Motorhead

Everything Louder Forever

BMG

Holy Fuck! It’s Motorhead is there anything else to say?!  22 albums 4 decades and we get this, amazing favorites album. There’s only been a handful of bands in history that have reached that level of cool and Motorhead might be leading the pack. I mean come on Lemmy, Fast Eddie, Philthy Phil, Wurzel, Mickey Dee and on and on. And the tunes, I mean Ace of Spades, Overkill, Orgasmatron, Bomber, Iron Fist and that’s just a few. If you love Metal, Punk, Rock! If you love Motorhead!! You owe it to your soul. Motorhead + Everything Louder Forever = heaven

100/10

KeeperKev

Ashes Of Ares

Emperors and Fools

Rock Of Angels

This legendary duo fires back with their third studio album. The masterminds behind Ashes Of Ares Matt Barlow and Freddie Vidales expand the darkness and aggression from Well Of Souls and the result is this Metal masterpiece Emperors and Fools. Of the many guest musicians on this album are some of the best including  Wiley Arnett of Sacred Reich who plays the solo on The Iron Throne and Tim “Ripper” Owens who guest vocals on Monster Lament. This will become a classic

8/10

KeeperKev

Ashes Of Ares

Emperors and Fools

Rock Of Angels

This legendary duo fires back with their third studio album. The masterminds behind Ashes Of Ares Matt Barlow and Freddie Vidales expand the darkness and aggression from Well Of Souls and the result is this Metal masterpiece Emperors and Fools. Of the many guest musicians on this album are some of the best including  Wiley Arnett of Sacred Reich who plays the solo on The Iron Throne and Tim “Ripper” Owens who guest vocals on Monster Lament. This will become a classic

8/10

KeeperKev

Sinful Ways

Darkest Days

Self Release

Probably the best reason I have and love my magazine is I get to discover bands like Sinful Ways. This 4 song monster starts off with this ominous music and then this voice start yelling at me and wasn’t sure what the hell was coming next. Then Sinful Ways kicks into this amazing music. It’s hard to pigeon hole these guys, it’s Thrash, Speed, Punk, Groove and a few other thoughts and emotions. I do have one huge issue with this EP. It’s an EP! I need more! I usually pick a tune as my favorite, but this band is flawless.

10/10

KeeperKev

Sartori 

Dragon’s Fire

Rockshot

These guys are listed as Neo-Classical Power Metal. I’m not sure what Neo-Classical means, but I do know kickass Metal is though. Sartori lead by Guitarist Andy Sartori along with Scott Board on vocals, Rod Viquezon on Bass and Dino Castano on Drums make some of the best Metal I’ve ever heard. Kind of in the vein of Yngwie Malmsteen, Lizzy Borden or King Diamond. Mixing Speed and Power Metal so brilliantly. The blend of Santori’s guitar and Board’s vocals evokes emotion on top of flawless rhythm. A perfect album

10/10

KeeperKev

Of Mice & Men

Echo

Sharptone

Beautiful, aggressive, explosive are the first three words that come to mind when I listen to Of Mice & Men’s Echo. They’ve expanded their musical genius. It’s a perfect blend of that old school Metal like Exodus and Anthrax blended with that modern sound like Lincoln Park and the Deftones. Echo was recorded during the pandemic of 2020 mostly through and sharing files. Culminating into an amazing album. I can’t wait to catch theses live.

8/10

KeeperKev

Dark Tranquillity

Moment

Century Media

One of my favorite bands has just released a new music! Dark Tranquillity brings us the incredible album Moment. From the beginning of Phantom Days to the end of In Truth Divided Dark Tranquillity's Moment is perfect. The fact that they have added Christopher Amott and Johan Reinholdz on guitar takes Moment to a whole new level. Dark Tranquillity's Moment may be the album of the year!

10/10

KeeperKev

King Ov Wyrms

King Ov Thornes

Self

If you have never heard King Ov Wyrms then you need to get off your ass and get this album! King Ov Wyrms' King Ov Thornes is a magnificently brutal piece of Metal artwork. The two tunes that stood out for me  Hells Breathe and my personal favorite The Maggots That Crawled From The Wounds. There is nothing subtle about this album. A brilliant album.

