Saxy S's Forum Replies
Here's my suggestions for the next playlist Andi:
Bleeding Through - Dead But So Alive (2025)
Shadow of Intent - Gravesinger (2019)
My submission for next month playlist Sonny:
In Vain - At the Going Down of the Sun (2024)
April 2025
1. Allegaeon – Driftwood (2025)
2. Apocalyptica – Aqua Genesis (2019)
3. Atypic – nanoSpace Disaster pt. 1 (2025)
4. Breaking Orbit – Orion (2012)
5. Chiasma – Reaches (2025)
6. Dessiderium – Pollen for the Bees – Pt. 2 (2025)
7. Disperse – Tomorrow (2017)
8. Fallujah – Levitation (2024)
9. Grace Hayhurst – The World is Dying (2025)
10. Into Eternity – Behind the Disguise (1999)
11. Meshuggah – Swarm (2012)
12. TesseracT – Of Reality – Palingenesis (2013)
13. Oppostie Earth – Visuals (1997)
14. Tiktaalika, Charlie Griffiths – Mesozoic Mantras (feat. Vladimir Lalic) (2025)
15. Vulkan – Bewildering Conception of Truth (2020)
16. Yakuza – Glory Hole (2006)
17. You Win Again Gravity – Heartwood (2025)
Here's my submission for the June playlist Vinny:
Skeletonwitch - Sacrifice for the Slaughtergod (2007)
April 2025
1. Ankor – Chop Suey! (2014)
2. Any Given Sin – Nearer Our God to Thee (2015)
3. Avenged Sevenfold – Afterlife (2007)
4. Black Orchid Empire – Deny the Sun (2023)
5. Bodyweb – bodyweb (2023)
6. Both Worlds – Hate Mantra (1998)
7. Doodseskader – I Ask With My Mouth, I’ll Take With My Fist (2024)
8. Essence – Untouchable (2015)
9. existtface – VANGUARD (2009)
10. Faith No More – Falling to Pieces (1989)
11. Floater – Mexican Bus (1998)
12. Inactive Messiah – Building Your God (2004)
13. Limp Bizkit – Shotgun (2011)
14. Metallica – Some Kind of Monster (2003)
15. Mucky Pup – Own Up for What You Say (1993)
16. Nothing More – Fade In/Fade Out (2017)
17. Slipknot – The Heretic Anthem (2001)
18. Stompbox – No Woods (1994)
19. TOOL – Jambi (2006)
20. TRUSTcompany – Close Your Eyes (‘til it’s over) (2011)
21. Utsu-P - 骸Attack!! (2009)
If you two don't mind, I can help with a couple of suggestions for the Fallen playlist. I'll only provide one suggestion for May, but if you have room for a couple of out-of-clan requests, let me know.
Anyways, here's my suggestion for the May playlist Sonny:
Deathwhite - Earthtomb (2022)
March 2025
1. Atheist – Air (1993)
2. Black Crown Initiate – Belle The Machine (2016)
3. Car Bomb – Gratitude (2016)
4. Fallujah – Sapphire (2024)
5. Haken – The Architect (feat. Einar Solberg) (2016)
6. Ihsahn – Celestial Violence (feat. Einar Solberg) (2016)
7. Intronaut – Fast Worms (2015)
8. John Petrucci – Gemini (2020)
9. Lowen – May Your Ghost Drink Pure Water (2024)
10. Moon Tooth – Crux (2019)
11. Nospun – The Effervescent Power (2025)
12. Novembre – Marea (2002)
13. OSI – shutDOWN (2003)
14. Pyramaze – Perfectly Imperfect (2015)
15. Threshold – Ground Control (2012)
16. Unexpect – Chromatic Chimera (2006)
17. Zierler – Water (2015)
March 2025
1. Ankor – Chop Suey! (2014)
2. Any Given Sin – Nearer Our God to Thee (2015)
3. Avenged Sevenfold – Afterlife (2007)
4. Black Orchid Empire – Deny the Sun (2023)
5. Bodyweb – bodyweb (2023)
6. Both Worlds – Hate Mantra (1998)
7. Doodseskader – I Ask With My Mouth, I’ll Take With My Fist (2024)
8. Essence – Untouchable (2015)
9. existtface – VANGUARD (2009)
10. Faith No More – Falling to Pieces (1989)
11. Floater – Mexican Bus (1998)
12. Inactive Messiah – Building Your God (2004)
13. Limp Bizkit – Shotgun (2011)
14. Metallica – Some Kind of Monster (2003)
15. Mucky Pup – Own Up for What You Say (1993)
16. Nothing More – Fade In/Fade Out (2017)
17. Slipknot – The Heretic Anthem (2001)
18. Stompbox – No Woods (1994)
19. TOOL – Jambi (2006)
20. TRUSTcompany – Close Your Eyes (‘til it’s over) (2011)
21. Utsu-P - 骸Attack!! (2009)
Sorry Sonny. I wasn't aware that you would accept only one suggestion per non clan member. I will keep that in mind for the future.
