Reviewed: July, 2020 Released: 2020, High Roller Records Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry Chris Black might be the busiest musician in Chicago’s heavy metal scene. The multi-instrumentalist fronts three Chicago bands: Dawnbringer, Superchrist, and High Spirits. He’s also a former bassist for Nachtmystium and has worked with the band in both production and creative…
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Ironflame – Blood Red Victory
Reviewed: January, 2020 Released: 2020, Divebomb Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry American heavy metallers Ironflame will release their third full-length album ‘Blood Red Victory’ in February on Divebomb Records. Written, recorded and mixed by Andrew D’Cagna (with guitar leads by Quinn Lukas and Jesse Scott) over three months, ‘Blood Red…
Nordjevel – Necrogenesis
Review Date: 10th May 2019 Released: 29th March 2019 Distributor/Label URL: www.osmoseproductions.com Rating: 2 Review by: Megan Duc Nordjevel began their journey in 2015 with Doedsadmiral. The group has since then created music whilst changing the lineup since then. The band then found their cohesion in 2016 with their self-titled…
Lik – Mass Funeral Evocation
Reviewed: May, 2019 Released: 2019, Metal Blade Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Courtney Solloway This album is heavy. Seriously heavy. However, this kind of lets it down in ways I don’t see very often. Now, if you know me and what I’ve reviewed in the past, you’ll know that I absolutely love…
West Of Hell – Blood of the Infidel
Reviewed: May, 2019 Released: 2019, self-released Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Courtney Solloway This album is different and beautiful in oh-so-many ways. Firstly there is the combination of death metal, power metal and thrash metal, all in their traditional senses but with a new twist. Then there are songs like Dying Tomorrow…
Bloodbound – Rise Of The Dragon Empire
Reviewed: May 2019 Released: 2019, AFM Records Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Courtney Solloway I had a lot of fun listening to this album. In truth, power metal isn’t a genre I find myself exploring very often. In fact, if I’m being completely honest the only one I can name off the…
Akrotheism – Law of Seven Deaths
Reviewed: April 2019 Released: 29 March 2019 Osmose Productions Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Megan Duce A black metal group from Athens in Greece, Akrotheism formed in 2012 aiming to ‘deeply explore matters of esotericism and philosophy’. Their most recent piece is The Law Of Seven Deaths, being released under Osmose Productions.…
The Riven – The Riven
Reviewed: March 2019 Released: 2019, The Sign Records Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Courtney Solloway This album is chock full of classic rock. It’s quite evident from the very beginning that the band draw a lot of inspiration from the greats like Rush and Led Zeppelin. The classic rock tunes have subtle…
Wishing Well – Rat Race
Review Date: June, 2018 Released: 2018, Inverse Records Rating: 2.5/5 Review by: Pete Mutant Wishing Well came into my inbox and it was a blast from the recent past as I also reviewed their first album in ‘Chasing Rainbows’ which was as bad ass as you could imagine with that…
Kill Ritual – All Men Shall Fall
Reviewed: March, 2018 Released: 2017, Dissonance Productions Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Pete Mutant Kill Ritual from San Jose, California have been pretty productive since their inception in 2010 and have released their fourth full release in ‘All Men Shall Fall’, eleven tracks of good ol’ California thrash metal. Standing not too far…