Category: reviews
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Omnium Gatherum’s ‘May the Bridges We Burn Light the Way’ Turns Every Scar Into a Source of Light
Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com Nearly three decades in, Omnium Gatherum aren’t just burning bridges, they’re lighting the entire skyline. On their tenth studio album, May the Bridges We Burn Light the Way, Finland’s melodic death metal stalwarts channel every ghost, triumph, and scar that’s defined their journey…
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Defecto Turn Pain Into Power on ‘Echoes of Isolation’
Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail There’s a storm brewing in Copenhagen and its name is Defecto. For over a decade, this band has been quietly shaping the future of modern metal, blending cinematic scope with razor-edged precision. But Echoes of Isolation isn’t just another chapter, it’s a detonation.…
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Sapient Scar’s ‘Pay Forever’ Reminds Us That Pain Can Become Power
Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com There’s a special kind of ache that only great rock ballads can summon. It’s the kind that doesn’t just sting; it lingers. Sapient Scar’s new single, Pay Forever, which is out Friday, October 24th, delivers exactly that. Where their debut, Weak Is the…
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Sabaton’s ‘Legends’ Might Be Their Most Cinematic Album Yet
Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com Sabaton’s Legends arrives as their first full-length album with Better Noise Music, marking not just a new chapter in their career but a deliberate step into a larger, more cinematic soundscape. This partnership signals ambition: new label, new resources, new reach, but Sabaton…
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Battle Beast Ignite a Glorious New Dawn Through ‘Steelbound’
Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com When Battle Beast come charging, the ground shakes. You don’t listen to a Battle Beast record, you feel it in your bones — in the pulse of your heart, in the metallic roar of something too triumphant to stay caged. With their seventh…
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Thrice’s Horizons/West Smolders With Contrast and Clarity
Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com Thrice have always been a band in motion. Since emerging from the late ’90s Orange County post-hardcore scene, they’ve spent more than two decades refusing to be pinned down, shifting from hardcore grit to progressive experimentation to atmospheric rock. In 2021, Horizons/East marked…
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