For the month of April, I would like to keep the Oubliette song.
Here are my nominations for April playlist Andi:
All That Remains - The Piper (2025)
August Burns Red - Your Little Suburbia is in Ruins (2005) or the 2025 remaster
Killswitch Engage - Forever Ahead (2025)
Here are my nominations for the April playlist Sonny.
Gaerea – Unknown (2024)
Selbst – Chant of Self Confrontation (2024)
Oubliette – Desolate Path (2024)
Saor – Glen of Sorrow (2025)
Unreqvited – Void Essence/Frozen Tears (2025)
I cannot say that I am at all surprised by the entitlement of these kinds of people on the internet.
Music is completely subjective and value can be found in anything. Some people are born with a knack for songwriting, some people are born with hateful views towards their fellow man. These two are not mutually exclusive.
Ben clearly falls into a large category of people who like Filosofem for it's songwriting, atmosphere among other things and that is okay! And Ben has also mentioned in his review that Varg is a reprehensible human being and that his admiration for the album has nothing to do with the writer's hateful opinions. But in the eyes of some, you have to pick one; you cannot speak out of both sides of your mouth lest you be labeled just at hateful as the artist in question.
I can see that Ben won't let this delusional take get to him and will continue to listen to albums like Filosofem despite the controversy. And it's honestly the right course of action to take. Good music is good music no matter who is making it; art and artist can be separated, but that sentiment is becoming less frequent by the day it seems.
P.S. these are the same people that hate on social media like Meta (Facebook) and X (Twitter) and their directors, while continuing to scroll and post on the platform every single day.
February 2025
1. Angra – The Bottom of My Soul (2018)
2. Chaos Divine – Hazard (2024)
3. Dessiderium – Dover Hendrix (2025)
4. Earthside – Mob Mentality (2015)
5. The Enigma Division – Echoes in the Deep (2023)
6. Haken – A Cell Divides (2018)
7. Imperial Triumphant – Lexington Delirium (feat. Tomas Haake) (2025)
8. Jinjer – Green Serpent (2024)
9. Joviac – Shine (2024)
10. Monolithe – Unveiling the Illusion (2024)
11. Nevermore – No More Will (1999)
12. Protest the Hero – Soliloquy (2020) (6)
13. Scale the Summit – Goddess Gate (2017)
14. Sepultura – The Pentagram (2020)
15. SikTh – Weaves of Woe (2017)
16. Soen – Jinn (2017)
17. Sometime in February – Palantir (2025)
18. Tiktaalika (Charlie Griffiths) – Gods of Pangaea (feat. Daniel de Jongh) (2025)
19. Vertex – The Purest Light (2025)
20. Wilderun – Passenger (2022)
February 2025
1. Amen – Coma America (1999)
2. Banks Arcade – Ambition (2018)
3. Bring Me The Horizon – YOUtopia (2024)
4. Clockhammer – Bridges Burn (1991)
5. Deftones – One Week (1995)
6. Deliverance – River Disturbance (2018)
7. The Devil Wears Prada – Chemical (2019)
8. Falling in Reverse – Zombified (2024)
