Reviewed: December, 2021 Released: 2021, Indie Rating: 4.5 /5 Reviewer: JP Has it really been over a decade since Haiduk’s debut album, PLAGUESWEPT, swept over the land like a plague? That sentence has even more meaning these days as we are about to enter Year three (as of time…
Album Reviews
Lordi-Lordiversity (The Masterbeast From The Moon)
Reviewed: December, 2021 Released: 2021, AFM Rating: 2.5 /5 Reviewer: JP This is one of the most ambitious review series I’ve ever done. Back in early 2020, Lordi released a very interesting album called KILLECTION. The concept behind this was that the band decided to do a mock compilation…
Lordi-Lordiversity (Abusement Park)
Reviewed: December, 2021 Released: 2021, AFM Rating: 4.5 /5 Reviewer: JP This is one of the most ambitious review series I’ve ever done. Back in early 2020, Lordi released a very interesting album called KILLECTION. The concept behind this was that the band decided to do a mock compilation…
Solacide – Fall From Eternity
Reviewed: December 2021 Released: 2021, Saturnal Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Finnish black metallers Solacide, (formerly known as Dim Moonlight) have returned with their second album, Fall From Eternity. Active since 2004, this is their first release in five years. It comes after their debut The Finish Line, with…
Sixx, Nikki-The First 21 (Book Review)
Reviewed: December, 2021 Released: 2021, Hachette Rating: 3.5 /5 Reviewer: JP There is no denying that Nikki is a talented, creative and prolific person. Music, photography, broadcasting, fashion, and writing, the guy is a brand unto himself. I think it was a matter of time before he wrote his autobiography. …
Sepultura – Sepulnation: 1998 – 2009 (Vinyl Box)
Sepultura – Sepulnation: 1998 – 2009 2021, BMG Music Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Celtic Bob This new six album (8 LP) box set from Brazilian thrashers Sepultura focuses on the post-Max era of the band. This beautiful set picks up after ROOTS when Max left and formed Soulfly and was replaced…
Gwar – This is Gwar (documentary film)
Released: 2021 (theatrical) Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP One of the more interesting phenomena in music culture is how many people listen with their eyes. I find this unfortunate scenario occurs even more so with the experienced music critics and journalists. After a few years they think that they have head/seen it all…
Running Wild – Blood on Blood
Reviewed: December 2021 Released: 2021, Steamhammer/SPV Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes Like any good bunch of experienced buccaneers, Running Wild have been on quite a journey, with ups and downs. After a short start playing Venom-esque gritty proto-black speed metal, they found their niche pretty quickly as premier pirate-themed traditional…
Newhouse, Steve-Loopyworld:The Iron Maiden Years (Book Review)
Reviewed: December, 2021 Released:2016,Indie Rating: 4 /5 Reviewer: JP There has been a considerable amount of ink spilled talking about the early days of Iron Maiden. Obsessive Maiden fans have documented to the best of their abilities the early days and yet somehow it still seems to be a bit…
Ember Sun – On Earth and Heaven
Ember Sun – On Earth and Heaven Reviewed: December 2021 Released: 2021, Code 666/Aural Music Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz Spoiler Alert – Ember Sun’s debut ON EARTH AND HEAVEN is easily one of the best doom records to release this year. The brainchild of Athens based Lothar (ex-Order of…
Pathology – The Everlasting Plague
Pathology – The Everlasting Plague Reviewed: December 2021 Released: 2021, Nuclear Blast Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz Can we take a moment to appreciate how good Pathology has been lately? 2019’s REBORN TO KILL was a necessary rebound from its knuckle dragging eponymous predecessor, but still managed to breathe some…
Raven Black Project-Breaking Through The Mist
Reviewed: December, 2021 Released: 2016, Indie Rating: 4 /5 Reviewer: JP Normally we don’t go back and review older albums too often. However, last month (October 2021) I read the biography of Andre Matos. In those pages I discovered two bands that I was previously unaware of (Art X and…
Krull, Alexander-Viking Spirit (Film)
Reviewed: December, 2021 Released: 2020, AFM Rating: 3.5 /5 Reviewer: JP In late 2020 Leaves Eyes released a great record called THE LAST VIKING. The special edition came with a bonus DVD called VIKING SPIRIT. I did not get the special edition but I wanted to see the documentary. I…
Lordi-Lordiversity (Spooky Sextravaganza Spectacular)
Reviewed: December, 2021 Released: 2021, AFM Rating: 3.5 /5 Reviewer: JP This is one of the most ambitious review series I’ve ever done. Back in early 2020, Lordi released a very interesting album called KILLECTION. The concept behind this was that the band decided to do a mock compilation…
Dream Theater – A View From the Top of the World
Reviewed: December 2021 Released: 2021, Inside Out Music Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes For a band that’s regularly held up as one of the definitive bands of progressive metal, and oftentimes even as a gold standard of the style, Dream Theater have a surprising lack of progression within their long…