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'Evil Dead II.' 'Dawn of the Dead.' 'The Godfather: Part 2.' 'The Empire Strikes Back.' All sequels that are better than the original. Add 'KillThrax II' to that list. Back by popular demand, KillThrax is coming at ya again my friends." --…

Babylon A.D. – Revelation Highway Label: Frontiers Music Release Date: November 3, 2017 I hold a special place in my heart for Babylon A.D. and their brand of soulful hard rock swagger. I grew up with these Bay Area boys plying their…

Max Cavalera and Soulfly are currently tearing up the road performing Nailbomb’s entire 1994 album, Point Blank. This follows Max and brother Igor Cavalera doing their own Return to Roots tour, which will reconvene in November for a final…

Pänzer is back with its sophomore album, Fatal Command, and this time the guys have gone back to their early roots as fans to tap into the vibe of the NWOBHM and traditional metal sound that influenced their own bands. Pänzer was born in…

Iris Divine - The Static and the Noise Label: Independent Release Date: October 6, 2017 Iris Divine was founded nearly a decade ago in Centreville, Virginia by bassist Brian Dobbs, vocalist/guitarist Navid Rashid, and former members…

hen drummer Shawn Drover and guitarist Chris Broderick made their sudden departure from Megadeth in 2014, many thought they might have lost their minds, yet the duo knew exactly what they were doing. From that fateful decision, Act of…

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…

Motograter is an anomaly in the music industry. The tribal-tinged nu-metal outfit formed in 1995, released one record in 2003, broke up, reformed, broke up again, reformed again and are about to release their second full-length studio album…

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…