Tag: Nuclear Blast

Immolation – Descent Review

[Cover art by Eliran Kantor] What exactly do we expect from Immolation at this stage of their career? This is a band whose legacy was set in stone decades ago by their impeccable early run

Kreator – Krushers Of The World Review

[Album artwork by Zbigniew Bielak] Since at least 2012’s Phantom Antichrist, Kreator has been an arena metal juggernaut. No matter how one feels about the releases that followed, we can agree that record, for better

Testament – Para Bellum Review

[Cover art by Eliran Kantor] Thrash metal is a young man’s game. Glance across the genre’s 40-plus years of history and you’ll find that the vast majority of great albums were released when the musicians

Diamonds & Rust: Disharmonic Orchestra – Expositionsprophylaxe (Um, Gesundheit)

[Album artwork by Martin Messner and Patrick Klopf] Perhaps you’ve noticed by now that these Diamonds & Rust treatments have a tendency to dip into a sort of narcissistic form of self-interest when generated by

Programmed To Appease You – Destroy Erase Improve At 30

It might be hard to believe at this point, considering the band’s gargantuan stature in the music industry, but Meshuggah had rather humble beginnings. Take their 1989 self-titled debut EP, for example. It had much

Diamonds & Rust: Revenant – Prophecies Of A Dying World // Lost Years, Lost Opportunities, Redemption

Since the very first day I stepped into heavy metal’s looming halls, I have been an obsessive participant in most every facet of the genre. The experience was fairly overwhelming at first, owed in part

The Halo Effect – March Of The Unheard Review

The Halo Effect’s debut, Days of the Lost, was always going to be a loaded endeavor – for the listeners. But it was clear from the release of the first single, “Shadowminds,” that this all-star

Last Rites Presents: Our Most Anticipated Albums Of 2025, Part 3

And here we are with Part 3 of our Most Anticipated Albums Of 2025. If you missed Part 1 or Part 2… well, correct that and catch up. And onward we go into yet another