Lists

January 2019 Best Heavy Metal Albums

After a strong 2018, the new year is off to a weak start. The crop of good albums in January …

2018 Best Heavy Metal Albums

As we bring 2018 to a close, it was another strong year for heavy metal. From young upstarts to grizzled …

2018 Best Progressive Metal/Rock Albums

Welcome to 2018’s final Progress Report, where we highlight the best of the year. 2018 saw a wide variety of …

Essential Power Metal Albums

Building on the traditional metal style of legends Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, power metal was forged out …

November 2018 Best Heavy Metal Albums

As 2018 winds down, it’s time for our final monthly list of the year. November saw some excellent releases that …

Interviews

Morbid Angel Interview

Morbid Angel and Cannibal Corpse are two of the biggest names in death metal. For thirty-plus years, the two defined …

Downfall Of Gaia Interview

The German atmospheric sludge/post black/crust band Downfall Of Gaia return with Ethic OF Radical Finitude, their fifth full-length. Vocalist/guitarist Dominik …

Beast In Black Interview

From Hell With Love is the second album from the Finnish heavy/power metal band Beast In Black, formed by guitarist …

The Three Tremors Interview

Tim “Ripper” Owens is one of the most sought after vocalists in heavy metal today, maybe ever! That’s what happens …

Within Temptation Interview

Within Temptation‘s latest album is Resist. At one point, it wasn’t clear if the band would continue, but they found …

Album Reviews

Rotting Christ – The Heretics Review

Rotting Christ are considered the fathers of Grecian black metal or at least the first band to break out playing …

Avantasia – Moonglow Review

For nearly two decades now, Edguy’s Tobias Sammet has been curating the all-star symphonic power metal project Avantasia. Every few …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of February 15, 2019

This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Backstabber, Blatant Disarray, Chainbreaker, Coltsblood, Crystal Lake, Diabolical, Endon, Euclidean, Hellnite, …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of February 8, 2019

This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Beast In Black, Blodskam, Critical Defiance, Downfall Of Gaia, Herman Frank, …

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of February 1, 2019

This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Astronoid, Der Rote Milan, Hedfuzy, Mastiff, Ossuarium, Pulchra Morte, Soen, Sonic …

The Progress Report: January 2019

Welcome to the January Progress Report. Overall in the metal world, the year is off to a rather slow start, …

Evergrey – The Atlantic Review

For more than twenty-five years, Sweden’s Evergrey have been the preeminent purveyors of morose progressive metal. Tom Englund and company …

Meet The Band

Meet The Band: Levinia

This week’s featured Meet The Band artist is the southern California symphonic metal band Levinia, who recently released the EP …

Meet The Band: Within The Fury

This week’s featured Meet The Band artist is the Canadian group Within The Fury. Vocalist Dennis Noonan, guitarist Alex Ferdinandi, …

Meet The Band: Master’s Call

This week’s featured Meet The Band artist is the British black/death metal group Master’s Call, who recently released their debut …

Meet The Band: Mo’ynoq

Our first Meet The Band of 2019 spotlights the North Carolina black metal group Mo’ynoq, who just released their full-length …

Meet The Band: I Am Pariah

This week we’re spotlighting the British trio I Am Pariah in Meet The Band. Their latest release is the EP …