Return to Dust – The Black Road EP Review
Return to Dust, an LA band that has been making ground in popularity recently, especially…
Album Reviews
Review: Avatar – Dance Devil Dance
Avatar, over the years, has proven to be a band that doesn’t just sit on its laurels. Dance Devil Dance is a testament to this. Over the last decade and a half, the band has accrued quite an interesting and dedicated fanbase, and with each album, they’ve pushed for a different sound or further experimentation. This time around, they move forward by looking a bit to the past.
Alter Bridge – Pawns & Kings
This Is War Dead Among the Living Silver Tongue Sin After Sin Stay Holiday Fable…
King’s X – Three Sides of One
Let It Rain Flood Pt. 1 Nothing but the Truth Give It Up All God’s…
Black Stone Cherry – Live at the Royal Albert Hall…Yall!
Me and Mary Jane (Live) Burnin’ (Live) Again (Live) Yeah Man (Live) In My Blood/Island Jam…
Billy Howerdel – What Normal Was
Selfish Heart Free and Weightless Ani Beautiful Mistake The Same Again Poison Flowers Follower Bring…
Mark Tremonti – Sings Sinatra
I’ve Got You Under My Skin I’ve Got The World On A String I Fall…
Amorphis – Halo
Northwards On the Dark Waters The Moon Windmane A New Land When the Gods Came…
Trivium – In the Court of the Dragon
Musically, the band has ebbed and flowed not particularly with the times, but with different sounds and experimenting while putting their own twist on their influences. However, In the Court of the Dragon is probably their most cohesive and Trivium sounding album, yet
Mammoth WVH – Mammoth WVH
Colloquially, when one thinks of Van Halen, they think of Eddie Van Halen, the groundbreaking, incredibly talented and intrepid guitarist. However, the name of Van Halen has taken new meaning with Wolfgang, Eddie’s only son, who finally has his chance to stand out from not only the crowd, but from his father’s incredible legacy.
Puscifer – “Existential Reckoning”
Bread and Circus Apocalyptical The Underwhelming Grey Area 5.1 Theorem UPGrade Bullet Train to Iowa…
Black Stone Cherry – “The Human Condition”
Ringin’ In My Head Again Push Down & Turn When Angels Learn To Fly Live…
Sevendust – “Blood & Stone”
Over the years, Sevendust have proven, time and time again, to be one of the most consistent rock/metal outfits out there. The Atlanta-based quintet have not only defined their own sound, but they have continually evolved on each album, without retreading things, wholesale.
Static-X – “Project Regeneration Vol. 1”
Regeneration Hollow (Project Regeneration) Worth Dyin’ For Terminator Oscillator All These Years Accelerate Bring You…
Trivium – What The Dead Men Say
Throughout the years, few bands have been consistent in putting out stellar albums while aggressively expanding their sound. Whether it’s the more metalcore sounding Vengeance Falls, or the more heavy metal sounding Silence in the Snow, the growth of their skills and playing has proven immensely.