Album Review: Metallica – Hardwired…To Self Destruct
Metallica are back! With eight years since Death Magnetic, the kings of heavy metal have released their tenth studio album, called Hardwired..To Self Destruct. The standard release of Hardwired..To Self Destruct is twelve songs strong, with the classic lineup of James Hetfield on vocals, Kirk Hammett on guitar and backing vocals, Robert Trujillo on bass […]
Album Review: Of Mice & Men – Cold World
Of Mice & Men unleashed their much anticipated fourth album ‘Cold World’ this September and with this explored yet again different approaches and sub-genres. Of Mice & Men started out as a pure metalcore band but with Aaron Pauley’s arrival and clean vocalist Shayley Bourget’s departure, the band switched lanes into a more nu-metal approach. […]
Album Review: Emarosa – 131
Being able to truly encompass every detail of the band Emarosa would take more than afew words or paragraphs; it would take delving deep into the minds of each of the members andsurrounding contributions that all go into making a band as special as they are. The members ofEmarosa all bring a unique aspect to […]
Album Review: Crown The Empire – Retrograde
After the successes of their previous releases ‘The Fallout’ and ‘The Resistance: Rise of theRunaways’, Crown the Empire are set to release their third studio album, ‘Retrograde’. The Dallas-born rock quintet have had exactly two years since the release of ‘The Resistance’ on July 22 nd 2014,and the time has been expertly spent perfecting their […]
ALBUM REVIEW: MARINA – Love + Fear
For many years, Marina Diamandis has been providing a unique sound, forging her own path within the restricted world that is the music industry. Over accumulation of projects, Marina’s personal voice has become increasingly prominent, and this is no different for her fourth studio album, ‘Love + Fear’. Although released separate, the two musical projects […]
ALBUM REVIEW: Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes – ‘End Of Suffering’
The introduction of new sounds alongside important discussions regarding fragile topics has been a relatively common occurrence within the new year. Despite this new found commonality, it takes a tremendous amount of skill to intertwine these elements together, in order to create songs that are not only enjoyable for the audience, but reflect the values […]