Voivod – The Wake Review
It has been a long and storied career for Canada’s most unique metal band. In recent years, Voivod have overcome …
Album Reviews Archive
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of September 14, 2018
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Abhorrence, Bosse-de-Nage, Brant Bjork, Conan, Deicide, Dream Child, Ethernity, Grave Digger, …
Clutch – Book Of Bad Decisions Review
It doesn’t seem like any time at all has passed since Clutch’s last album, Psychic Warfare, even though that record …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of September 7, 2018
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Allfather, Alter Bridge, Arabrot, Cauldron, Downpour, Infera Bruo, Korpiklaani, Krisiun, Metal …
Pig Destroyer – Head Cage Review
Mid-Atlantic mavens of grind Pig Destroyer return for the first time in six years with the highly anticipated Head Cage, …
The Pineapple Thief – Dissolution Review
The “Top 25 Most Played” playlist in my iTunes library has The Pineapple Thief’s 2010 song “Preparation for Meltdown,” from …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of August 31, 2018
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Alice Cooper, Beyond The Black, Cast The Stone, Circles, Descent, Helion …
The Progress Report: August 2018
Welcome to the August Progress Report. As summer draws to an end we hit a bit of a lull in …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of August 24, 2018
This week’s reviews include releases from Ancestors, Chuggernaut, Etherius, Imperialist, Leeched, Lords Of The Trident, Manes, Mob Rules, Nonpoint, Nothing, …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of August 17, 2018
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Carnation, Cemetery Urn, Demise, Doro, Exocrine, Moonspell, Parasite Inc., Pink Mass, …
Black Tusk – T.C.B.T. Review
Savannah, Georgia was a sludgy pool of primordial ooze in the early oughts; home to bands like Kylesa and Baroness. …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of August 10, 2018
This week’s Heavy Music HQ album reviews include Airrace, Enuff Z’Nuff, Imperial Domain, Lurk, Mad Max, Massive Wagons, Nachash, Primal …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of August 3, 2018
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include releases from Abhorrent Deformity, Blight House, Cancer, Earth Groans, Integrity, Into Eternity, Krieg, …
The Progress Report: July 2018
Welcome to the July Progress Report. We are in the dog days of summer here, and aside from June, July …
Otep – Kult 45 Review
Kult 45 is Otep’s best album since, well, since forever. Raw, passionate, and less subtle than a planet-ending asteroid strike, …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of July 27, 2018
This week’s reviews include releases from Atavisma, Axis Of Despair, Black Space Riders, Chris Caffery, Dee Snider, Derdian, Draghkar, Drawn …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of July 20, 2018
This week’s Heavy Music HQ album reviews include releases from The Agony Scene, Black Elephant, Blacklab, Cemetery Lust, Cryonic Temple, …
Skeletonwitch – Devouring Radiant Light Review
Skeleltonwitch have had a few lineup changes over their 15-year career, but none shook the band’s fan base more …
Deafheaven – Ordinary Corrupt Human Love Review
Deafheaven’s Ordinary Corrupt Human Love is no ordinary corrupt human rehash of that dim swamp of today’s black metal. …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of July 13, 2018
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include Axegrinder, Birds In Row, Bury Tomorrow, Firtan, Gioeli-Castronovo, Imperial Triumphant, Iron Hunter, Malsanctum, …
Between The Buried And Me – Automata II Review
Between the Buried and Me’s Automata I had the distinction of both fitting into the idea of being the first …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of July 6, 2018
This week’s Heavy Music Headquarters reviews include Atrocity, Burial Invocation, Converge, Devin Townsend Project, Great Electric Quest, Guns N’ Roses, …
Immortal – Northern Chaos Gods Review
The departure of Abbath from Immortal nearly marked the end of the band; I wouldn’t blame them as he was …
The Progress Report: June 2018
Welcome to the June Progress Report. Big-name releases slow down as summer approaches, so this month we have augmented our …
Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of June 29, 2018
This week’s Heavy Music HQ reviews include Abscess, Bruce Dickinson, Bullet For My Valentine, Code Red Riot, Fates Warning, Naberus, …