Album Reviews

Young Guns attempt to let go of the past and move toward a brighter future with “Echoes”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTH4xk569vU   https://vimeo.com/182570397 Text Review: Last year Young Guns released an energetic...

Of Mice & Men sway further from metalcore and straight into nu-metal territory in Cold World. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xnKJU-SJOA https://vimeo.com/181963358   Text Review: Of all the bands in the current rock...

A Day To Remember get focused on the new album Bad Vibrations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7qeDzjsRD8 https://vimeo.com/181066353   Text review: Among an ongoing record label lawsuit, constant touring and a broken heart...

Dutch symphonic metal band Delain attempt to go in many directions with the new album “Moonbathers”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-L-FCjzeg8 https://vimeo.com/180209199   Text Review: There are some musical juxtapositions that should never...

Gemini Syndrome return to continue their journey from Lux to Memento Mori. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxqUZwa-o8I https://vimeo.com/179359320   Text Review: It was back in 2013 that Gemini Syndrome made their debut into...

Australia’s metalcore group The Amity Affliction attempt to get deeply personal and emotionally wrenching in the band’s fifth album This Could Be Heartbreak. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOViNFiMo-E https://vimeo.com/178620258   Text Review: The...

Skillet attempt to make a more connected album in the band’s ninth album Unleashed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykwGe1QC92g https://vimeo.com/177595969   Text Review: Being called a panhead to some may sound like an...

Periphery return with a whirlwind of prog metal brilliance in Periphery III: Select Difficulty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOVtJcMSqNA https://vimeo.com/175851944   Text Review: As a band continues in their career and the members...

Cane Hill brings a dark and heavy style in the debut album Smile. Click here to see my interview with Elijah Witt of Cane Hill...

Switchfoot return with the band’s tenth full album about having hope and looking forward in Where The Light Shines Through. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s46zpY5IYKM https://vimeo.com/173799579   Text Review: Switchfoot has now been...