This is a new monthly section where we will post an assortment of shorter reviews for albums that we have checked out or may have missed out on previously. The reviews are short and to the point, thus the tile “Quick Jabs”. Canyon – Static May 21st, 2021 – Self-Release…
Starscape – Colony
April 2021 March 1st, 2021 / Stormspell Records Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine Starscape was initially intended to be a one-person solo project by Anton Eriksson under the moniker Pilgrim in 2015. After the release of a demo in 2017, the project started picking up steam quickly,…
Beekeeper – Slaves To The Nothing
April 2021 May 7th, 2021 / Metal Assault Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine Let the pandemonium begin! San Diego’s Beekeeper is on the verge of laying down a severe beating of the senses with their debut album, SLAVES TO THE NOTHING. This is where I would say…
Interview with Mike Tirelli of Holy Mother
Interview with Mike Tirelli of Holy Mother by John Haseltine For some, Holy Mother needs no introduction. For others, they do. The band has been on a 17 year hiatus, so many of the younger or newer metal fans out there definitely do need a proper introduction to this…
Quick Jabs for March 2021
This is a new monthly section where we will post an assortment of shorter reviews for albums that we have checked out or may have missed out on previously. The reviews are short and to the point, thus the tile “Quick Jabs”. Rageful – Ineptitude September 18th, 2020 – Self-Release…
Moonspell – Hermitage
March 2021 February 26th, 2021 / Napalm Records Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine By now, when the name Moonspell is said aloud, you should all know who is being spoken of. Moonspell is approaching their 30th year in the metal world. HERMITAGE is the band’s 13th full-length…
Scars Remain – Scars Remain
March 2021 Released 2020 / Self-Release Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine “Scars Remain is a Hard Rock band from Charlotte, NC. Even with plenty of experience under their belts, they still play with the same energy as when they first got together, continuously solidifying their foothold in…
Lake Of Tears – Ominous
March 2021 February 19th, 2021 / AFM Records Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine Lake of Tears is a Swedish heavy metal band initially formed in 1994. The band’s sound consists mainly of playing gothic metal and doom. After some creative differences in the early 2000’s they disbanded…
Nervosa – Perpetual Chaos
March 2021 January 22nd, 2021 / Napalm Records Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine Brazil’s thrash metal titans Nervosa are back with a bludgeoning new album titled PERPETUAL CHAOS. 2021 is already shaping up to be a stellar year for us metalheads, from what I have heard so…
Quick Jabs for February 2021
This is a new monthly section where we will post an assortment of shorter reviews for albums that we have checked out or may have missed out on previously. The reviews are short and to the point, thus the tile “Quick Jabs”. Tantivy – Eyes Of The Night January 15th,…
Korpiklaani – Jylha
February 2021 February 5th, 2021 / Nuclear Blast Records Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine Without a doubt, when the name Korpiklaani comes up in a conversation or print, we all know them as the Finnish masters of folk metal. They do it well and like no others…
Best of 2020: John Haseltine
Top 20 list for 2020 by John Haseltine This list is always a tricky one for me to do each year. While I have narrowed it down to these 20 for the site, there were/are so many other albums released in 2020 that I have not had the chance to…
Transilvania – Of Sleep And Death
January 2021 January 1st, 2021 / Invictus Productions Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine The new year will start with a bang with the release of Transilvania’s OF SLEEP AND DEATH. Transilvania is a blackened thrash outfit that formed in 2014 in Austria. Black metal and thrash, when…
Cynik Scald – Aged Spirit
January 2021 December 27th, 2019 / Self-Release Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine Motorcycles, metal, and harmonicas! Oh My! So when I thought I was listening to a newly released album by the multicultured Cynik Scald from Cyprus, I was wrong. It did take a little digging, but…