The Sin and Doom, Vol. II,' Impending Doom reunites with their first producer in a beatdown of a return to music with their first release in five years

Broken album cover

HM Album Reviews

Memphis May Fire

Broken

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...

Silent Planet 2018

When the End Began album cover

HM Album Reviews

Silent Planet

When the End Began

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.

Darkest Before the Dawn

Featuring Phinehas

Phinehas pushes the human rights cause forward, highlighting the atrocities of the Kim regime in North Korea with their most recent effort, concept album 'Dark Flag'

We Came as Romans Photo by Brooke Long for HM Magazine

The Unpublished Interview

Featuring We Came As Romans

This past weekend, We Came as Romans vocalist Kyle Pavone passed away. Previously unpublished, HM is releasing their last official interview with Pavone, conducted on the heels of the band's most recent release, 'Cold Like War'

Forthcoming Dystopia

Featuring Forthteller

"That's what the album is. It’s about what it means for society now that God is dead." Forthteller pulls back the curtain on their dystopian new EP, 'Nihilism.'

Stranger Here album cover

HM Album Reviews

Weathered

Stranger Here

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...

God Damn Evil album cover

HM Album Reviews

Stryper

God Damn Evil

If there is one band in Christian metal that will not be shaken, it’s Stryper. Blazing the trail for the future of heavy Christian music, Stryper entered the scene...

They are Few

Featuring He Is Legend

He is Legend turns to crowdfunding, an isolated cabin, and the art of storytelling to execute their latest work, 'Few'

Wolves Among Men

Featuring Project 86

"So it just begs the question and makes you look at the bigger picture: What is it that’s broken about this system of Christianity that produces wolves in sheep's clothing?"

HM Magazine Exclusive

News 25 Nov 17 What We Do in Secret

HM PREMIERE: What We Do In Secret drops new single for ‘Blackout: A Sudden Exit’

Dayseeker is Waking Up

Featuring Dayseeker

For their third album, Dayseeker comes out of a coma to realize a full-length vision two years in the making

Dead in the Shadow album cover

HM Album Reviews

To Speak of Wolves

Dead in the Shadow

What better way to celebrate ten years as a band than blowing away metalcore standards with another outstanding album? Dead in the Shadow, the long-awaited third album by To...

Shadows Inside album cover

HM Album Reviews

Miss May I

Shadows Inside

Last summer, metalcore veterans Miss May I announced they were leaving Rise Records after five studio albums with the iconic label. Their sixth album, Shadows Inside, became their debut...

Sworn In at Vans Warped Tour photo by Justine Cherry

Warped Tour 2017

Featuring Warped Tour

"The feeling I left with was assurance. I was assured that we are never alone in our passion, our pain, our curiosity, and our excitement for music." HM writer Nao Lewandowski makes her way to Warped Tour for the first time in her life to find the camaraderie and love that has kept the festival alive for decades.

Out in the Cold

Featuring Gideon

Gideon has returned to the hardcore scene with their fourth full-length release, 'Cold,' and, this time, with more ice in their veins. HM speaks with guitarist Tyler Riley about their process, the response, and what makes this album different from their last.

Disconnect album cover

HM Album Reviews

Deathbreaker

Disconnect

It’s no secret that the standards of heavy music have been rising for the last decade or so. With the surge in DIY metal, it’s harder and harder for...

The Continuous Collapse

Featuring Fit for an Autopsy

The evolving creativity of Fit for an Autopsy gives the band an unending hope for their latest release, 'The Great Collapse,' the "next step toward wherever we’re going to end up as a band"

The Storm Before the Calm album cover

HM Album Reviews

Death Therapy

The Storm Before the Calm

Solid State Records arguably houses the strongest forces in metal music, boasting a roster including Silent Planet, Underoath, Norma Jean, August Burns Red, Haste the Day… It’s a strong track...

The Complexity of Death

Featuring Lorna Shore

On Lorna Shore's sophomore album 'Flesh Coffin,' the band digs deep into the "process of death."

Feral Children album cover

HM Album Reviews

Holy Gold

Feral Children

Some albums just leave you speechless, and Holy Gold’s debut EP, Feral Children, will do exactly that. This powerful collective (with history, weight and pedigree behind all the band’s...

State of Mind album cover

HM Album Reviews

Those Who Fear

State of Mind

The mind is powerful. It’s the genesis of actions and words, governing character and impacting daily life, bridging our thoughts and decisions, creating a world of good and evil....

Stories in the Shadows

Featuring Wolves at the Gate

Wolves at the Gate's third studio album, 'Types and Shadows,' is born of experience and shaped by story

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