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 37-2016: Led Zeppelin – Presence
Led Zeppelin’s untitled fourth album is generally considered their best work, along their two-disc magnum opus ‘Physical Graffiti’ and possibly the rawness of their debut. Opinions on their seventh studio album ‘Presence’ are a little more divided, but I personally consider it the last of their perfect albums. It’s a…
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Album of the Week 35-2016: Gargoyle – Taburakashi
If you were – like myself – blown away by the perfect blend of rabid, high speed Thrash Metal aggression and triumphant Power Metal melodies as could be heard on ‘Geshiki’, prepare to have your teeth kicked in by ‘Taburakashi’. Seriously, I don’t know where Gargoyle gets the energy, but…
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Album of the Week 34-2016: Thin Lizzy – Johnny The Fox
Immortality was never far away for Thin Lizzy, which is ironic, given the early death of frontman Phil Lynott. ‘Live And Dangerous’ will always remain in my top 3 albums of all time; even though it was heavily doctored in the studio, almost every song sounded so much more alive…
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Album of the Week 30-2016: Candlemass – Tales Of Creation
Back when I was a young teenager, my opinion was that Heavy Metal should be fast. Candlemass – not even Black Sabbath – was the band that single-handedly turned me around. Their combination of massive guitar riffs and powerful vocals – in fact, current singer Mats Levén is the sixth…
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Album of the Week 24-2016: Saber Tiger – Decisive
Yesterday and the day before, I was lucky enough to witness the first two concerts Saber Tiger ever gave on European soil. It’s hard to explain how happy that makes me, but Saber Tiger is the one band I never thought I’d have a chance to see without actually going…
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Album of the Week 22-2016: Death Angel – The Evil Divide
New Death Angel records are the source of some inner conflict for me this decade. Since the departure of drummer Andy Galeon, I’ve been missing the non-Metal influences in the band’s rhythmic approach that makes ‘Act III’ one of my all time favorite records. However, due to Rob Cavestany’s highly…
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Album of the Week 19-2016: Ace Frehley – Ace Frehley
When all original Kiss members released their solo debuts on the same day – September 18th 1978, to be exact – critics viewed it as a cash grab. Given Kiss’ commercial track record, it probably was, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that the music isn’t good. In fact, Paul Stanley’s…
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Album of the Week 16-2016: Volcano – Davi
One thing I like about Japanese Metal in general is the fact that they’re not confined by the genre conventions that are common in the west. And although Volcano might not be as wildy eclectic as some of their fellow countrymen, their vicious, yet melodic mixture of Thrash Metal aggression,…
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Album of the Week 13-2016: Saber Tiger – Bystander Effect
Saber Tiger was founded in 1981, the same year as Loudness and Anthem, but for whatever reason never quite got the same recognition as those bands. Their relatively remote location – the island of Hokkaido in northern Japan – and the fact that they didn’t really have a stable lineup…
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