Category: reviews
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Archetypes Collide Ignite a Fire w/ Genre-Defying Self-Titled Release via Fearless Records – Out March 31st

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor r.m.music84@gmail.com Arizona upstarts, Archetypes Collide, is set to release their killer, aptly-named debut self-titled full length “Archetypes Collide” on March 31st via Fearless Records! If this incredible band isn’t already on your radar, be sure to give a listen! Influenced by many types of music, this…
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Power/Symphonic Metal Giants Kamelot Are Set to Release “The Awakening” – Their Most Ambitious Album to Date

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor r.m.music84@gmail.com Kamelot, one of the most eminent and distinguished names in modern symphonic metal are set to release their 13th studio album “The Awakening”, and you aren’t going to want to miss this album! Successfully blending elements of symphonic metal, melodic metal and power metal, this…
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Visions of Atlantis Set Sail on Their First North American Headline Tour – Lay Anchor in Clifton, NJ at the Famous Dingbatz

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor r.m.music84@gmail.com Symphonic metal’s Visions of Atlantis finally had a chance to set sail on their very first North American headlining tour, and they laid anchor along the way in Clifton, NJ at the famous Dingbatz! Thursday, February 23rd saw VOA’s headline tour stop at the famous…
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Periphery Set to Release Periphery V: Djent is Not a Genre – An Album That Almost Broke Them

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor r.m.music84@gmail.com (ALBUM REVIEW WRITTEN 3.8.23) Progressive metal giants Periphery are set to drop “Periphery V: Djent is Not a Genre”, and this album blew away any and all expectations I had coming into this release – and with good reason! The creation of this album was…
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Insomnium’s “Anno 1696” Sees Witch Hunts & Bloodlust Inspire Their Darkest & Heaviest Release to Date

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor r.m.music84@gmail.com 📸 – Terhi Ylimäinen Insomnium, Finland’s melodic death metal melancholists, have once again opened the gate into a world of incredible darkness and despair. With their upcoming release “Anno 1696”, Insomnium expertly weaves a tale of the incredibly dark history in Northern Europe, where the blood-shedding,…
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Delain’s “Dark Waters” Sees the Band Rise From the Ashes – Releasing February 10th via Napalm Records

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor r.m.music84@gmail.com 📸 – Andrea Falaschi In February of 2021, fans of Delain got a huge shock when they found out the band would be dissolving, and that Delain would be continuing as a solo project by founder, keyboardist and main song writer Martijn Westerholt. Surrounded by…