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 29-2014: Judas Priest – Redeemer Of Souls
There are so many reasons why this new Judas Priest album shouldn’t work. Guitarist KK Downing retired, not willing to await how much longer the band’s farewell tours were going to take. The band members’ age is starting to take its toll, especially on Rob Halford, whose voice has been…
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Album of the Week 26-2014: Mastodon – Once More ‘Round The Sun
Mastodon never ceases to surprise me. Despite the inaccessible nature of their psychedelic, progressive Sludge Metal, they’ve become one of the biggest name in the current Metal scene and – even more surprisingly – a welcome guest at many festivals. What is most amazing about them is that every album…
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Album of the Week 16-2014: Warlock – Triumph And Agony
While each of the four albums that Germany’s Warlock has recorded is worth hearing for fans of traditional Heavy Metal, two of them stand out. ‘Hellbound’ is one of those because of its energetic NWOBHM worship, fantastic songwriting and spectacular guitar work by both Rudy Graf and Peter Szigeti. By the time ‘Triumph…
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Album of the Week 12-2014: Fates Warning – Awaken The Guardian
Back when being a Prog Metal band didn’t automatically mean that you tried to sound as close to Dream Theater as possible, the scene was incredibly interesting. Bands like Queensrÿche, Fates Warning, Crimson Glory and Psychotic Waltz combined the riffs and twin guitars of Iron Maiden and US Power Metal…
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Album of the Week 11-2014: WarCry – Inmortal
Although Spain is full of decent Power Metal bands, many of them fail to make any impact internationally because they’re singing in Spanish. Tierra Santa’s records are relatively easy to come by, but in order to obtain a record by the vastly superior WarCry, some effort is required. And that’s…
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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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