Reviews

Cradle of Filth - Cryptoriana - The Seductiveness of Decay Review Record Label: Nuclear Blast Records Release Date: September 22, 2017 Cradle of Filth has been rather generous with their consistency of new albums in their later years.…

Rex Brown - Smoke On This... Label: eOne Music Release Date: July 28, 2017 Solo projects from members of wildly successful bands are usually an adventure, to put it mildly. Anyone who has listened to the plethora of material from John…

Owl Company – Horizon Label: Independent Release Date: July 14, 2017 I took a long time to write this review. Not because of lack of inspiration or time, but from a lack of confidence that I would be able to do this band or music the…

Unheralded Bay Area hard rock icons, Y&T returned to Boise Tuesday night for their second trip in two years. Frontman Dave Meniketti swears the Treasure Valley is now going to be an annual stop. The Knitting Factory crowd numbered about…

Kobra and the Lotus – Prevail I Label: Napalm Records Release Date: May 12, 2017 To paraphrase from one of Prevail I’s 10 songs, Kobra and the Lotus are truly manifesting their own destiny on this new double album, the first half of…

Liv Sin – Follow Me Label: Despotz Records Release Date: April 28, 2017 Many a metal fan’s heart broke at the end of 2015 when Sweden’s Sister Sin called it quits. The band’s music seemed to grow stronger with each successive album. Yet…

Mastodon - Emperor of Sand Label: Warner Bros. Release Date: March 31, 2017 You talk to any true music junky long enough and the conversation invariably turns to the significance of certain albums and the impact they’ve had in terms of…

Manimal – Trapped in the Shadows Label: AFM Records Release Date: November 20, 2015 It has been six agonizingly long years since Gothenburg, Sweden's Manimal unleashed its 2009 debut album, The Darkest Room. This winter, the band has…

Saxon - Battering Ram Label: UDR Music Release Date: October 30, 2015 With over 35 years of recording and touring under its belt, NWOBHM stalwarts, Saxon, have nothing left to prove. So it comes as no surprise that the band's 21st studio…

Saxon – Unplugged and Strung Up Label: UDR Release Date: November 18, 2013 While there is no telling how long Saxon will continue its amazing and influential journey, there is no doubting their passion for rock and roll, or their…