Opeth: Deliverance & Damnation
Opeth Deliverance & Damnation (The End Records) Opeth has made a career out of mingling and mangling the sounds of ’60s folk, ’70s prog and ’90s death metal together into long, constructive opuses. At their More...
Danzig: Skeletons
Danzig Skeletons (Nuclear Blast America) There are two ways, maybe more, that Danzig’s collection of covers can be interpreted. One is a muddy, murky, basement production with songs featuring clunky instruments More...
Stryper: Fallen
Stryper Fallen (Frontiers Records) Stryper has continued to rise and stay relevant as a member of the ’80s, big-hair, loud-clothes, and loud-everything era. The hairspray’s gone along with (most) of the bumble More...
Nightwish: Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Nightwish Endless Forms Most Beautiful (Nuclear Blast) The eighth, and one of the most anticipated albums, from Nightwish once again answers, how will the new singer sound? The world got its answer through various More...
Siouxsie and the Banshees: Spellbound – The Collection
Siouxsie and the Banshees Spellbound: The Collection (Universal Records) From their formation in the late 70’s days of the London punk scene to being critically hailed as one of the most uncompromising acts of More...
Cavalera Conspiracy: Pandemonium
Cavalera Conspiracy Pandemonium (Napalm Records) When you think of the name Cavalera, most metal heads think of the thrash family duo from Brazil. Indeed the Cavaleras have spent decades screaming, yelling, slamming More...
Hanzel und Gretyl: Black Forest Metal
Hanzel und Gretyl Black Forest Metal (Metropolis Records) Everyone’s favorite German-speaking uber duo from New Jersey bring forth the most evil, heaviest part of the devil’s soul from the dark heart of the More...
In This Moment: Black Widow
In This Moment Black Widow (Atlantic Records) In This Moment’s follow-up to Blood throws itself heavily into industrial sounds, beats and tortured lyrics of psychological self-inflection and multiple mental More...
Ozzy Osbourne: Memoirs of a Madman
Ozzy Osbourne Memoirs of a Madman (Epic/Legacy) This career-spanning collection of greatest hits in Ozzy’s own words is a reminder of his solo hits and classics and a statement that he will go back to his solo More...
Slipknot: .5 The Gray Chapter
Slipknot .5 The Gray Chapter (Roadrunner Records) After the death of bassist Paul Gray and departure of drummer Joey Jordison, .5 The Gray Chapter has all the emotion expected from a band mourning the loss of More...