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 10-2014: Warrior Soul – Salutations From The Ghetto Nation
While debut album ‘Last Decade Dead Century’ is generally considered the definitive album for New York’s Warrior Soul, I have personally always seen their third record ‘Salutations From The Ghetto Nation’ as the band’s crowning achievement. It’s on this release that the unlikely, but surprisingly successful combination of huge Black Sabbath…
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Album of the Week 09-2014: While Heaven Wept – Vast Oceans Lachrymose
Originally a Doom Metal band, While Heaven Wept evolved into a powerful, epic Heavy Metal band with a slightly progressive touch in recent years. Though ‘Vast Oceans Lachrymose’ had a bumpy road – not one, but two record labels that went out of business – in order to get released, when it…
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Album of the Week 08-2014: Rise To Addiction – A New Shade Of Black For The Soul
Sometimes you stumble upon a fantastic opening act when you’ve come to see the headliner. Case in point: when I went to see Trouble with Eric Wagner singing seven years ago, Rise To Addiction was opening for them and they simply blew me away. Their heavy riffs, fantastic songwriting and…
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Album of the Week 07-2014: Nevermore – Dead Heart In A Dead World
Ever since I’ve discovered Nevermore, I’ve encountered quite some hatred against the band that I never really understood. It probably has to do with the fact that music this heavy with guitars this low is generally associated with grunts. However, Warrel Dane’s spirited clean vocal delivery is part of the reason…
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