Avatarium are a doom rock band from Sweden and this is their third album.
Featuring current and ex members of bands such as Candlemass, The Doomsday Kingdom, Jupiter Society, Tiamat, and Evergrey, you know a lot of experience and talent is going to be present on this album before you even listen to it. Continue reading “Avatarium – Hurricanes and Halos (Review)”
The Night Flight Orchestra are a Swedish hard rock band and this is their third album.
Featuring members of Soilwork, Arch Enemy, and Witchery, (among many others), this is something of a different beast from these other bands, and presents us with 50 minutes of classic rock with some progressive overtones. Continue reading “The Night Flight Orchestra – Amber Galactic (Review)”
Game Zero are a hard rock band from Italy and this is their debut album.
Game Zero play an entertaining blend of rock and metal, one that sees them adopt a hard rocking edge with melodic vocals. Continue reading “Game Zero – Rise (Review)”
Half Gramme of Soma are a Greek stoner rock band and this is their second album.
After 2014’s highly enjoyable EP Marche au Noir, Groove Is Black is a well-received album by yours truly.
With a voice full Continue reading “Half Gramme of Soma – Groove Is Black (Review)”
This is the latest release from Blackbird Hill, a rock band from France.
I decided to listen to this purely on the band’s name and the album cover. Of course, if after pressing play for the first time I didn’t like what I heard, it never would have made it to the review stage, but I did, and it did. Continue reading “Blackbird Hill – Midday Moonlight (Review)”
Here we have Cybernetic Witch Cult – a stoner/doom rock band from the UK. This is their third album.
Full of fuzzy riffs and distorted goodness, this is an album that worships The Holy Riff at the space altar of tripped out doom rock. Continue reading “Cybernetic Witch Cult – Troglodithic Trip (Review)”
Life of Agony are an alternative metal/rock band from the US and this is their fifth album.
With their original lineup, Life of Agony have returned with a brand new album. Expectations are high… Continue reading “Life of Agony – A Place Where There’s No More Pain (Review)”
This is the second album by Ecstatic Vision, a US psychedelic rock band.
This is the follow up to 2015’s Sonic Praise. On Raw Rock Fury the band have taken what they did with their previous release and turned it up to 11. Continue reading “Ecstatic Vision – Raw Rock Fury (Review)”
Imminence are a Swedish metal band and this is their second album.
The music on this album is surprisingly wide in scope. Taking in everything on the shiny end of the musical spectrum, from stadium rock, alternative metal, modern metal, a bit of djent, and sometimes outright pop influences; Imminence have produced an album of sparkling tunes that thankfully have a bit more to them than just their impressive shine. Continue reading “Imminence – This Is Goodbye (Review)”
This is the second album from stoner/sludge band Attalla.
Sometimes you just get a craving for some rocking, riff-focused stoner/sludge metal, and for times like that the new Attalla album Glacial Rule is quite the tonic. Continue reading “Attalla – Glacial Rule (Review)”
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