Featured February 2021 Best Heavy Metal Albums February may be the shortest month of the year, but in 2021 there was no shortage of quality …
Featured Heavy Metal Album Release Calendar Here’s a rundown of heavy metal and hard rock album release …
Anneke van Giersbergen Interview The latest album from Anneke van Giersbergen is the solo acoustic effort The Darkest Skies Are The Brightest. I spoke …
Epica Interview Omega is the latest full-length from Epica. It’s the final album in a trilogy covering metaphysical topics. I spoke with …
Crystal Viper Interview The latest album from the Polish heavy/power metal band Crystal Viper is the Lovecraft-inspired The Cult. Frontwoman Marta Gabriel fills …
Korpiklaani Interview The long-running Finnish folk metal band Korpiklaani are releasing their latest album Jylhä. Vocalist Jonne Järvelä fills us in on …
Soen Interview The Swedish progressive band Soen are back with their latest album Imperial. I caught up with the band’s founder, drummer …
February 2021 Best Heavy Metal Albums February may be the shortest month of the year, but in 2021 there was no shortage of quality metal albums. …
January 2021 Best Heavy Metal Albums 2021 is off to a strong start, with a usually fairly sparse month packed with quality releases. Here are our …
2020 Best Heavy Metal Albums 2020 was an unprecedented year, and as it always has, music provided escape, comfort, catharsis and hope in an uncertain …
2020 Best Live Heavy Metal Albums Every year there are a ton of live albums and DVDs released. In 2020 they meant a little more, since …
2020 Best Progressive Metal/Rock Albums Welcome to our fifth annual Top Progressive Albums list, where we highlight the best of the year. As with years …
Epica – Omega Review After a five year gap between studio albums, the Dutch symphonic metal band Epica return with Omega. It’s the final …
Heavy Music HQ Album Reviews: Week of February 26, 2021 This week’s Heavy Music Headquarters album reviews includes releases from Amon Acid, Blitzkrieg, Culted, Einherjer, Empyrium, Melvins, Moonspell, Ominous Ruin, …
Evergrey – Escape Of The Phoenix Review Dark prog masters Evergrey return with Escape Of The Phoenix, their twelfth album and first since their conceptual trilogy of …
The Progress Report: February 2021 Welcome to the February Progress Report. Progressive music got off to an average start in January, but this month things …
Within The Abyss: February 2021 Welcome (to Hell) to another installment of my monthly black metal column, Within The Abyss. Each month I review a …
Heavy Music HQ Album Reviews: Week of February 19, 2021 This week’s Heavy Music Headquarters reviews include releases from The Amenta, Buried, Crystallion, Harakiri For The Sky, In Tormentata Quiete, …
Heavy Music HQ Album Reviews: Week of February 12, 2021 This week’s Heavy Music Headquarters album reviews include releases from Ablaze My Sorrow, Abythic, Ad Nauseum, Arc Of Life, Crystal …
Meet The Band: Hearts & Hand Grenades In our first Meet The Band spotlight of 2021 are Buffalo, New York hard rockers Hearts & Hand Grenades. After …
Meet The Band: Bondbreakr In the Meet The Band spotlight this week is the Austin, Texas group Bondbreakr. They just released their self-titled debut …
Meet The Band: American Dream Machine This week we shine the Meet The Band spotlight on Virginia rockers American Dream Machine, whose debut album is Deadhearts. …
Meet The Band – Smackbound In the Meet The Band spotlight this week is the Finnish group Smackbound, who just released their debut album 20/20. …
Meet The Band: Obscene We’re shining the Meet The Band spotlight on the Indiana death metal group Obscene. After an EP in 2017, they …