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REVOCATION Raises Hell With ‘New Gods, New Masters’

PERFECTION!Music Reviews
Blistering, brutal, and utterly essential — the band proves they’ve still got it. Holee hell on rye bread — REVOCATION are back, and their new...

OVERT ENEMY Unleash a Texas-Sized ‘Insurrection’

TER-RIFF-IC!Music Reviews
With crushing riffs and pit-ready anthems, the Lone Star thrashers prove they’re ready to take no prisoners. I’ll admit it — I knew nothing about...

STRYPER’s ‘Against the Law’ at 35 Still Breaks All the Rules

STILL ROCKS!Music Reviews
A departure in look, a statement in sound — this classic continues to resonate. Last month, I was watching ESPN and scrolling through my phone....

AMORPHIS Scores Big with ‘Borderland’

FLAWLESS!Music Reviews
Finland’s finest unleash an album that’s equal parts beauty and brutality — and THE MAESTRO says it’s flawless. Man, oh man — this new AMORPHIS...

From Buffet to Blood: VITTRA Feast on ‘Intense Indifference’

METAL!Music Reviews
Hi there, may I take your order? You want something that’ll bloody your head up, down, and sideways? Stay put — I’ve got just...

LED ZEPPELIN’s ‘Houses of the Holy’: The Album That Defined an Era

LEGENDARY!Music
Let’s take a ride back to 1987 by way of 1973. In 1987, I got my first CD player. I had saved up, and...

MOB RULES’ ‘Rise of the Ruler’ Strikes Hard, Hits Fast

METAL!Music Reviews
I’ve been a MOB RULES fan since their 2018 effort Beast Reborn. When this one hit, I was still walking the track at the...

WARMEN’s ‘Band of Brothers’ Is an Exercise in Fire and Fury

Music Reviews
WARMEN returns with their second album, Band of Brothers (out now via Reaper Entertainment). For those not up to speed: out of the ashes...

1985’s Riot Still Rages: KISS’s ‘Asylum’ Revisited

THE BEST!Music Reviews
Revisiting this classic on its 40th anniversary, Gene, Paul, and the band unleash riffs and hooks that still cut like a razor decades later. Oh,...

THREE DAYS GRACE Hits Hard and Heartfelt on ‘ALIENATION’

ROCK!Music Reviews
Like many people, my first exposure to THREE DAYS GRACE came with their breakout hit, “I Hate Everything About You.” The debut album never did much...

Halestorm’s ‘Everest’: Peaks, Valleys, and a Few Loose Rocks

Music Reviews
I’ve been on the Halestorm train for almost two decades now. Back when I was just starting my rock-writing journey, they were one of...

How King’s X Turned a Summer Fling into a Lifelong Obsession

CLASSIC ALBUMSMusic Reviews
By 1995, I knew King’s X only as the band behind the catchy-as-hell single “Over My Head.” Cool song, sure — but I wasn’t...
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