UK metal veterans Orange Goblin come out of the gate swinging on their first album in five years. “Red Tide Rising” punches with some hefty old-school force.
Finnish symphonic metal powerhouse Nightwish continue their planetary domination (they’re the most successful Finnish band in the world) with Imaginaerum.
Ironweed lament that multi-national corporations have enslaved the planet and that CNN, Facebook, iTunes, and Twitter have lulled people into complacency.