Notable Releases – 5/29/2026
I Built the Sky — Promise Me You’ll Thrive (Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock) I’ve been a fan of I Built the Sky for over a decade. This solo…
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Notable Releases 4/03/2026
These last few weeks have really been a bit of whiplash. A couple of weeks ago, we had six big releases (all dwarfed by Neurosis), then last week,…
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Gigafauna—Eye to Windward
I’ve been a metalhead for decades now. I’d always leaned toward heavier rock, but as I made my way through my twenties, and navigated major life changes and…
Continue ReadingRevisiting Holocene by The Ocean
Expectations. The word carries a lot of weight. We have so many different expectations, and sometimes, even when we don’t realize we have them, they still spring up…
Continue ReadingMy Week in Music – February 5, 2022
This week was a bit more of a fun one when it came to music. I sort of rediscovered Black Crown Initiate, as well as Persefone. BCI just…
Continue Reading2021 In Review: Music
Best of 2021 Archspire – Bleed the Future A tour de force of technical death metal. Yet still balances that with more quiet, calm moments. Understanding that, even…
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Mastodon – Hushed and Grim
I have a bit of a troubled relationship with Mastodon. I fell in love with their 2006 release Blood Mountain and thoroughly enjoyed the albums that preceded that…
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Archspire – Bleed The Future
I don’t even remember how it happened. It was most likely on angrymetalguy.com, since that is how I tend to find most of my new music. But I…
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Witherfall – A Prelude to Sorrow
In 2017, a little album came out of nowhere and knocked my socks off with its technical approach to power metal. WItherfall dropped Nocturnes and Requiems, a compelling…
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Ne Obliviscaris – Portal of I
Writing about 30 albums in 30 days has been a good exercise for me. It has helped me dust off the cobwebs that have accumulated in the writing…
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