It’s always fun when members from different bands come together to form a new entity and, with Kill The Lights (Bullet For My Valentine, Threat Signal, Throw The Fight, Still Remains)- that’s exactly what we have- a completely new entity.  Their debut, The Sinner via Fearless Records is a...

When I first heard that Static-X was putting out a new album, like pretty much everyone I was left thinking…How the hell is this going to work without their charismatic frontman Wayne Static? As I later learned these recordings would in fact feature Wayne along with longtime bassist Tony...

Just a few years after Rumahoy set sail upon their quest to bring the world more pirate metal, the band is back with their 2nd record- Time II: Party, which is exactly that- a party.  In a genre like pirate metal, you have to have fun with it and Rumahoy spare no expense there. The record...

Devastation, heartache and pain can lead to the best music. Fans resonate with it and sometimes it can actually save another’s life. This is the case with Grey Daze and their Amends record. Grey Daze is the band Chester Bennington fronted pre-Linkin Park and, shortly before his passing, he...

Today’s album review is the new one from German power metal band Primal Fear with Metal Commando. It is absolutely fantastic and if you don’t yet know Primal Fear, the best way I can describe them is that they are a heavier Judas Priest with awesome grooves and stellar...

The World Will Burn have always prided themselves in using different genres and making sure no two songs sound alike and here we are, three albums in with Nothing’s As Real As It Seems and this could not be more true.  The record opens with “Sins and Tragedies”- a straight rock song...

Pirate metallers Alestorm are finally back after a three-year wait, with Curse of the Crystal Coconut, which comes just three years after No Grave But the Sea and shows the band really spreading their wings.  “Treasure Chest Party Quest” kicks it off in outrageous manner and tells you...

It seems like Bad Wolves started touring before their debut- Obey released and just kept going and going. Now their sophomore record- N.A.T.I.O.N. is out and they’re still going strong. The fact that this album is as strong as it is with how busy Bad Wolves have been is impressive....

Just in time for the Xmas holiday season, September Mourning came to the rescue with Volume III– their latest dose of unholy, ravenous, diabolical metal and everything you need to combat that pesky Jesus on his birthday. After “Unholy” kicks things off strongly, “Hiding From...

When a band member passes during the recording of an album, the original plans often go out the window and it becomes a memorial and tribute to that member. When that member is legendary drummer Vinnie Paul, and the band is Hellyeah, that’s exactly what happens and the record- now released-...

Resilience is a word that has become synonymous with Of Mice & Men and their last record- Defy– showed exactly that. Fast forward to 2019 and their second record with bassist Aaron Pauley on vocals- EARTHANDSKY is ready to unleash upon the world and it’s the perfect successor to...

Every few years Steel Panther return and remind us how deprived we’ve actually been from the world of real heavy metal and this year is no exception as they’ve returned with Heavy Metal Rules, which obliterates everything your earholes have heard this year.  “Zebraman” opens the...

While a band’s debut record is important for many reasons, their sophomore release is even more important on so many levels. If their debut is strong, it puts them on the map and raises expectations for the follow-up, which can raise their stock or completely break their career and make fans...

The Hÿss’ latest record- Sound- is one that’s guaranteed to appeal to stoner metal fans around the world.  With distorted guitars in the vein of Sleep and Clutch, the songs on Sound flow together well and no two songs sound the same. The tracks have the same style but each has their own...

An album or EP doesn’t have to be long to be powerful and that’s the case with Burial Party’s Please, Electric Move Slow. The EP- four tracks-long- is loaded with aggression, emotion, honesty and energy, all pulled into one, as well as punk and hardcore combined and it’s a pure...