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Guitarists Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden) and Richie Kotzen (The Winery Dogs) released their brilliant self-titled debut album in March 2021. Now, the pair has issued a four song EP, especially for Record Store Day. Better Days consists of [...]

The names Frodus or Combatwoundedveteran might not mean a lot to many BraveWords readers, but the name Darkest Hour might, so let's start there: Zealot R.I.P. feature that band's Mike Schleibaum as well as probably the biggest [...]

So much more than just another all-star side project, Lock Up is a superb collection of highly decorated grindcore / death metal veterans proving without a doubt that they’re still as ferocious and lethal as when they first [...]

More like Priest of Judas (!), on this, the Northern Cali "band's" sixth full-length, in the last seven years. Don't let the bland/somewhat generic moniker dissuade you from uncovering this hidden gem. Essentially a two man project [...]

Since joining the AMG staff, a lot has changed, both personally1 and in the world. Everywhere you look, something is completely fucking different from how it was a mere half-decade ago. Poland’s Dormant Ordeal, however, are immune [...]

One of the things I admire from Twelve Foot Ninja ( TFN ) is the ability to always sound fresh and dynamic while progressing oddly... I mean, they're evidently a djent band that have many progressive elements but don't [...]

A postmodern spin on old school black metal, insistently invoking the iteration involved in a decade of isolated introspection. As Nietzsche said, “The riff is dead, and eternal return has taken its place." Fornhem is a trio from Norrköping [...]

For fans of stoner/psychedelic rock, 3 December 2021 was a stacked day for releases. Not only did Elder and Kadavar join forces for a new collaboration album and Weedpecker return with their first new album in nearly four years [...]

This Toronto-based trio (two vocalists going high and low, one guy who does all the instruments) play a form of apeshit cosmic/cavernous war metal here on their debut full-length, which follows up last year's Primordial Dawn [...]

Their debut album was widely hailed as a strong contribution to the post-SUFFOCATION world of all-out brutality, and PYREXIA has been a name that commands respect and admiration ever since. Even on their late '90s experiments, wherein [...]