Ice Age: WAVES OF LOSS AND POWER [ALBUM REVIEW]
Mar29

Ice Age: WAVES OF LOSS AND POWER [ALBUM REVIEW]

Band/Artist: Ice Age Release House: Sensory Records Genre: Progressive Rock/Progressive Metal One Sentence Synopsis: New album from New York Progressive Rock band Ice Age Series: Standalone Single/EP/Album: Album Release Date: March 10, 2023 Estimated Length: 66 minutes MSRP: $10 (digital); $14 (CD) Website: Click Here Music Video: Click Here Purchase Site: Click Here Reviewed by: Kastrophylax Final Score: 4.5 Moons (out of 5) Ice Age...

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Imperialist: ZENITH [ALBUM REVIEW]
Jul21

Imperialist: ZENITH [ALBUM REVIEW]

Over the past decade or so, California has produced more than a few bands with fresh perspectives and interpretations of extreme metal subgenres such as technical death metal, black metal, and deathcore, among others. Teleporting in from environs east of Los Angeles, Imperialist engineers another exciting offering in a particular variant of black metal known as “cosmic” or “sci-fi” black metal. Taking musical and vocal elements from classic Scandinavian black metal, Imperialist creates their own unique sound with precision riffing, relentless drumming, savage yet articulate vocals…

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First Fragment: Gloire Éternelle [ALBUM REVIEW]
Jun09

First Fragment: Gloire Éternelle [ALBUM REVIEW]

Band/Artist: First Fragment Release House: Unique Leader Records Genre: Neoclassical Technical Death Metal One Sentence Synopsis: Second album from Canadian neoclassical technical death metal band First Fragment. Series: Second installment of concept Single/EP/Album: Album Release Date: October 29, 2021 Estimated Length: ~72 minutes MSRP: $9 (digital); $15 (CD) Website: Click Here Trailer/Video: Click Here Purchase Site: Click Here...

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Aeternam: Heir of the Rising Sun [ALBUM REVIEW]
May19

Aeternam: Heir of the Rising Sun [ALBUM REVIEW]

Band/Artist: Aeternam Release House: Rockmark Records Genre: Symphonic Death Metal One Sentence Synopsis: The new full-length album from Canadian symphonic death metal band Aeternam. Series: Standalone Single/EP/Album: Album Release Date: September 2, 2022 Estimated Length: 47 minutes MSRP: $10 (digital); €14,90 (CD) Website: Click Here Music Video: Click Here Purchase Site: Click Here Reviewed By: Kastrophylax Final Score: 5.0 Moons...

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Haken: Fauna [ALBUM REVIEW]
Apr28

Haken: Fauna [ALBUM REVIEW]

Although Haken started their recording career in 2010, they demonstrated their full potential with the musical diversity, complex arrangements, and storytelling power of Visions (2011).  With The Mountain (2013), Haken truly took the progressive music scene by storm and earned the attention of fans worldwide.  In that recording they also developed musical themes and characters (the “Cockroach King,” for example) that they would continue to weave creatively through the music of their next three albums.  In this trilogy of albums, Haken would add heavier, djenty riffs, experiment with complex ti

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