Category: Album Reviews

The Band   To The Grave is a deathcore band from Australia. Formed in 2010, their songs are usually about veganism, climate change, and other social justice topics. The band members are vegan, and they talk about animal liberation, they use their music as a vehicle for their message. In the beginning, they used to sing about normal deathcore things like violence, but then their singer, Dane, had his vegan awakening, and he started to…

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The Band   Mr. Big is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1988.  The band’s lineup has pretty much remained the same until the death of their drummer, Pat Torpey, in 2018 due to Parkinson’s disease. Pat not only was their drummer, but he also did backing vocals, so they had to find someone with a similar vocal register.  Now, they have Nick D’Virgilio on drums who has played with Tears For…

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The Band   Wage War is an American metalcore band formed in 2010, under the name, Empires.   Band Members Briton Bond – lead vocals, guitars, unclean vocals  Seth Blake – lead guitar Cody Quistad – rhythm guitar, clean vocals  Chris Gaylord – bass  Stephen Kluesener – drums      The Album   Stigma is the fifth studio album by Wage War. It was released on June 21, 2024.    The Songs   1. The…

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The Band   Health is an American noise rock/industrial band, formed in 2005. They have five studio albums; the last is Rat Wars (2023). They also have made music for video game soundtracks like Grand Theft Auto V.   Band Members Jake Duzsik – vocals, guitar  John Famiglietti – bass, pedals, electronics  BJ Miller – drums      The Album   This work is a compilation of various HEALTH songs and collaborations from 2019-2024. It…

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The Band    Novelists (or Novelists FR) are a French progressive metalcore band from Paris, formed in 2013.    Band Members Camille Contreras – vocals  Florestan Durand – guitar  Pierre Danel – guitar Nicolas Delestrade – bass guitar  Amael Durand – drums      The Album   Okapi is an EP, released on May 9th, 2024. After two previous singers, Okapi along with some previous singles, presents their third vocalist, and the first female member…

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The Band   Bad Omens is an American metalcore band formed in 2015. They have released three studio albums, the last one, The Death of Peace of Mind (TDOPOM), was released in 2022 (you can read my review here).   Band Members  Noah Sebastian – lead vocals, programming Nicholas Ruffilo – bass  Joakim Karlsson – lead guitar Nick Folio – drums, percussion       The Album   This isn’t technically an album, but an…

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The Band   Bring Me The Horizon (BMTH) is a British rock band formed in 2004. Their name came from a line in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.    Band Members Oli Sykes – vocals, keyboards, programming, rhythm guitar  Matt Nicholls – drums  Lee Malia – lead guitar  Matt Kean – bass   The Album   To review Post Human: Nex Gen, I had to review Post Human: Survival Horror,…

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After reviewing Sleep Token’s albums, This Place Will Become Your Tomb, Sundowning, and Take Me Back To Eden, now it was the time for me to discover their first works, their EPs, and some other singles. Sleep Token is an anonymous-masked band from London, formed in 2016. They are led by their singer Vessel, who also writes the lyrics, and composes and plays most of the instruments, except for drums, played by II. The other…

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The Band   Knocked Loose is an American hardcore punk band formed in 2013.    Band Members Bryan Garris – vocals Isaac Hale – lead guitar, vocals Nicko Calderon – rhythm guitar, backing vocals Kevin Otten – bass Kevin Kaine – drums   The Album   The band released their third studio album, You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To, on May 10, 2024. The album maintains the hardcore punk style of Knocked Loose, their…

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The Band   Sleep Token is a British rock band formed in London, in 2016.  Their band members are masked to keep their anonymity intact.   Band Members Vessel – vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion II – drums     The Album   After reviewing their first and third album, Sundowning and Take Me Back To Eden, respectively. Now, it is the turn of their second piece. This Place Will Become Your Tomb, Sleep Token’s second studio…

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