Category: Music Reviews

Midnite Hellion: Condemned to Hell (2017) Music Review – By Baron Craze

Midnite Hellion debuts their first full length album entitled “Condemned to Hell” which is on Witches Brew label, though not technically their first, preceding it a Demo, EP, Single and a Live Album (2014) and then this throwback sound of traditional heavy metal with an undercurrent of speed metal running through many of the tracks….


Goat War: Warwolf (2017) Music Review – By Baron Craze

The metal genre, always changing and new bands march in capturing the attention of listeners, and hailing from a town called Hell, Michigan, never hurts, unless it’s the timid ears of some people. Goat War delivers speed metal with black overtones, on their limited release demo, “Warwolf” while prepping for a for full onslaught album….


Daemusinem: The Ungodly Defiance (2017) Music Review – By Baron Craze

When one mentions the death metal genre several bands come to mind most likely Death, Immolation and Deicide to name a few, the entire genre, contains many subgenres, giving great variation therefore there’s always room in the dungeon of death. Daemusinem, from Italy, delivers their latest album after a 5-year wait from Crossecution (EP), fret…


King Diamond Abigail (1987) Retro Music Review – By Baron Craze

This retro review returns to the year if 1987 with the solo artist King Diamond and his second album entitled “Abigail”, which marked his first concept record on Roadrunner Records, later leading to re-releases, first in 1997 with 4 bonus tracks, and a 25th Anniversary edition in 2005 with a bonus DVD. Over the years,…


Psychostick: IV: Revenge of the Vengeance (2014) Music Review – By Baron Craze

Time to locate your sense of humor, as all music doesn’t need to always be silly, this time a band brings comedy into their music, and never once does it cover for a of lacking skills, their skills ranges through many genres thrash to death to power and rest on the baseline of heavy metal….


Graj: Ashes (2017) Music Review – By Baron Craze

Graj a Russian folk metal based band (for those unaware the name means Bird’s Cry) which reinforces their folklore theme music released their fourth album, “Ashes” on Noizgate Records on a digipak, with a cover track of Rotting Christ’s ‘…Pir Threontai’ serving as the close-out song. Needless to say, they play various instruments to convey…


L.A. Guns: The Missing Peace (2017) Music Review – By Baron Craze

In the eighties, a crazy lifestyle existed, full of insanity, booze, drugs and sex, everyone had the mindset of excessiveness equals complete pleasure and a never-ending trip. This band stayed loyal to their fan base with constant records of hard rock, a bit of sleaze and at least one ballad. L.A. Guns’ new album, ‘The…


Galar: De gjenlevende (2015) Music Review – By Baron Craze

Galar released their third album on March 16, 2015 from Dark Essence Records, entitled ‘De gjenlevende’ it in the true sense of melodic black metal with Nordic folk themes such as mythology, history and of course battles. Once more their music carries through epic length tracks, complete with more strings and strong compositions, reminiscent on…


Runespell: Unhallowed Blood Oath (2017) Music Review – By Baron Craze

Nightwolf, the only musician of the band Runespell, from Australia presents his raw black metal expanding from his demo Aeons of Ancient Blood (released in May of 2017), giving a devilish path for the fans of the genre to enjoy. None of the tracks from that demo repeat on this new released “Unhallowed Blood Oath”…


Arcana 13: Danza Macabra (2016) Music Review – By Baron Craze

A little over a year ago the doom and heavy metal band Arcana 13 released their first album Danza Macabra, (on March 11, 2016) a thick occultism mixed lyrical theme along with gothic, cryptic, and marrying that to horror movies, as the two go hand in hand. However, they also incorporate the great instrumentals of…