8/10

KeeperKev

LA Guns

Renegades

Golden Robot

Hard Rock/Metal legends LA Guns bring us a new album Renegades. It's what I expected to hear from the Sunset Strip heroes. It's gritty, grimey and the perfect thing to take you back to those glory days of the LA Hard Rock/Metal scene.  Do you remember when Rock music was fun. This is something I think the music world really needs to hear right now. 

8.5/10

KeeperKev

Skyless Aeons

Drain The Sun

CDN

Skyless Aeons' Drain The Sun is a roller coaster of madness, emotions and brutality.  I literally felt like I was beaten, dragged brought way down low, pulled up and spiral down. Just to start again every time the next tune came on. Skyless Aeons are one of the best Death Metal bands I've heard in a long time and Drain The Sun proves it. It's technical Death Metal at it's finest. 

9/10

KeeperKev

Without Mercy

Seismic

Self

Have you ever been kicking back and out of nowhere you get hit by a truck. That's what listening to Without Mercy is like. From the start of Thunderbird Without Mercy's Seismic is crushing after crushing moment that beats the shit out of your ears, mind and body. The tune Abysmal is one of the coolest tunes I've heard in forever. The musicianship is on another level. Two words best describe Seismic is Fucking Brilliant!

8.5/10

KeeperKev 

Azusa

Loop Of Yesterdays

Solid State

This album just came outof nowhere and punched me dead in the face.I was not expecting the amount of madness that came out in Memories Of An Old Emotion and twisted and turned and lead you into the next tune One Too Many Times like this roller coaster of emotion and chaos. One of the most incredible rides I've ever been on while listening to a new album. It grabs and rips you from side to side and you don't even realize you've been swept up by Azusa's Loop Of Yesterdays until the album ends and you are left in a heap of exhausted emotion.

8.5/10

KeeperKev

Double Experience

Alignments

Drakkar

Double Experience bring out this great concept album Alignments, which is being called  "nerdrock". It has so many different elements involved in it. Good vs. Evil, Chaos vs. Order. So many aspects of Rock mixed into this formula called Double Experience -  Alignments. The top tracks forme are Ghost In The Machine and New Me

8/10

KeeperKev

Ozzy Osbourne

Ordinary Man

Epic

I was so excited to get to hear Ozzy doing new music. I will say I wish Zakk and Blasko were on the album. I just love there style, but The guitar work was incredible. I think Zakk might have given a little more punch, but that's my personal preference . When Ozzy started putting out these videosand singles I was stoked. Straight To Hell, Under The Graveyard and Ordinary Man are instant classics. Goodbye might be my favorite tune on the album. I didn't want to like the Post Malone track, but I didn't hate it and that's a good thing. I wasn't a big fan of the track he did with Post Malone and Travis Scott. I think People were trying to "modernize" Ozzy. Just let Ozzy be Ozzy and let us love him for Ozzy. Of course I'd listen to Ozzy read nursery rhymes while he was farting on a snare drum.

8/10

KeeperKev

Trivium

What The Dead Men Say

Roadrunner

Holy Shit! This is just what I needed. I know 2020 just got going, but Trivium's What The Dead Men Say is already contender for album of the year. The intro IX is musical perfection and then it pushes into What Dead Men Say, which is pure madness. Track after track Trivium has given us a Perfect Album. If you love Trivium you are going to go ape shit over What The Dead Men Say. If you love Metal you will lose your fucking mind with this album. Like they say in the tune Catastrophist "We Never Had A Chance!"

10/10

KeeperKev

Anvil

Legal At Last

AFM

There are few bands that have remained cool for as many years as Anvil. They just continue to put out the coolest albums on the block and Legal At Last is no exception. This is classic Anvil, just pure badass Metal. My personal favorite tunes off this album is Chemtrails and Talking To The Wall. Anvil's Legal At Last is one of those albums that every Metalhead should have as part of their collection.

