Tag: Speed
Helloween – Giants & Monsters Review
Is it even possible, dear friends and readers, to feel bad or sad or glum or anything but radiantly giddy while listening to Helloween? For my money… no, it is not. Thus, new Helloween is …
We Have The Power – The Top 25 Power And Power-Related Albums Of 2024
“You mock my pain!” “Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.” We Have the Power is a unique pain. One of life’s good pains, fortunately—like soreness from some good exercise. It …
Leatherhead – Leatherhead Review
[Cover art by Mario E. Lopez M.] Big props to bands whose sound can’t remotely be predicted based on the other activities of their members. Take today’s subject, Greece’s Leatherhead. This is five dudes with …
Bütcher – On Fowl Of Tyrant Wing Review
A good thing about the internet: greater accessibility and democratization of information. A shit thing about the internet: it kinda turns everyone into a smug bastard. Do you think you know what On Fowl Of …
Midnight – Hellish Expectations Review
I quite liked – but didn’t quite love – the last Midnight record, 2022’s Let There Be Witchery, and based on the initial announcement for this follow-up, I was not alone. According to the press …
Kontact – Full Contact Review
[Cover artwork by The Alien] PORTRAIT OF A KONTACT – FULL CONTACT SUPERFAN I’m not about to say you can’t enjoy a record like Full Contact if you aren’t a fried lizard person who regularly …
Stunner – Motor Worship Review
[Cover art by Vrugarth Doom] The last time we saw the Nightfighter, our hero had barely escaped with their life from the future city of Megalopolis. The sprawling cyber municipality took its toll out on …
We Have The Power Presents: The Top 50 US Power Metal Releases Of All Time, Part 1
A few weeks ago I had an opportunity to write about the outstanding new album from Greece’s Sacred Outcry—a process that naturally involved a fair bit of groundwork and exploration into all manner of classic …