Album Reviews

Between the Buried and Me - Automata Part I Label: Sumerian Records Release Date: March 9, 2018 North Carolina’s progressive juggernauts, Between The Buried and Me are back true to form in, Automata. The first in a two-part concept…

Vexes – Ancient Geometry Label: Independent Release Date: February 23, 2018 At the risk of being that guy... Merriam Webster explains Pathos as meaning “suffering” “experience” “emotion.” By that definition, it may be safe to say that…

Sanctum & Solace - Made Wrong EP Record Label: Independent Release Date: February 23, 2018 Oh I’m sorry, did I hit you in the face, with my hardcore metal as soon as you hit play? Be prepared. The flirt of a drum beat and squealing…

HateMore - The Pain of Loss Label: Independent Release Date: October 6, 2017 Movie director Kevin Smith is famous, among other things, for his always generous reviews of films, even when popular consensus labels a flick a boring dud,…

Alestorm - Captain Morgan’s Revenge - 10th Anniversary Edition Label: Napalm Records Release Date: January 26th, 2018 Ahoy, me hearties! Have you ever heard a band for the first time and thought, “What in the hell is going on? Where am…

Thy Kingdom Slum - A History of Dissent EP Label: Self-Release Release Date: February 17th 2018 Windsor Ontario is a city with an underrated music scene. It is, in fact, a bastion of great metal music, as the influential and beloved…

Kaine - A Crisis of Faith Label: Independent  Release Date: February 5, 2018 Traditional metal band Kaine is from Britain, the birthplace of metal in the 1970's as well as the subsequent New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) in the…

Blitzkrieg - Judge Not Label: Mighty Music / Metal Blade Release date: April 27th Blitzkrieg is one of the stepping stones of heavy metal, for those who are interested in more than the Big 4, or the famous names. Considering that…

Weedpecker - III Label: Stickman Records Release Date: January 5, 2018 Iinspiration can be a fickle, fleeting thing.  I know this because I sometimes sit at my computer typing and then deleting sentence after sentence until something…

Mammoth Grinder - Cosmic Crypt Label: Relapse Records Release Date: January 26, 2018 As soon as Mammoth Grinder released the due date of its newest album, it immediately jumped to my most anticipated album of this year. This Texas Death…