U.S. Power metal is a rare commodity in America, perhaps even rarer than European imports, despite the title of this often misunderstood sub-genre. Unlike in Europe where neo-classical flavor and soaring melodies are the order of the day, U.S. Power Metal is much more subdued. While both regional power metal scenes have their base in [...]
Very few times in my “career” as a critic have I come across an indie metal band that has legitimately WOW’ed me, but Worcester, Massachusett’s Evince Mythos have done just that ten fold. Evince Mythos plays a brand of symphonic power metal that is very Euro-centric (and considering virtually the entire genre of symphonic metal [...]
Legendary German power metallers, Gamma Ray, are back with their latest studio effort since 2007’s Land of the Free II which AMR’s Cole panned as stereotypically awful power metal. I consider myself to be a bit of a power metal buff, so I figured I’d take point on this review and see if Kai and [...]
The Evolution of Chaos is an album a longtime coming for thrash fans, and more specifically Heathen fans such as myself. I have been a die hard fan of both of Heathen’s early albums, Breaking the Silence and Victims of Deception, so when I heard that the band was back together in the mid 2000’s, [...]
I have admittedly not heard a lot of Nostradameus, but what I have heard from past albums was always promising, so when I had the opportunity to review Illusion’s Parade, I made sure to really take in every detail of this album. What I discovered was an album that was actually quite well written and [...]
Dream Evil is one of my favorite traditional/power metal bands of all time. Dream Evil has managed, over the entirety of their career to play into virtually every single stereotype of European power metal with pride, and has come out on top with every album they have released by defying the odds against them in [...]
Brainstorm have been a stalwart stand by in the world of power metal building up quite a following over the years with albums that guarantee an authentic sound that is largely largely due to the voice of Andy Franck who really sounds like no other. Despite their legitimacy in the metal community though, Brainstorm remind [...]
Sliding under the radar of many metal fans not hailing from France, Japan, Italy and other strong power metal hold outs (or perhaps it’s just avoidance?), Heavenly has presented us a late 2009 arrival with their 5th studio album of original material, Carpe Diem.
Carpe Diem is not an album that I can try to convince [...]
The latest UK based thrash outfit, Savage Messiah is looking to follow in the footsteps of Evile, especially with their recent signing to fast rising Candlelight Records. Now, with their 2009 debut full length Insurrection Rising, Savage Messiah is ready and willing to take the World by storm. The only problem is, despite what the [...]
Alright, that’s kind of a cheap shot seeing as that I have listened to and reviewed many a quality self released album in 2009, but it seems like as of late many of the self released albums I have been getting haven’t fulfilled my expectations, to such an extent that I have been in a [...]
