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Album Reviews (2016 - PRESENT)

Destruction - Birth Of Malice (Album Review)

3/11/2025

Written by Alex Stojanovic

TRACK LISTING

Birth Of Malice
Destruction
Cyber Warfare
No Kings, No Masters
Scumbag Human Race
God Of Gore
A.N.G.S.T.
Dealer Of Death
Evil Never Sleeps
Chains Of Sorrow
Greed
Fast As A Shark (Accept cover)

Release Date: March 7, 2025
Label: Napalm Records / Website: destruction.de

Warbringer - Wrath & Ruin (Album Review)

3/10/2025

Written by Alex Stojanovic

TRACK LISTING

The Sword & The Cross
A Better World
Neuromancer
The Jackhammer
Through A Glass, Darkly
Strike From The Sky
Cage Of Air
The Last Of My Kind

WARBRINGER IS:

John Kevill - Vocals
Adam Carroll - Guitars
Carlos Cruz - Drums
Chase Becker - Guitars
Chase Bryant - Bass

Release Date: March 14, 2025 / Label: Napalm Records / Website: www.warbringermusic.com

Shadows Fall - In The Grey (Track Review)

2/22/2025

Written by Alex Stojanovic

SHADOWS FALL IS:

Brian Fair - Vocals
Jon Donais - Lead guitars & backing vocals
Matt Bachand - Rhythm guitars & backing vocals
Paul Romanko - Bass
Jason Bittner - Drums

Release Date: December 6, 2024
Label: MNRK Heavy
Website: shadowsfallmusic.com

The resurgence of many 2000s bands has been running hot in the last couple of years. We've already seen bands like Kittie, God Forbid and Job For A Cowboy, all prominent names of 2000s metal who entered hiatuses by the early to mid-2010s, return with new music, live activity or both.

Bon Jovi - Forever (Album Review)

2/22/2025

Written by Alex Stojanovic

TRACK LISTING

Legendary
We Made It Look Easy
Living Proof
Waves
Seeds
Kiss The Bride
The People's House
Walls Of Jericho
I Wrote You A Song
Living In Paradise
My First Guitar
Hollow Man

Release Date: June 7, 2024
Label: Island Records
Website: bonjovi.com

The Halo Effect - March Of The Unheard (Album Review)

2/13/2025

Written by Alex Stojanovic

TRACK LISTING

Conspire To Deceive
Detonate
Our Channel To The Darkness
Cruel Perception
What We Become
This Curse Of Silence
March Of The Unheard
Forever Astray
Between Directions
A Death That Becomes Us
The Burning Point
Coda

Release Date: January 10, 2025
Label: Nuclear Blast Records
Website: thehaloeffect.band

Geddy Lee - The Lost Demos (Album Review)

2/7/2025

Written by Alex Stojanovic

TRACK LISTING

Gone
I Am...You Are

PERSONNEL:

Geddy Lee - Vocals, bass & keyboards
Ben Mink - Guitars & violin
David Bottrill - Keyboards
David Quinto Steinberg - Drums

Release Date: December 5, 2023
Label: Universal Music Group

Dying Fetus - Make Them Beg For Death (Album Review)

2/7/2025

Written by Alex Stojanovic

TRACK LISTING

Enlighten Through Agony
Compulsion For Cruelty
Feast Of Ashes
Throw Them In The Van
Unbridled Fury
When The Trend Ends
Undulating Carnage
Raised In Victory, Razed By Defeat
Hero's Grave
Subterfuge

DYING FETUS IS:

John Gallagher - Guitars & vocals
Sean Beasley - Bass & vocals
Trey Williams - Drums

Release Date: September 8, 2023 / Label: Relapse Records / Website: dyingfetusband.com

Angelus Apatrida - Aftermath (Album Review)

2/6/2025

Written by Alex Stojanovic

TRACK LISTING

Scavenger
Cold
Snob
Fire Eyes
Rats
To Whom It May Concern
Gernika
I Am Hatred
What Kills Us All
Vultures & Butterflies

Release Date: October 20, 2023
Label: Century Media Records
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Three Days Grace - Mayday (Track Review)

2/2/2025

Written by Alex Stojanovic

THREE DAYS GRACE IS:

Adam Gontier - Lead vocals & guitars
Matt Walst - Lead vocals & guitars
Barry Stock - Guitars
Brad Walst - Bass & backing vocals
Neil Sanderson - Drums & backing vocals

Release Date: November 22, 2024

Label: RCA Records

Website: www.threedaysgrace.com

You can count on one hand the amount of bands that had their unique sound with thier original singer, then he left, and a replacement was brought in, but then the original voice comes back while the replacement singer remains in place as well.

Category 7 - Category 7 (Album Review)

12/29/2024

Written by Alex Stojanovic

TRACK LISTING

In Stitches
Land I Used To Love
Apple Of Discord
Exhausted
Runaway Truck
White Flags & Bayonets
Mousetrap
Waver At The Breaking Point
Through Pink Eyes
Etter Stormen

Release Date: July 26, 2024
Label: Metal Blade Records
Website: www.category7official.com
www.facebook.com/category7band

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