Album Reviews

Nearly four years ago, South Wales’ own Calling Apollo was acquainted by an Internet music forum. All of its members had honed their chops in previous bands, greatly expediting the transition. Nonetheless, the Cardiff quintet charmed U.K. underground crowds with their progressive rock sound, as well as their equally prioritized …

  Olivia Hally and Pepita Emmerichs, better known in the music world as Oh Pep!, released their latest album Stadium Cake. It may not be a LP for everybody, but if you listen hard and search long enough there are some gems to be unearthed. “Wanting” sounds like a something …

Periphery return with a whirlwind of prog metal brilliance in Periphery III: Select Difficulty.

Sawtooth Brothers – One More Flight  URL: http://www.sawtoothbrothers.com/  The Birtzer and Moravec brothers, Clint and Luke alongside Ethan and Jesse, have hit upon an unique and winning formula with their debut release One More Flight. This is Americana music that truly embodies the term. While the brothers often employ traditional …

After two long years, Phoenix rockers Farewell, My Love are making an exhilarating return to the scene with the release of their second full-length album, Above It All. Releasing on July 22nd via CRCL Records, these 13 tracks make for a non-stop explosion of pure energy that is just as …

    Laura Roy is a Halifax, Nova Scotia based singe that pumps out juicy 90s inspired pop/ R and B tunes. Her self titled EP is out now and is poised to make Roy a household name. “Take Me Down” has an urban flavor to it right from the …

We Are Carnivores are set to unleash their quirky, math-punk style this Friday with their EP, Theodor’s a Don, Bro. Composed of four shorter tracks, the EP is self-recorded, self-produced, and self-released. It also represents a mishmosh of elements that accumulate into a brash, in-your-face attitude. Based in Nottingham, UK, …

  Cambridge Massachusetts band Blackout Balter have just released their EP entitled Twist and Bend and consists of six songs which shows promise as a group. “Heavy Hand” opens with a screechy guitar and lead singer Philip Cohen’s crisp voice cutting through like a knife singing “God only knows the …

Known best for their breakthrough hit “Through the Fire and the Flames”, and the same song’s addition to the video game Guitar Hero 3 as the game’s white-knuckle “final boss” track, UK’s DragonForce had, for a time, enjoyed riding upon the crest of a resurgence in the popularity of power …

With their latest album out this Friday, Blood Red Throne solidifies themselves as heavyweight champions of the Norwegian death metal scene. Founded in 1998 by Død (guitars) and Tchort—who both played with black metal band, Satyricon—Blood Red Throne have demonstrated their commitment to the genre across 18 years, eight albums, …

Cane Hill, a ferocious, unforgiving nu-metal group reigning from New Orleans, first emerged on the scene back in 2013. In a mere three years, the band has gone on tour with various musicians, such as Hollywood Undead and Bullet for My Valentine, as well as released a self-titled EP in …

  Leather Jackets. Fast cars. Women. Yes, Jeremy and the Harlequins are back with their second album Into the Night, out August 5th, to pick up where their last record left off and usher back in the bands slick style they are well known for. The LP opens with the …