Tag: Trad
Midnatt – Skräckfylld Förtjusning Review
In case the recent surplus of hair raising releases delivered via today’s heavy metal torchwielders (Vultures Vengeance, Morax, Tower, Kuenring just to name a few) has led us to believe it’s not that hard to …
Diamonds & Rust: 20 Years Of Pharaoh’s The Longest Night
[Album artwork by Jean-Pascal Fournier] In order to fully appreciate the impact of a record like The Longest Night, we really need to hop into our handy Bill & Ted’s phone booth and dip back …
Cobweb – Cobweb EP Review
[Cobweb Logo by Tanya Finder] As an individual who’s spent the better part of the last four decades venerating and meditating over the works of Mercyful Fate (and King Diamond), I have made my stance …
HyperioN – Cybergenesis Review
[Cover art by Ryan T. Hancock] Boy, that New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal just keeps on rollin’, don’t it? Which is great since, in these times of shitty shittiness, it remains imperative to remember …
Sit In The Chair, Human: A Ningen Isu Primer
Ningen Isu (人間椅子; The Human Chair) might just be the most prolific band you’ve never heard of, or if you have heard of them, probably the most prolific band with whom you haven’t done a …
Küenring – In Search Of Paradise Review
[Cover artwork by Johannes Huemer, vocalist of Venator] Dial the clock back to when we last gathered here in the hallowed halls of The Temple of Trad Metal and you will recall our focus was …
Vultures Vengeance – Dust Age Review
[Cover artwork by Lena Richter] Just last month I offered up Dust Age as one of my most anticipated albums of 2025, owed largely to the fact that the prior Vultures Vengeance album, The Knightlore, …
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 …