9. Gemini Syndrome – Remember We Die (2016)
10. Greg Puciato – Absence as a
11. The God Machine – The Blind Man (1992)
12. Ill Nino, Chino Moreno – Zombie Eaters (2006)
13. Lacuna Coil – In The Mean Time (feat. Ash Costello) (2024)
14. Living Colour – Method (2009)
15. MUCC - 路地裏 僕と君へ (Rojiura boku to kimi e) (2004)
16. Nik Nocturnal, Archie Wilson – Undisturbed (2024)
17. Papercut – Somber Literature (2023)
18. The Plot in You – Left Behind (2024)
19. Seven Hours After Violet – Go! (2024)
20. Thousand Foot Krutch – Small Town (2000)
21. Utsu-P – Potato-Head in Wonderland (2015)
22. Viza – Things Are Awkward (2011)
Here's my nomination for the month Sonny:
Upon Stone - To Seek and Follow the Call of Lions (2024)
Upon Stone - Dead Mother Moon
If you want to hear some melodic death metal nostalgia then I highly suggest checking out the debut album from L.A.'s Upon Stone. It really sounds like a record that takes Scandinavian death metal and doesn't bog it down with tired melodic metalcore trends. It is flawed, but does have its moments from time to time.
3/5
Jinjer - Duél
On the same day that Dream Theater release their newest album, Ukranian's Jinjer return with their fifth studio album Duél. I have no idea what to expect from this since...well a lot has happened in the bands home and native land since 2021's Wallflowers.
Download/stream the album here:
https://jinjer-jinjer.bandcamp.com/album/du-l
Okay so full disclosure, I am not the target audience for albums like this. Violence Inherent in the System is a technical death metal album that borrows heavily from the classic 1990s sounds of Cryptopsy and Dying Fetus, while I prefer the more progressive side of the sound; think The Sound of Perseverance Death or Edge of Sanity. That said, Noxis have bred a sound here that is unique to them; it does not sound like a formless imitation of those bands and instead brings them into the modern age. That modern age being some Imperial Triumphant-esque avant-garde tendencies/techniques that threw me off guard in the nicest way possible. This is a solid debut release and I sure look forward to hear if they can grow this sound through the second half of the decade and beyond.
4/5
I've been keeping track of all of my albums that I review for a number of years now as well. Annually I will make a new file to compile all the albums I review during a year and place them in order based on my personal enjoyment. It has always been for ease of access sake; I do not have the time to relentlessly revisit older records throughout the year when I'm always being bombarded with new material. That way, when the end of the year comes, I simply place those records in the top positions on my year end list. It also leaves time for slight adjustments based on the albums I did return to the most.
If you plan on doing anything greater than a specific qualification (i.e. best of decade, greatest *insert genre here* albums), I suggest keeping multiple in documents in case one gets corrupted.
