album review
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LEVIATHAN CYCLE‘The Suffering Prolonged’ EPIndependent I’ve been fortunate, in this world, to not only review some of the biggest bands on the planet but many of them shaped the music I grew up ‘blasting through my speakers’. The moments that stick with you are often the early ones. Times when you catch bands before the…
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AXEL RUDI PELL’Ghost Town’Steamhammerhttps://www.axel-rudi-pell.de AXEL RUDI PELL isn’t exactly a household name in North America, but the tales of his exploits have been well documented overseas. The guitarist got his start in the band STEELER around 1984. Not the one with Ron Keel and Yngwie Malmsteen. The German one. Pell went solo in 1989 with…
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EXHUMED‘Red Asphalt’2026, Relapse Records Ladies, gentlemen, gore fiends and grind heads, start your engines: EXHUMED are back. Hard to believe, but true, the band led by Matt Harvey has been thrashing like maniacs for 36 years! Back now with newest opus ‘Red Asphalt’ one must ask the question: is this album a new era for…
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ROB ZOMBIE’The Great Satan’Nuclear Blast Recordshttps://www.robzombie.com/ ‘The Great Satan’ is the 8th studio album by musician and filmmaker ROB ZOMBIE. Rob’s latest collection of music, his first in nearly five years, can actually be summed up in just two words; classic Zombie! What era is that? I would classify it between WHITE ZOMBIE’s 1992 album…
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SYLOSISThe New FleshNuclear Blast Records SYLOSIS deserves a seat at the table and at this point, they’ve earned it! This isn’t a band still trying to prove they belong; it’s a band reminding the metal world that consistency, evolution, and riff writing still matter. For me, ‘The New Flesh’ isn’t just another album to review,…
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ENTHRONED‘Ashspawn’Season Of Mist Here we have another retro review for a release that came out last December and was definitely one of the best releases of 2026 with that of Belgium’s own ENTHRONED and their full-length release through SEASON OF MIST, ‘Ashspawn’. With 9 epic tracks and for nearly an hour with an album that…
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2026 Massacre Records The supergroup Death Dealer unleashed its fourth full-length album, (fifth release overall) the metal monster named ‘Reign of Steel,’ January 23rd through Massacre Records. The album had been awaiting release for a few years, and now the time is right for this behemoth to go out into the world and chop some…
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Arising Empire Records When a band titles a record ‘Reinvention’, expectations are naturally high. It’s a bold declaration, and in many ways, THE VEER UNIONlives up to it. With this upcoming release on Arising Empire Records, the band delivers a fresh twist on their familiar sound. While it may not eclipse the raw urgency of…
