Review: Maestrick – Espresso Della Vita: Lunare
Maestrick take you on a train ride through life on Lunare, the counterpart to their 2018 release.
Review: Kerberos – Apostle to the Malevolent
Biggest surprise of the year
Interview: Alex Haddad (Dessiderium)
Zach interviews Dessiderium’s Alex Haddad on an album 10 years in the making, JRPGs, and moving away from a love affair with Opeth.
Review: ELYOSE – Évidence
French metallers ELYOSE offer up a cuvée speciale with delicate notes of djent, electronica, and pop coming through on the palate.
Review: Syrkander – Via Internam
Congrats to 2025’S AOTY, because its the only one I’ve reviewed so far.
Review: Black Yet Full of Stars – Dark Wing Gospel
The arcane and esoteric come together to breathe alchemical life into this orchestral metal record.
Missed Album Review: Teramaze – Eli: A Wonderful Fall From Grace
“Get your ticket for a one of a kind / A performer that’ll blow your mind”
Review: Isle of the Cross – Faustus: The Musical
Till swollen with cunning, of a self-conceit, this album’s waxen wings did mount above its reach.
Review: Liv Moon – Circle of Life
I, for one, live on the Earth.
Review: Sunburst – Manifesto
A metal band called “Sunburst?” Not, I dunno, “Stellar Death Explosion?” Oh, I see, they must play power metal.