Album Reviews

Burn the Priest - Legion XX Label: Epic Records Release Date: May 18, 2018 Now known as metal beasts Lamb Of God, the primal punk entity has come full circle to celebrate their 20th anniversary by releasing Legion XX as the original…

At The Gates - To Drink From The Night Itself Label: Century Media Release Date: May 18, 2018 Formed in 1990 in Gothenburg, Sweden, At The Gates has been riffing and grooving for almost 30 years now. Considered to be some of the early…

Sleep - The Sciences Label: Third Man Records Release Date: April 20, 2018 After a decade and some change, the kings of stonerdom, Sleep have released their first full length album in 10 years! The San Jose dwellers have never had a…

Nekrogoblikon - Welcome to Bonkers Label: Independent Release Date: April 13, 2018 Do you want to be highly entertained while thoroughly enjoying good music? Look no further. Nekrogoblikon, is something I am not sure how to explain. Good…

Shinedown -  Attention Attention Label: Atlantic Records Release Date: May 4, 2018 It's been a while since I've written a review, and this is my first review for Metal Nation. As a huge Shinedown fan, I'm thrilled to be given the…

Amorphis – Queen of Time Nuclear Blast Release Date: May 18th, 2018 Amorphis released one of the genre’s greatest albums, Under the Red Cloud in 2015, and it is tough to follow a record of that calibre. When the Gods of Metal Nation …

A Sound of Thunder - It Was Metal Label: Mad Neptune Release Date: June 15, 2018 Another year, another fantastic new album from Washington D.C. metal quartet, A Sound of Thunder. At this point I could almost copy and paste my past…

TesseracT - Sonder Label: Kscope Released: April 20, 2018 Djent pioneers TesseracT have just released their fourth full length album Sonder, a dynamic and melodic prog metal offering that could just rival to be their best yet.  Just over…

Frank X - From Planet X Label: Fallen Angels Records Release Date: April 6, 2018 It goes without saying that musicians are really creative people.  Combine musical creativity with a mastery of modern midi technology and an…

Graveshadow - Ambition's Price Label: M-Theory Audio Release Date: April 13, 2017 Somehow it seems fitting that Graveshadow should unleash its M-Theory debut on Friday the 13th. Not because there is some inherent evil to it, but because…