Lists

February 2019 Best Heavy Metal Albums

After a weak beginning to 2019, things improved considerably in February with numerous excellent albums released. Here are our choices …

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 …

Interviews

Backyard Babies Interview

Swedish hard rock veterans Backyard Babies are releasing their latest album Sliver & Gold. We caught up with guitarist Dregen, …

Children Of Bodom Interview

Children of Bodom have now reached a milestone in their discography. Hexed shows the Finnish metal band extraordinaire reach the …

Avantasia Interview

Tobias Sammet’s all-star collective Avantasia recently released their latest album Moonglow, whose guest musicians include Geoff Tate (ex-Queensryche), Hansi Kursch …

Ewigkeit Interview

Ewigkeit is the long-running experimental solo project of James Fogarty (In The Woods…, Jaldaboath, Old Forest), aka Mr. Fog. Fogarty …

Malevolent Creation Interview

There has been a lot of upheaval in Malevolent Creation since their last album, 2015’s Dead Man’s Path. Vocalist Bret …

Album Reviews

Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of March 22, 2019

This week’s Heavy Music HQ album reviews include releases from Aoratos, Battle Beast, Bloodbound, Burning Rain, Cellar Darling, The End …

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

This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Athanasia, Backyard Babies, Beorn’s Hall, Black Therapy, The Dose, Enisum, Enter …

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

This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Ataraxie, Bergraven, Buckcherry, Children Of Bodom, Holding Absence, Indestructible Noise Command, …

Misery Index – Rituals Of Power Review

Longstanding Maryland death/grind unit Misery Index have ended their five year drought of new material with Rituals of Power. The …

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

This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Bellrope, Black Anvil, Death Is Death, Demon Hunter, Der Weg Einer …

Malevolent Creation – The 13th Beast Review

One of the architects of Florida death metal, Malevolent Creation issue their 13th full-length recording, appropriately titled The 13th Beast. …

The Progress Report: February 2019

Welcome to the February Progress Report. After a slow start to the year, things are slowly winding up. This month …

Meet The Band

Meet The Band: Vircolac

The Irish death metal band Vircolac are in the Meet The Band spotlight this week. They just released their full-length …

Meet The Band: Savage After Midnight

In the spotlight for this week’s Meet The Band are Memphis rockers Savage After Midnight. Their debut EP is 11:59. …

Meet The Band: Sanhedrin

This week’s featured Meet The Band artist is the New York group Sanhedrin, who just released their second full-length The …

Meet The Band: Avail The Lost

This week we’re shining the Meet The Band spotlight on the Atlanta band Avail The Lost, whose debut EP is …

Meet The Band: Oculum Dei

This week’s featured Meet The Band artist is the North Carolina black metal group Oculum Dei. Their debut album is …