
Sinister Realm -Sinister Realm Review
I’ve found little in the world of music that compares with a new band that makes old music sound as vibrant and fresh as Sinister Realm’s self-titled debut. If you’ve any doubt as to this …

The Chasm – Farseeing The Paranormal Abysm Review
“Entering a Superior Realm” begins with light tremolo woven into an ephemeral crescendo with alternating iridescent horns, as if to usher in the slow rise of a silvery sun across the crescent horizon of a …

Struck By Lightning – Serpents Review
According to the National Lightning Safety Institute, the odds of being struck by lightning in a given year are one in 280,000. The odds of being struck sometime during an eighty year lifespan? Still one …

Kowloon Walled City – Gambling On The Richter Scale Review
No other label captures the essence of its genre’s sound quite the way Sludge does. It’s as if somebody took life’s anger and frustration and despair and mashed it all up into a great ball …

Weapon – Drakonian Paradigm Review
There’s just something indescribably appealing about a band that makes metal clean of artifice, and Weapon are about as sincere a band as has ever been amassed. Treating their moniker as a functional directive, this …

Southern Cross – Down Below Review
Southern Cross is a group of young Québécois who play power-ish progressive metal. They have managed in about five years time to move from tribute band to legitimate up-and-comers warming up for stalwarts such as …

Porcupine Tree – The Incident Review
So, what were you expecting from the new Porcupine Tree release? Based on the last few albums, it would have been safe to assume that the band would continue on its most successful formula to …

El Creepo! – El Creepo! Review
Do you listen to heavy metal all day, every day? Do you find yourself needing to take a break from the aural pounding but you’re afraid of losing your metal cred? Hi, Todd Edward Smith …