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Warforged – I, Voice Review
The Artisan Era has been on a decent roll lately, releasing good to great albums left and right for just over a year. Warforged seemed like a bit of an odd duck for the label though. The Chicagoan...
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Arch/Matheos – Winter Ethereal Review
I’ve said it before and now I’ll say it again: I love John Arch’s voice. His work on the early Fates Warning albums was my ticket to progressive metal appreciation, and all these years later I still...
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Adrift – Pure Review
You wouldn’t know from my reviews, but I listen to plenty of extreme metal. Pretty much anything that gets a 3.5 or higher from my fellow prisoners writers will get a spin in Chez Huck. I don’t often...
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Constantine – Aftermath Review
The name Constantine brings to mind the ancient Roman emperor who first adopted Christianity, but that’s not what we’ve got here. This Constantine is a young Greek guitar hero, and Aftermath is his...
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Floating Worlds – Battleship Oceania Review
Power metal is one of those genres that promises a lot but has a tendency to under deliver. Progressive power — prower? — metal promises more and delivers less often still. While the key constituents,...
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Third Wave – Metamorphosis Review
Metalcore has become something of a punching bag genre for disgruntled metalheads and critics alike. Oversaturation of the scene and waves of bland, mediocre bands replacing violent energy and...
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Lunar Shadow – The Smokeless Fires Review
Trying to cobble multiple metal genres together into a unified and effective sound is no easy feat. Especially when setting out to weave epic traditional metal into black metal and melodeath. Too much...
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Until Rain – Season V Review
Until recently, I don’t think I could have named more than two Greek metal bands—Rotting Christ and the excellent but underrated The Elysian Fields, in case you were wondering. Now I’m reviewing my...
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Rendezvous Point – Universal Chaos Review
Lately, I’ve come to a realization: I really like progressive metal. The lighter, bouncier, often less heavy warmth of its synth-tastic embrace has been rather alluring of late, and I’ve been leaning...
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Hidden Lapse – Butterflies Review
I’d like to invite you to take a moment and look at that album art. While you’re at it, admire the album title and band name. And now that you’ve spent three seconds doing that, you won’t be the...
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The Odious – Vesica Piscis Review
I didn’t know this album was coming. I thought The Odious had faded out of existence long ago, trapped behind an ever-thickening glass of ‘what-if’s’ that both magnifies and distorts the legacy of...
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Howling Sycamore – Seven Pathways to Annihilation Review
Last year’s self-titled debut from prog “supergroup” Howling Sycamore was one of my more positive surprises. On paper it shouldn’t have really worked: extreme drumming married to down-tuned guitars,...
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Glare of the Sun – Theia Review
While a lack of standards coupled with an uncanny ability to sniff out atmoblack trvffles has certainly made my time in the ranks a little less hazardous than all the prospective n00b reading materials...
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Ascend the Hollow – Echoes of Existence Review
I am ashamed. Why? Because I almost let this badass record slip through my greedy clutches. You see, my good friend (who we know as Septic ’round these parts) randomly pops in now and again to apprise...
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Those Darn Gnomes – Calling Whitetails to a Tuned Bow Review
Imagine being at a party with your musician pals. They’re all very accomplished. Suddenly, they decide to put on an impromptu jam. Everybody joins in–like, a dozen people. They decide they’re going to...
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Turilli / Lione Rhapsody – Zero Gravity: Rebirth and Evolution Review
“Okay. As I stand out here in the wonders of the unknown at Hadley, I sort of realize there is a fundamental truth to our nature: Man must explore.” – David R. Scott, Apollo 15, July 31, 1971 upon...
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Pattern-Seeking Animals – Pattern-Seeking Animals Review
While everyone knows that many of the other writers here, including AMG Himself, are big prog heads, ol’ Grier is not. Sure, I’m a fan of prog rock pioneers like Pink Floyd and, a decade back, found a...
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Yer Metal Is Olde: Nevermore – Dreaming Neon Black
If a wise old man were to ask me Conan-style “What is best in metal?” I would without hesitation respond by glorifying the work of my favorite band of all time, Seattle’s Nevermore. While often lumped...
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Botis – Grand Abominations Album Premiere and Review
Usually when we review albums, our readers have only our flimsy prose to rely on in order to make an informed purchase. Sure, we’ll embed a Bandcamp single or music video into the review in almost all...
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SinHeresY – Out of Connection Review
We all have our weird idiosyncratic dislikes. For me, one of those is people who cut spaghetti with a knife. Despicable barbarism. Another is the random and unnecessary capitalization of letters within...
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