Heavy Metal Reviews
Heavy metal in all its varieties, and from all eras, is the bread and butter of Kevy Metal, if the name of the site had not given this away yet. All Album of the Week reviews about heavy metal albums published on Kevy Metal can be found right here.
Since I didn’t start properly tagging my reviews until a couple of years in, these aren’t all the heavy metal reviews I have done over the years. If you are looking for something specific, you can always search by band name or release title using the search bar at the bottom of the page.
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Album of the Week 51-2022: Agent Steel – Omega Conspiracy
When ‘Omega Conspiracy’ was released, it was not just a comeback after well over a decade of inactivity, it was a reinvention of what Agent Steel could sound like. Not that the album was a complete departure from what the band did before, but Agent Steel presents itself as a…
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Album of the Week 50-2022: Ashes Of Ares – Emperors And Fools
‘Emperors And Fools’ is the sound of Ashes Of Ares finally living up to its potential. It is not a masterpiece, but it is the first release of theirs that makes me somewhat confident they may have one in them. My teenage obsession with Iced Earth was at least as…
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Album of the Week 49-2022: Anthrax – For All Kings
In my earlier review of ‘Spreading The Disease’, I argued that I am not sure whether Anthrax deserves to be considered part of the so-called “Big Four” of thrash metal. That has nothing to do with Testament selling more albums outside North America, Exodus being more influential or OverKill’s seniority.…
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Album of the Week 48-2022: İdil Çağatay – Ateşler İçinde
The powerful, emotional voice of İdil Çağatay was introduced to me through Istanbul-based all-female heavy metal band Kırmızı, of which she was the frontwoman and main songwriter. Unfortunately, Kırmızı slowly faded away after the release of their excellent album ‘İsyan’, but Çağatay fortunately is still active as a musician. Moreover,…
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Album of the Week 45-2022: Xentrix – Seven Words
Not many thrash metal bands from the eighties can claim they release their best work in the twenty-first century. Plenty of them released “best since” albums, which often lack what made the bands in question special in their heyday. Xentrix appears to be one of the exceptions to that rule.…
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Album of the Week 44-2022: Alter Bridge – Pawns & Kings
Alter Bridge albums are always a careful balancing act between hooky modern rock songwriting and the crushing, precise riff work of contemporary metal. Too much metal and Myles Kennedy’s incredible voice doesn’t get the space it needs to soar, but too much rock makes the songs a bit too predictable…
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Album of the Week 41-2022: Queensrÿche – Digital Noise Alliance
Ever since Todd La Torre took over as their lead singer, Queensrÿche returned to being a good metal band. Great news for people who, like myself, think that ‘The Warning’ is the best Queensrÿche album, but there have been some grumbles about the band not being as progressive as some…
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Album of the Week 38-2022: Seikima-II – Bloodiest
Kabuki rock demons Seikima-II are back! In accordance with their silly mythology, the band split up on new year’s eve in 1999, claiming the world was conquered. Apparently there were more worlds to conquer, as there have been occasional reunion tours since and now there is a new album in…
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Album of the Week 37-2022: Daida Laida – Issen
Despite featuring musicians from prominent Japanese rock bands, Daida Laida always felt more like a hobby project than a record company sanctioned supergroup. Solid, fun, but unspectacular. In a way, their sixth studio album ‘Issen’ is exactly that, but the addition of former Gargoyle guitarist Kentaro to the line-up did…
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