Here's my nomination for March Vinny:
Megadeth - Lucretia (1990)
Here are my suggestions for March:
Imminence - Proclaim (2024)
Make Them Suffer - No Hard Feelings (2024)
January 2025
1. Alesti, Loveless – Voices (2021)
2. Apocalyptica, Cristina Scabbia – S.O.S. (Anything but Love) (2007)
3. Bad Omens – Blood (2019)
4. Blind Channel – Dark Side (2022)
5. Bring Me The Horizon, Babymetal – Kingslayer (2020)
6. Clawfinger – Biggest & the Best (1997)
7. Coldrain – Blood Power Fam (2022)
8. Deliverance – Belltown (2018)
9. Dir En Grey – THE FINAL (2013)
10. End Of Green – The Door (2017)
11. Exilia – Satellite (2012)
12. Faith No More – A Small Victory (1992)
13. Godsmack – Bulletproof (2018)
14. Linkin Park – Two Faced (2024)
15. Mass Hysteria – World On Fire (2009)
16. Nothing More, Sinizter – STUCK (2024)
17. Nuclear Rabbit – Chernobyl Hamster (1997)
18. Quicksand – Fazer (1993)
19. Starset – Dystopia (2024)
20. Unjust – Come Feel Me (2001)
21. Waltari – Below Zero (2009)
January 2025
1. Alchemist – Jar of Kingdom (2006)
2. Almah – Beyond Tomorrow (2008)
3. Artificial Language – Trauma (2024)
4. Atheist – Unquestionable Presence (1991)
5. Conjurer, Pijn – Sunday (2019)
6. Death – Spirit Crusher (1998)
7. Devin Townsend – Tiny Tears (2001)
8. Dvne – Summa Blasphemia (2024)
9. Extol – The Things I Found (2005)
10. Fallujah – Chemical Cave (2024)
11. Gojira – Mea Culpa (2024)
12. Hypno5e – Los Heraldos Negros (2018)
13. ISIS – Weight (2002)
14. Leprous – Rewind (2015)
15. Novembre – Come Pierrot (2001)
16. Nuclear Power Trio – Vamos, Brandito! (2023)
17. Orse – Affogato (2024)
18. Rendezvous Point – Apollo (2019)
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
A fairly underground thrash metal band from the 1990s that didn't get a lot of recognition back in the day and it sure is timely wouldn't you say? This record has everything you would expect out of a 1990s thrash clone band; a complete disregard for melody, a hodgepodge of hit-or-miss riffs, and a seemingly endless assault of guitar solo wanking. At least the album is produced well and that bass REALLY does some heavy lifting to make these tunes sound huge.
Wait, this is guy who got kicked out of Metallica? No wonder.
3/5
Gaerea - Coma
Polish black metal (dubious) band Gaerea gave me a lot to think about when it came to what this album should be categorized as. It's a far cry from anything related to the original source material, but it does have some open ended tremolo guitar and pummeling blast beats. At times it did remind me of some of the atmospheric black metal records from bands like Summoning and Saor. But the lower guttural vocals and post-metal interludes leave this feeling more like progressive death metal.
Not that this is a bad thing. The record sounds gorgeous and leaves me feeling uplifted when I hear it. However, it runs out of ideas pretty quickly and can be a slog to finish. But this style of death/black metal crossover project is rare as far as I can tell, so I'm willing to overlook it due to a lack of saturation.
3.5/5
Deathwhite - Grey Everlasting
Pittsburgh doom/gothic metallers Deathwhite 2022 album seems like a little change of pace from the bands previous two albums. It's taken the Katatonia vibes of the first two albums and slowed it down to sound more like traditional doom metal. Alas, I was never the biggest fan of Katatonia's doom metal sound so I found the record to be rather simplistic and tedious. Perhaps some other well versed Fallen members will enjoy this more.
3/5
The Black Dahlia Murder - Servitude
The Black Dahlia Murder are the melo-death band that got popular with metalcore scene kids during the 2000s with appearances on main stages of Mayhem Festival alongside Job For a Cowboy and Whitechapel. The bands 2010s material is not earth shattering, but it is consistent; solid melodic songwriting, tight production and grooves, and minimal self indulgence. This is the first album by the band since the passing of their previous frontman, Trevor Strnad, and it feels like nothing has changed for the band. Some might view this as stagnation, which I can agree with to an extent, but when the songwriting is as good as it is here, you can almost overlook it for a moment.
3.5/5
Only one Revolution album received 4 star honors from me this year, and that was Allt's From the New World. I did like records from Ingested, Better Lovers and Weston Super Maim though.
Imminence's The Black was okay, but lacking songwriting from Heaven in Hiding. I hear that The Reclamation of I is better so I'll be giving that a listen very soon.
Likely AOTY winner You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To plays a style of beatdown metalcore that I am not a fan of and spent much of the year as the old man yelling at clouds as Knocked Loose were headlining festivals, performing on late night TV and getting promoted on every metal forum I frequent. Perhaps it is a style that I will never truly appreciate, but one more person listening to Knocked Loose is one less person listening to Five Finger Death Punch, so it can't be all bad right?
