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Every year, many of our staff writers put together their Top 10 albums lists, and every year our Radio Show Hosts write up their lists as well. Since our DJs are known more for their gift of gab than their knack for the written word, their…

2019 was a great year for metal. Not only a good year, but for all sub-genres of Metal. It seems not one or another dominated this year. Death Metal unleashed many great albums but Black Metal came out strong with just as many and also the…

This has been a season of change for yours truly. After 30 years of writing non-stop about hard rock and metal, I semi-retired this summer. For the first time in three decades, I didn’t close out there year with dozens of album reviews…

ANNIHILATOR - Ballistic, Sadistic Label: Silver Lining Music Release Date: January 24, 2020 ANNIHILATOR is a Canadian thrash metal band founded in 1984 by guitarist Jeff Waters and vocalist John Bates. They are the highest-selling…

This list was especially difficult to create since 2019 brought some incredible music. I wrote and rewrote my list numerous times, while listening to each and every one of these albums over and over to attempt to give it my best. Since this…

Not that I suspect anyone is keeping track (or cares), but I wrote a paltry 3 album reviews for Metal Nation in 2019.  In no way, shape, or form is this an indication of the quantity and quality of this year’s releases—quite the opposite…

Agarwaen - Dottore I Label: Independent Release Date: December 6, 2019 If musicality bends the listener’s ear, sincerity is what makes the bond. Agarwaen’s sophomore effort, Dottore I, surely offers both. Independently released on…

VICIOUS CIRCLE - Unearthed Precision Label: Unsigned July 27, 2018 Vicious Circle's first album was released on JL America, a small but impact-full  label that put out debut albums for Beheirt, Acheron, Blasphemy, Disastrous…

"Brock's 2 cents" - quick metal reviews! As always a few bands release albums in December which irritates me because you usually don't find out until January or the great ones get left off your top albums of the year list, anyways, so here…