Tag: AFM
Flotsam & Jetsam – I Am The Weapon Review
Some things age gracefully, and get better with time. Wine… Cheese… Me… We can add Phoenix-based thrashers Flotsam & Jetsam to that list, especially now that they’re four albums into a third act that sees …
U.D.O. – Game Over Review
Part of me wants to say something like “It’s surprising that, forty-something years into his career, Udo — and by extension U.D.O. — is still cranking out albums as good as Game Over and making …
Flotsam & Jetsam – Blood In The Water Review
Whatever fires were relit somewhere around the self-titled record; whatever mystical chalice was drunk from to restore the waters of life; whatever devilish bargain was struck to recover the spark of a long-lost youth… …it’s …
Rhapsody Of Fire – The Eighth Mountain Review
You don’t have to be a D&D dork to love symphonic power metal. There’s nothing that says that, in order to enjoy Rhapsody of Fire, you have to have memorized a monster manual or enjoyed …
Ministry – From Beer To Eternity Review
Let’s summarize things for those who may have forgotten or are just tuning in. 2007’s The Last Sucker was supposed to be the final studio album for Ministry, allowing mastermind Al Jourgensen and lame duck …
Iron Savior – The Landing Review
Though the genesis of the band can be traced back to the school days of longtime friends Piet Sielck and Kai Hansen, Germany’s Iron Savior was truly born in the mid-1990s, when mainstay Sielck recruited …
Suidakra – Book Of Dowth Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas I’ve long championed and enjoyed Germany’s underrated folk-metal act Suidakra. From Lupine Essence through the shaky pure melodeath phase of Command to Charge to 2009s Crogacht, and even with the …
U.D.O. – Rev-Raptor Review
Consistency, thy name is Udo. For twenty-five years, under his eponymous faux-abbreviated band name, Udo Dirkschneider has cranked out a series of quality traditional metal records, thirteen of them now, all deeply rooted in the …