Album Reviews

Pyramids Bring The Reggaeton-Infused Post-Black Metal Shoegaze Epic You Didn’t Know You Needed In 2025 On Pythagoras

As of right now, we have about 4 different intro paragraphs drafted for the newest from Pyramids which we’re still going to attempt to use in some capacity because Pythagoras is such a clusterfuck of sounds (In a good way) that we think it’s the kind of record that deserves [...]

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Idol Is More Vital Than Ever On Modern Pop-Punk Masterpiece Dream Into It

It is never not cool to be able to cover new Billy Idol music, especially when it sounds as iconic as the nine tracks featured across the former Generation X’er front man’s ninth full-length! Now an elder statesman of a scene Idol once helped build, Dream Into It is a [...]

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The Yagas Conjure A Delectable Cornucopia Of Sounds On Genre-Bending Midnight Minuet

A Doom-laden Goth Rawk opus peppered with elements of Alternative, Nu-Metal, and even Slavic Folk at times, Midnight Minuet from The Yagas is a delectable cornucopia of sounds that might be one of the best debuts of 2025 featuring one person responsible for many a modern visual scare over the [...]

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Employed To Serve Make Modern Metal Magic On Fallen Star

It can be both super cool and super awkward when receiving a pitch for an artist that features someone you know in any sort of way. Be it personal or professional, we definitely hesitate to press “play”/brace for the worst more often than not. Luckily for us (We’re knocking on [...]

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Machine Head Remain Unopposed, Unrelenting, And Undeniably Heavy On UNATØNED

Machine Head was, has been, and always be a musical chameleon. That’s not even a sign ‘o the times kind of adapting (Save for the more Nu-Metal tendencies of 1999’s The Burning Red) but more a need to constantly evolve and enhance the Bay Area Thrash and Metal new school [...]

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Mission To Sleep Surpass The Masters, Bring Their Own Post-Heaviness Classic With A Spark Or The End

It’s a big difference to have an album in our possession early (In this case, Mission To Sleep’s A Spark Or The End) and another to actually be writing about it consistently rather than listening to it over and over and over some more while constantly jotting down bits occasionally [...]

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