Album Review: Full of Hell – Weeping Choir

Full of Hell - Weeping Choir May 17th, 2019 Grindcore Relapse Records Ocean City, Maryland, USA Maryland grindcore outfit Full of Hell are back with their fourth full length record, Weeping Choir, the followup to 2017's critically acclaimed Trumpeting Ecstasy, and on this record the band continues to exhibit exactly why they're one of the most interesting …

Album Review: Sepultura – Quadra

Sepultura - Quadra February 7th, 2020 Groove Metal / Thrash Metal Nuclear Blast Records Belo Horizonte, Brazil The almighty Sepultura are a band that needs no introduction. Their over thirty year career that has spawned fifteen studio albums, as well as countless side projects due to numerous lineup changes, is nothing short of legendary, especially considering …

Album Review: Mondo Generator – Fuck It

Mondo Generator - Fuck It February 21st, 2020 Stoner Punk Heavy Psych Sounds Van Nuys, California, USA I'll be completely honest right out of the gate and say that even though I love the California desert rock scene and all of the bands associated with the almighty Kyuss, Mondo Generator is one of the acts from …

Album Review: Ozzy Osbourne – Ordinary Man

Ozzy Osbourne - Ordinary Man February 21st, 2020 Traditional Heavy Metal Epic Records Birmingham, England, UK Ozzy Osbourne. English rock and roll legend, frontman of the band that gave birth to the heavy metal genre in the first place, reality TV star and bat-eating madman. At 71 most people would be settling into their retirement and …

Akhenaten’s Best Albums of 2019

10. Children of Bodom - Hexed I was never a huge Children of Bodom fan, if I'm being completely honest. While the band is (or rather, was) great with some really catchy songs and flashy musicianship, their sound was always one that was a bit too in the realm of power metal than melodic death metal …

Album Review: Suicide Silence – Become the Hunter

Suicide Silence - Become the Hunter February 14th, 2020 Deathcore Nuclear Blast Records Riverside, California, USA California deathcore behemoths Suicide Silence have no doubt had a rough go of it during the last decade. After tragically losing their frontman Mitch Lucker, arguably the most charismatic frontman in the deathcore genre, to a horrific motorcycle accident in …