9/10

KeeperKev

Butcher

666 Goats Carry My Chariot

Osmose

I was a little nervous when I was told this was throwback to old school Speed/Thrash Metal (I hold that genreclose to my heart), but I was so fucking incredibly pleasently suprised. Butcher is a band that is desperatly in Metal today. 666 Goats Carry My Chariot really brings me back to when I feel Metal was at it's best and Butcher could be that band that helps bring this style of great Metal back. An easy front runner for album of the year!

10/10

KeeperKev

Diabulus in Musica

Euphonic Entropy

Napalm

Dark, powerful, Symphonic Metal is what Diabulus In Musica deliver with Euphonic Entropy. Their music kind of surrounds you and engulfs you. Then takes you on a journey to places like Nuevo Rumbo, The Misfit's Swing and Blurred Dreams. With Euphonic Entropy it's best to sit in a dark room and let the angellic female vocals and the symphony of sound engulf you.

8/10

KeeperKev

Dirty Shirley

Dirty Shirley

Frontiers

This is a phenominal album. It reminds me of early Dio mixed with Blue Murder. It really mixes some of the coolest aspects of Metal and Hard Rock. Dino's vocals are world class and adding the one of Rock/Metal's greatest guitarist's George Lynch just pushes this over the top. Rounding out this group with Trevor Roxx on bass and Will Hunt on drums laying down some solid badass rhythm, this album can easily become a classic

10/10

KeeperKev

Lordi

Killection

AFM

Holy Shit! One of my favorite bands I've heard in the last decade Lordi return with what will soon be another classic. Killection is just one kickass tune after another. for those Metalheads that have never heard Lordi, first what thebfuck wrong with you. Imagine Gwar, Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper, but with their own original way of throwning a little shock into your soul. With tunes like Shake The Baby Silent, The Last Hour and Zombimbo this is one of the coolest albums ever!

10/10

KeeperKev

Shark Island

Bloodline

Manifest

Like a blast from the Sunset Blvd past. Shark Island bring that Hard Rock/Metal that a lot of us who grew up on from the Strip. They bring to mind bands like Bang Tango, Dangerous Toys and Great White. Just gritty, kickass Rock music. My personal pick on Bloodline is Policy of Truth and 7 Tears. This is just a great album to remind us what a great time we all had when Rock/Metal was fun.

8/10

KeeperKev

Trinitas

Trinitas

War Anthem

Trinitas  featuring Tormentor, Vargher and Azathoth deliver a gutteral three song Black Metal beast that is sure to rip out your throat and feed you to their black abyss. Trinitas' sound is raw, brutal and straight out of some twisted pit that few will dare to venture. My only complaint is that it is only three songs. I need more. I want more! Give me more! I need more Trinitas!

8/10

KeeperKev

Sun Of The Sleepless/Cavernous Gate 

split ep

Prophecy

This is an amazinge concept of taking two kickass Black Metal bands and combining them to make this incredible album. Sun Of The Sleepless is more of a Poetic style of Black Metal and Cavernous gate are more Atmospheric Black Metal. Both have a way of sucking you in and you kind of go in to this dream like state and then they rack your mind with nightmares that sit in your subconcious for days. I haven't been able to stop listening.

8/10

KeeperKev 

Saint Asonia

Flawed Design

Spinefarm

Adam Gontier and Mike Mushok stepping outside of their perspective bands Three Days Grace and Staind  lead this incredible band Saint Asonia and this Hard Rock album Flawed Design. For me the stand out track on this disc as Beast. Definetly stuck on my play list. From the melodic to the hard punching Rock  Saint Asonia's Flawed Design damn near flawless from start to finish. 

8.5/10

KeeperKev

Laura Cox

Burning Bright

Earmusic

Holy Shit this may be the coolest you've heard in a long time. The groove in this album is so deep it will leave a permanent notch in your soul. Mixing Southern with a Blues groove and Rocking so hard Laura Cox is hitting on all levels. I seriously had to remind myself to sit down and focus on writng something, cause I kept getting up rocking out. Oh my god the solo work on this album is beyond the cooles I've heard. Laura Cox may just have the biggest balls in the game!

