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  • Anwar Rizk’s Top Albums of 2017

    Another year goes by and another slew of ridiculously good releases come our way. It’s been a pretty hectic year for metal, punk and rock music. We’ve seen some great releases coming out of Australia from some of the...

    • Posted 6 years ago

  • Rod Whitfield’s Top Albums of 2017

    I feel like a broken record that gets stuck once a year around this time, but it’s been yet another stunning year in music. What is interesting for me this year, though, is that there has been nothing from...

    • Posted 6 years ago

  • Jonathon Besanko’s Top Albums of 2017

    Across the board, 2017 has been quite the year for metal. There have been truly some fantastic albums this year that the more I thought on it as I was working on this ‘best of’ list, the harder it...

    • Posted 6 years ago

  • Chris Reid’s Top Albums of 2017

    Archspire – Relentless Mutation Archspire is almost peerless in the way they write such memorable and musical arrangements without sacrificing their hallmark technicality and speed. The album has it all – Human Murmuration, Relentless Mutation, The Mimic Well and A Dark Horizontal all have an...

    • Posted 6 years ago

  • Andrew McKaysmith’s Top Albums of 2017

    At 14 years of age in 1992, I commenced my journey as a lifelong fan and appreciator of hard rock and heavy metal. Living Colour were a ‘gateway’ band and Doug Wimbish’s deep funk groove across the album Stain...

    • Posted 6 years ago

  • Wacken Open Air 2017 Review

    Wacken Open Air – 2017 Here we are again. Another year goes by and another Wacken Open Air rolls out the red carpet for metalheads across the globe to ascend upon the holy Wacken land to see their favourite metal bands...

    • Posted 7 years ago

  • Metal Obsession sets sail with 70,000 Tons of Metal in 2018

    THE ORIGINAL HEAVY METAL CRUISE, 70000 TONS OF METAL, HAVE UNVEILED THE FIRST 19 OF 60 BANDS TO BOARD AND WRECK HAVOC ACROSS THE CARRIBEAN SEAS. ARTISTS ANNOUNCED: Meshuggah, Sonata Arctica, Septicflesh, Dark Tranquility, Obscura, In Extremo, Korpiklaani, Necrophobic...

    • Posted 7 years ago

  • With Full Force 2017 Review

    With Full Force 2017 Images & Words: Olga Herndon WEDNESDAY I flew into Berlin Schönefeld from Paris in the afternoon, not long after Hellfest, seeing Monster Magnet in Rouen, and having dinner with a friend. I easily found the train...

    • Posted 7 years ago

  • Metal Obsession’s Best Albums of 2017 (So Far)

      This year has been rather interesting in the realms of heavy music. A truck load of new releases from home and abroad were released (with plenty more to come!). Some bands have disbanded while other reformed. We continually...

    • Posted 7 years ago

  • Mike Portnoy’s Shattered Fortress – An in-depth live review

    Wednesday, September 8th 2010 – the day Mike Portnoy shocked his band mates and legions of fans around the world by announcing that he was leaving Dream Theater. Portnoy parted ways with his long time friends and bandmates after 25...

    • Posted 7 years ago
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