My three favourite thrash albums of 2024 were all hybrid records with the Horde: Dissimulator, Sovereign, and Hemotoxin. Everything else was painfully average or forgettable, with Critical Defiance being a massive letdown after No Life Forms.
Besides Xephyr's featured albums of 2024, my North visits were not very long. I liked almost all of the records mentioned above, with Æthĕrĭa Conscĭentĭa being my favourite.
Thy Catafalque's A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek is a wonderful release although it is categorized as folk metal and much lacking in anything dark. The only other record worth consideration is Saidan's Visual Kill. Their style of black metal is very melodic, uplifting and very inspired by Deafheaven so I advise caution to the more traditional black metal fans.
2024 was not a superb year for my Gateway clan. Many of the years most popular albums fell nicely into the alternative metalcore sound which continues to grow remarkably stale. Even my beloved Poppy has given up on her synthpop roots of the late 2010s in favor of more mainstream metalcore tones. Her best showing of the year was actually on the Knocked Loose album if I'm being honest.
I hated Falling in Reverse's new album.
Other recommendations from the year would likely be Reliqa's Secrets of the Future and Vended's self titled debut.
Cannot say that I disagree with any of the albums included here Daniel.
Full of Hell's Coagulated Bliss was the type of grindcore album that moved me with its density and heavy songwriting focus; one of the best grindcore albums in years.
Black Dahlia Murder released a solid melodic death comeback following the tragic passing of their former vocalist.
While early technical death albums by Apogean (Cyberstrictive) and Hideous Divinity (Unextinct) stayed surprisingly active in my playlists all year.
The Infinite was saved in the eleventh hour from having a very underwhelming 2024 with the newest albums from Thy Catafalque (A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek) and Klone (The Unseen).
Otherwise, Anciients' Beyond the Reach of the Sun and Dvne's Voidkind were great releases by "newer" groups, while old guard like Ihsahn and Caligula's Horse returned with solid returns-to-form as well.
I know I'm likely not the most cultured when it comes to Fallen album releases in 2024, but The Flight of Sleipnir album alluded to by Sonny was a solid release.
My year end catchup also introduced me to fantastic releases by Grey Skies Fallen (Molded by Broken Hands) and Counting Hours (The Wishing Tomb).
And of course, I would be remised to not include the stunning Pallbearer album, Mind Burns Alive.
I can say with the utmost confidence that my appreciation for alternative styles of metal have grown a lot since joining the Metal Academy. Reading back on my earliest extreme metal album reviews, I realize just how sheltered I was; I was unable to appreciate those styles of music due to 1. my age (lol) and 2. the sheer amount of content that was readily available. Spending most of my time with progressive metal, all of this in hindsight must sound like I'm not really appreciating my own genre specialty, but now that I can listen to black/death metal and "core" genres with a new perspective, the quality of those genres opens itself up. Bands like Spectral Wound and Ulcerate, whom I never would have dreamed of listening to "for fun" five years ago, are now regular listening when I want to hear some pummeling metal.
One thing that I would like to change in 2025 is to revisit the dreaded thrash metal. I know I've been delaying this return long enough, especially since 2024's output of Pit releases that I heard (which was very limited) wasn't very strong. But now with a foundation that has been set in place, I know where do start looking. From South America, to the blackened thrash variety, these were styles found through Metal Academy and I couldn't be more thankful.
