Album Reviews
Album Review: From Ashes To New – Blackout
Blackout is a solid album complemented by strong hooks, as well as a familiar lyrical focus that fans have appreciated to this day. Its concept can be interpreted in two ways, as either the catalyst for a dark foreboding, or in aptly representing a time when interpersonal relationships had a profound effect on our outlook. Whatever the case, the release of the album, as well as the prior buzz generated from its singles, is evidence that the flame of modern rock continues to burn bright.
Sevendust – Truth Killer | Album Review
An album review on Truth Killer, the fourteenth album from Sevendust. Truth Killer starts with "I Might Let The Devil Win". Off the bat,...
Signs of the Swarm – Amongst the Low and Empty | Album Review
Within the deathcore resurgence in the late 2010's, there were several acts that became household names. Whether it be Lorna Shore's blackened symphonies of...
Voyager – Fearless In Love | Album Review
The fun side of metal does not get enough attention. The doom and gloom, intensity, anger, and aggressiveness, all of these are associated with...
The Zenith Passage – Datalysium | Album Review
In metal, it's all too common to see new bands emerge where old ones have ceased. Like Megadeth spawning from Metallica, members of bands...
Greta Van Fleet – Starcatcher | Album Review
Third full album from Michigan's throwback band and after hearing the singles that didn't wow me, I was somewhat pleasantly surprised with how Starcatcher...
Better Lovers – God Made Me An Animal | Album Review
If you have missed The Dillinger Escape Plan, Every Time I Die, etc, Better Lovers will satisfy that hole in your life. This is...
Dwellings – Little Garden | Album Review
The progressive side of post-hardcore has evolved from a niche subgenre to a sensation worth deep-diving - and 2023 is no different. Whether it's...
Vexed – Negative Energy | Album Review
Panic. Labored breathing. An overbearing ominous feeling. Seconds later, VEXED drops in with an intensity to reel you in on their album opener, "PTSD"....
Queens Of The Stone Age – In Times New Roman… | Album Review
A sludgier version of Queens Of The Stone Age. This was much grittier than I was expecting. The amount of sludge and grit defines...