9/10

KeeperKev

Isenordahl

Shores Of Mourning

Prophecy

Folk  Doom fans rejoice! Isenordahl have released the album that will shock your system into overload with despair and magesty. Utilizing both male and female vocals with a unique blend of haunting melody and destructive angst in their music. Their songs are both healing and despair intertwined. The journey Isenordahl will take you on is everlasting, soul searching, heart breaking and yet beautiful.

8.5/10

KeeperKev  

Fen

The Dead Light

Prophecy

When I first started listening to this album my forst thought was, imagine if Pink Floyd did an album with Mayhem. There is pure beauty in the darkness that Fen bring with The Dead Light. Hell the songs Dead light part one and two are materpieces. The musicainship is on another level. You just feel every note and absord every word. Fen's The Dead Light takes you to a place that you can't come back from and you may never want to.

9/10

KeeperKev

A New Tomorrow

Universe

Frontiers

A New Tomorrow hit hard with the new album Universe. They come roaring out with I Wanna Live. Starts out with this kick ass groove and the tune just flows from there. Then that second tune A Million Stars is definetely my favorite tune. It has an incredible groove, flawless vocals. I caught myself singing this tune two days after I reviewed this album. Universe is a great album from start to finish. If you like your Metal melodic with power than A New Tomorrow's Universe is for you!

8.5/10

KeeperKev 

Abigail Williams

Walk Beyond The Dark

Blood Music

Abigail Williams returns with one of the coolest albums I've heard this year. Walk Beyond The Dark is pure Black Metal insanity. This is one of those albums that you go looking for in some bands  and you don't feel it. Then you hear Abigail Williams Walk Beyond The Dark and you realize this i the album you've been searching for all year. The dynamics and sheer mind fucking ruthlessness of Abigail Williams comes through in every tune. If this album doesn't shake your soul to the core, you might want to check your pulse cause you might already be dead!

10/10

KeeperKev

Cell

Ancient Incantations Of Xarbos

Self Release

I love albums with a great intro. It sets the pace for the album and Cell do not disappoint The Rise of Gorthar sounds like a scene out of someone's nightmare. This album reaches into your body and grips your heart and gives it a shake, almost like you are having a heart attack, but you're not. You're just listening to this incredible band Cell that mixes Black Metal with touches of Doom in it. My personal favorite track is All I See Is Them, but no matter what song you are listening to, it will knock you on your ass.

8.5/10

KeeperKev

Iron Kingdom

On The Hunt

Self Release

Holy Shit! Have you heard Iron Kingdom's On the Hunt? If you haven't you are missing out on one of the coolest album's of 2019. The opening track White Wolf comes screaming out of the gate like madness reborn.Iron Kingdom have a sound that easily reminds you of old school Metal with that ballsy in your face sound that has that Speed Metal flare with melodic thrown into to fuck your head up. It's almost like Mercyful Fate and Iron Maiden had a bastard love child! Iron Kingdom's On The Hunt is a top 5 album of 20191

10/10

KeeperKev

Legendary

The Wizard and The Tower Keep

High Roller

When I first put this album on I kind of sat back and forgot I was supposed to be reviewing it. It just takes you on this journey and gets you out of your head. I love songs and albums that can tell a great story and Legendary's The Wizard And The Tower Keep does that from the opening very Celtic sounding The Bard's Tale all the way through to the epic almost 11 minute Earthwarrior. A very cool old school sound. I swear I heard splashes of early, early Iron Maiden and even some Boston. This is a great listen all the way through.

9/10

KeeperKev

Magic Kingdom

Metalmighty

AFM

Fantasy Speed Metal band Magic Kingdom give us this epic album Metalmighty. Bringing forth songs about dragons, witches and knights. The story telling and music is on such a level that it makes you want to pick up your sword and/or battle axe and charge into battle and you are sure to win with songs like Unleash The Dragon, Fear My Fury and Rise From The Ashes playing in the background.

8/10

KeeperKev