December 2024
1. 40 Below Summer – 5 Of A Kind (2006)
2. Alesti, Anxxiety – Dissipate (2021)
3. Bad Omens – Dethrone (2019)
4. Breaking Benjamin – Awaken (2024)
5. Cosmosquad – Lubitorium (2007)
6. Electric Love Hogs – Just Another Day (1992)
7. Galactic Cowboys – Tilt-A-Whirl (1997)
8. Godsmack – 1000hp (2014)
9. Junius – A Mass for Metaphysicians (2017)
10. Kittie – Safe (KMFDM Remix) (2002)
11. Lansdowne – Conquer Them All (2023)
12. Linkin Park – Heavy Is the Crown (2024)
13. Moron Police – Who’s That Chicken? (2012)
14. Nothing More, David Draiman – Angel Song (2024)
15. Primus – Welcome To This World (1993)
16. Soil – Halo (2001)
17. Soundgarden – Smokestack Lightning (2017)
18. Starset – Brave New World (2024)
19. Tourniquet – Spineless (1991)
20. Trash Boat – Be Someone (2024)
21. Void of Vision – Gamma Knife (2024)
Well 2024 is almost in the rearview and it's about that time that we enter into the new year ass first and look to see what stood out among the rest in metal music in the previous year. As a outsider to the Fallen clan, it is both baffling and disappointing that I have become so detached from the music that is being shared with everyone else's year end lists.
1. Pallbearer - Mind Burns Alive
2. Civerous - Maze Envy
3. Big Brave - A Chaos of Flowers
4. High on Fire - Cometh the Storm
5. Crypt Sermon - The Stygian Rose
6. Thou - Umbilical
7. Officuim Triste - Hortus venenum
Now do keep in mind that of the Fallen style music that I frequent, sludge and death doom metal are my go to's instead of the traditional doom metal style. That said, the number of people sleeping on Pallbearer in 2024 is surprising. After I started working full time again in September, I've run low on time to visit clans outside of my own, but my DM's are always open for recommendations.
Well 2024 is almost in the rearview and it's about that time that we enter into the new year ass first and look to see what stood out among the rest in metal music in the previous year. As a distinguished member of the Infinite clan, putting this list together is always the most challenging. It's the one with the most reviews of any clan during the year, but with so many crossover's the ones that truly belong in the Infinite list might be surprising. If there are any albums that seem like obvious omissions, check those albums other clan leaning and you'll likely find that album there. As for the Infinite exclusively:
1. Klone - The Unseen
2. Thy Catafalque - XII: A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek
3. Anciients - Beyond the Reach of the Sun
4. Ihsahn - Ihsahn
5. Dvne - Voidkind
6. Calligula's Horse - Charcoal Grace
7.. Opeth - The Last Will and Testament
8. Locrian - End Terrain
9. Intervals - Memory Palace
10. Wheel - Charismatic Leaders
The last month of the year has been insane with Opeth, Thy Catafalque and Klone bullying their way to the top of the chart. There wasn't that much bad progressive metal that I heard in 2024, but a bunch of it turned forgettable in one way or another. With lackluster returns by Oceans of Slumber and Alcest, a new crop can spring forth into the top ten. I really need to listen to that Cave Sermon album don't I Xephyr?
Well 2024 is almost in the rearview and it's about that time that we enter into the new year ass first and look to see what stood out among the rest in metal music in the previous year. As a distinguished member of the Gateway clan, it might come as a surprise that it is also one of my most frustrating listens on a yearly basis. But whose to say we cannot rustle some feathers? So here's my list:
1. Reliqa - Secrets of the Future
2. Poppy - Negative Spaces
3. Devin Townsend - PowerNerd
4. Northlane - Mirror's Edge
5. Slope - Freak Dreams
6. Pain - I Am
7. Graphic Nature - Who Are You When No One Is Watching?
8. Blanket - Ceremonia
9. Imminence - The Black
10. Vended - Vended
Just a top 10 obviously because there were quite a few records that don't deserve mention in this conversation. Alternative metalcore dominates this list once again, but bands like Reliqa, Vended and Graphic Nature are bringing nu metal back.
