Fates Warning – Darkness In A Different Light – Review November 7, 2013 Fates Warning has undergone numerous lineup changes since its inception 30 years ago. Thankfully, the band is ageing gracefully.
Tyr – Valkyrja – Review November 6, 2013 The Faroese folk metallers in Tyr deliver some badass music to back up the badass cover art of their latest, Valkyrja.
Gwar – Battle Maximus – Review November 5, 2013 “Madness at the Core of Time” is a cut above their standard thrash-fodder, featuring an impassioned delivery from Oderus Urungus.
Armed For Apocalypse – The Road Will End – Review November 4, 2013 Circle pits and hair whips, declaring: “All we want to do is rock.” Chunky, meat-and-potatoes modern metal.
Skylanders – Swap Force – Review November 1, 2013 With games like Skylanders, kids can have both imaginary adventures with their toys and ones that come to vibrant digital life on the screen.
Midlake premieres “Provider” from their new album – News October 29, 2013 NPR Music’s “All Songs Considered” premieres the new track “Provider” from Midlake’s upcoming album Antiphon.
Ayreon – The Theory of Everything – Review October 29, 2013 Their Wiki describes them as “rock opera, prog metal, prog rock, space rock, symphonic metal, folk metal, and power metal.” Is that all?
Disgaea D2 – A Brighter Darkness – Review October 18, 2013 The charming story is filled with callbacks and, as always, a tremendous amount of post-game challenges are ready to greet to the truly insane, er, dedicated.
Satyricon – Review October 18, 2013 Satyricon’s 2013 self-titled record is another strange chapter in their modern discography.
Windhand – Soma – Review October 15, 2013 Catchy fuzz in the vein of Black Sabbath and Electric Wizard. “Orchard” is a fantastic, lurching buzz bomb from their second album, Soma.