Releases

Bandmaid just released their newest album, "Conqueror." Stay tuned for a review! It's a little different from their past albums but they're growing their chops. So far I'm digging the songs "Liberal" and...

Kamelot's newest album, "The Shadow Theory," has hit store shelves. Drummer Casey Grillo is absent from this album as he has moved on to new endeavors. His replacement is Johan Nunez. Thomas Youngblood,...

Beast in Black's debut album "Berserker" has just been released and if it's anything like "Blind and Frozen" and "Born Again" it's going to be a hell of a ride. Looking at the set list there's a name that...

Unleash the Archers has just released their newest album "Apex." If speed is your thing then check it out. I really dug the previous album "Time Stands Still" and this is more or less the same stylistically....

Lovebites is a new all-girl rock band from Japan. I was first clued in to them by a friend who saw them in Japan and he had nothing to say but good things about them. Access to their music has, before the...

Sonata Arctica's "The Ninth Hour" was released about a week ago. This is the band's ninth full album and they've continued to progress as they go but without ever leaving their roots behind. The title refers...

The EP is available for listening in full over at the Wall Street Journal http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2016/09/08/listen-to-seven-kingdoms-h-p-lovecraft-inspired-ep-in-the-walls-exclusive/ I'm really...

Sabaton's newest album "The Last Stand" is full of what Sabaton does best: sing about battles. The concept is fairly self-explanatory: famous land stands in history. Various periods and armies are...

After vocalist Roy Khan departed the band in 2011 after thirteen years, Kamelot has found a good replacement in Tommy Karevik. The more I listen to Kamelot, the more I think Tommy sounds just like Roy....

Finally. This is Nightwish's first album in four years. Four years is a long time and signals the departure of one vocalist and the arrival of the next. For those who don't know, Annette Olzon got a bit...