November 2024
1. Abrahma – Omens Pt. 1 (2015)
2. Alice In Chains – Angry Chair (1992)
3. All That Remains – No Tomorrow (2024)
4. Anthrax – Only (1993)
5. Bad Brains – The Prophet’s Eye (1989)
6. Boy Hits Car – Ourglass (As Time Slips Away) (2015)
7. Daughtry – Separate Ways (World Apart) (2023)
8. Disturbed – Torn (2008)
9. Extreme – He-Man Woman Hater (1990)
10. Guano Apes – Pretty in Scarlet (2003)
11. Helmet – Milquetoast (1994)
12. Mushroomhead – Shame In A Basket (2024)
13. The Plot In You – Don’t Look Away (2024)
14. Powerman 5000 – Organizized (1994)
15. Staind – Here And Now (2023)
16. Starlight Line Stitch – Tear Down The Sky (2011)
17. Thousand Foot Krutch – When In Doubt (2000)
18. The Union Underground – South Texas Deathride (2000)
19. Within Temptation – Bleed Out (2023)
VOLA - Friend of a Phantom
Didn't know which clan to put this in, so I put it in both! Progressive/alternative Danish band VOLA are back with their fourth studio album through Mascot Records.
Stream or download the album here:
https://volaband.bandcamp.com/album/friend-of-a-phantom
VOLA - Friend of a Phantom
Didn't know which clan to put this in, so I put it in both! Progressive/alternative Danish band VOLA are back with their fourth studio album through Mascot Records.
Stream or download the album here:
https://volaband.bandcamp.com/album/friend-of-a-phantom
There really isn't THAT much more music than in a pre-streaming world. The major difference is the endless number ways for people to publish their music.
Gone are the days where you had to be on a major record label (Universal, Warner, EMI, etc.) in order for your music to be heard on a inter/national scale. Now you can just upload a video to YouTube and before you know it, you'll be famous for fifteen minutes. Unlike Vinny, I still keep up to date with modern releases, but on a vastly smaller scale than I did five years ago. Listening to new music for its own sake just to find out it isn't very good did a huge number on my mental health and I wondered if I should retire from music reviewing.
For me, keeping up with the times is essential to know what the kids find "hip," even if I don't like it, and then try assisting them towards similar sounding music from the present or past that they may have never heard before. And as a musician myself, having a finger on the trigger ensures that I have steady work.
October 2024
1. A((wake)) – Iron Mold (2011)
2. Alchemist – Worlds Within Worlds (1993)
3. Gloios – TELE II (2022)
4. Gris – Igneus (2013)
5. In the Silence – What Have I? (2024)
6. Meshuggah – Rational Gaze (2002)
7. Nevermore – The Termination Proclamation (2010)
8. Night Verses – Glitching Prism (2024)
9. Outworld – War Cry (2013)
10. Pregnant Whale Pain – Blank Long Nights Kill Romance Vengefully (2017)
11. Richard Henshall – Black Rain (2024)
12. Sadist – Sadist (1993)
13. Scale the Summit – Atlas Novus (2013)
14. Scar Symmetry – Xenotaph (2023)
15. TesseracT – Juno (2018)
16. Thy Catafalque – Mindenevo (2024)
17. Triton Project – The Key (2024)
18. Ubiquity – In a Blink (2024)
19. VOLA – Cannibal (2024)
October 2024
1. 24-7 Spyz – Tick, Tick, Tick (1991)
2. 40 Below Summer – Rain (2003)
3. Alesti, The World Alive – Disconnected (2021)
4. Blanket – Kaleidoscope (2024)
5. Drowning Pool – Snake Chamber (2016)
6. Ektomorf – Romungro (2000)
7. Falling In Reverse – Watch the World Burn (2024)
8. From Zero – My So Called Life (2003)
9. Future Palace – Ghost Chapter (2020)
10. Ice Nine Kills – Hunting Season (2022)
11. Last Crack – Squeeze It (2002)
12. Linkin Park – Runaway (2000)
13. Living Colour – Wall (1993)
14. Mushroomhead – We Don’t Care (2024)
15. Of Mice & Men – Pain (2016)
16. Primer 55 – Loose (2000)
17. Rvshvd, All That Remains – Proof (2024)
18. System of a Down – B.Y.O.B. (2005)
19. Unjust – Way Out (2004)
20. Viza – Viktor’s Sister (2011)
21. WARGASM (UK) – Salma Hayek (2022)
Mother of Millions - Magna Mater
The Greek alternative/progressive metal band Mother of Millions released their fourth studio album this past Friday.
