Isole – Dystopia
There is just something about doom metal that gets me. It gets so many things right, it pulls me in and keeps me wanting more and more. The…
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Fates Warning – The Spectre Within
The New Wave of British Heavy Metal was in full swing in the early 80s. Thanks to bands such as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest (amongst others), heavy…
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Schammasch – Hearts of No Light
I appreciate ambition. I really do. Ambition will take you a long way, as far as I am concerned. Even if that ambition doesn’t pay off, I appreciate…
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Alter Bridge – Walk the Sky
I have always love Mark Tremonti’s guitar playing. Yes, always. So, in essence, that means I just admitted to liking at least some aspect of Creed’s music. Ok,…
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A Swarm of the Sun – The Woods
You know, some days are just lousy. They are. I don’t care how positive you feel, or how positive you try to be, some days just suck. It’s…
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Cobalt – Slow Forever
Life is full of surprises, that’s for sure. Take, for example, Cobalt. If you had told me years ago I would like black metal, I’d have told you…
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Altars of Grief – Iris
I’m not sure I’m really able to do this album justice. How’s that for a start? Iris by Canada’s Altars of Grief is a staggeringly powerful album, that…
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Source – Totality
Three years ago, thanks to a review at good old Angrymetalguy.com, I stumbled across a release from a three piece band from Colorado. The band was Source, and…
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Cult of Luna – A Dawn to Fear
Formulaic isn’t necessarily bad. Especially when the formula works so freaking well. But a formula in music should be a skeleton, a framework upon which something better is…
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Tool – Fear Inoculum
So far, all I’ve pretty much done is write about albums I like. And, well, that is fine to me. This isn’t a blog for reviews. I’ll leave…
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