October 3, 2017 HAZZERD | MISLEADING EVIL Fast fast fast. That’s the first impression of the debut album from Calgary, Canada’s Hazzerd. Misleading Evil is nothing short of what is expected…
October 3, 2017 WINTERSUN | THE FOREST SEASONS The most epic album of the year. That was the promise and as expected with anything claiming as much, it was followed with disappointment….
July 9, 2017 SHARK INFESTED DAUGHTERS |THESE TIDES, OUR TOMBS Shark Infested Daughters is a local abnormality making waves in their hometown of Calgary, Alberta. They are one of the few local bands who manage…
July 9, 2017 INSOMNIUM | WINTER’S GATE Never to be a band that rushes releases, we have seen a new album from Insomnium every couple years, with each release surpassing the…
July 9, 2017 SHADECROWN | AGONIA Churning out the largest number of metal bands per capita means lots of potential pouring out of Finland these days, including Shadecrown’s Agonia. They are off…
July 9, 2017 MACHINAE SUPREMACY | INTO THE NIGHT WORLD It is not uncommon for power metal bands to incorporate video game sounds into their music, but Sweden’s Machinae Supremacy takes this influence to…
July 9, 2017 DARK TRANQUILITY | ATOMA Dark Tranquility, one of the more prominent Swedish melodic death metal bands, has been dishing out one great album after another since their 1993…
July 8, 2017 DOOMOCRACY | THE END IS WRITTEN Between the name, the logo and the album art and the genre listed I was anticipating some doom metal. Maybe doom metal is different…
July 8, 2017 INAEONA | FORCE RISE THE SUN I think this falls somewhere into the spacy goth rock category. Maybe post grunge industrial. It’s weird in a neat kind of way, but…
July 8, 2017 CHOICES | PARADISE LOST This album is good, although it lacks… power. If you feel like being serenaded rather than sang at, this might be up your alley….