What a huge miss. Other bands must be thanking Paleface Swiss for setting the bar so low. 2025 can only get better from here. To be honest, I didn’t get the hype when ‘Fear & Dagger’ came out in 2022 because it was an hour and six minutes long and every song sounded Read more…
…And it was over before it even began. Tim Lambesis just cannot keep it together, and it’s such a shame because this is my favorite As I Lay Dying album since ‘An Ocean Between Us’ from 2007. I’m going to skip over explaining that Lambesis tried to hire a hitman Read more…
Reflections is an unstoppable machine. This three-song EP was written by Jake Wolf (vocalist of Reflections) and Calle Thomer (guitarist of Vildhjarta), and it was produced by Buster Odeholm (guitar, bass, and drums for Humanity’s Last Breath). It is essentially a follow-up to Reflections’ three-song EP from 2021 called ‘Silhouette’ Read more…
Counterparts just dropped a surprise EP, and it’s insane. This is the darkest, heaviest version of the band yet. Brendan Murphy seems to have forgotten that he was recording vocals for Counterparts instead of End. For the uninitiated, this EP is going to be a wake up call. The harsh, easy Read more…
Falling In Reverse is one of the most controversial bands in the metal community. Fronted by Ronnie Radke, a man with an unsavory past who takes pride in being a dickhead, it’s no surprise that FIR has rubbed some people the wrong way. And yet, much to the haters’ dismay, Read more…
Incredible things are happening in the slamming brutal death metal (SBDM) genre. It’s bigger than it’s ever been, and it’s being led by a new wave of young bands. I didn’t mean for this to be such a long review, but I rarely talk about this genre and I’ve been Read more…
Kingdom of Giants is finally back with new music. I have to say, I’m kind of surprised. These guys spent 10 years absolutely grinding it out before they finally caught a huge break on their 2020 album. And then it takes four years to come back with a six-song EP? Read more…
I’m a little out of my depth here, but this album is so cool that I want to share some thoughts, even if they have already been better articulated elsewhere. I first heard Blood Incantation when their 2019 album started to gain some steam. Old school death metal and aliens, Read more…
This is a dark horse contender for album of the year. It’s not my personal number one, but I expect it to sneak into a lot of top 10 lists. I only discovered these guys in 2022 after they released ‘Narrative.’ It was a striking introduction to Jack Murray’s lyrical Read more…
I’ve noticed that a lot of my favorite albums this year can be described with one word: fun. I’ve been trying to understand why, and I think it’s driven by a desire to return to the type of metalcore I grew up with. Back in the early 2010’s, metalcore used to Read more…