1+ week, 1+ day ago   (430+ words) Dead Rhetoric Killer – The Grand Finale (High Roller Records) Originally a part of the European metal 80s scene, Killer from Belgium released four albums from 1981-1990, garnering modest attention for their speedy heavy metal ways. Resurrecting themselves in the early 2000’s,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (315+ words) Airbourne – Airbourne (Spinefarm) deadrhetoric.com Airbourne – Airbourne (Spinefarm) I’ve been doing this a long time now, writing about hard rock and heavy metal. 13 years and change to be exact. Now one of the first bands I reviewed was…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (307+ words) Dead Rhetoric Ninth Realm – Damnation’s Veil (Transcending Obscurity Records) In what has become a usual event here at the A&GS compound we have once again a record that is loud, hard, and nasty. Ninth Realm has seen…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (496+ words) Dead Rhetoric Castle – Carrie Chains (Hammerheart Records) Heavy / doom metal knows no boundaries these days – especially allowing in today’s climate the ability to find like-minded musicians from any part of the world. Case in point – Castle....

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (331+ words) Dead Rhetoric Exumer – Death Mask Messiah (Metal Blade Records) Exumer returns with Death Mask Messiah, which marks the band’s first new studio output in seven years as Hostile Defiance hit the streets in 2019. That’s quite a bit…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (974+ words) Lonesome_Blue – FOURTH DIMENSION (King Records/JPU Records) Dead Rhetoric Lonesome_Blue – FOURTH DIMENSION (King Records/JPU Records) It’s always been a bit of a point of frustration that while some other Japanese acts have skyrocketed in popularity and visibility in the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (876+ words) Dead Rhetoric Sight of Theia – The Great Dreamer (Self-Released) Sight Of Theia is a progressive metal band hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and this is the band’s debut album. Their PR firm has this to say about the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (486+ words) Kamelot – Dark Asylum (Napalm Records) Dead Rhetoric Kamelot – Dark Asylum (Napalm Records) Veterans in the melodic, symphonic power / progressive metal landscape, Kamelot broadened a style into expansive cinematic landscapes not only in terms of the music, but also their…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (629+ words) Dead Rhetoric Oddland – Unilluminate To Illuminate (Frontiers Music) Progressive metal (or progressive music in general) works best from a premise of exploration. Challenging the musicians who play and compose material, in turn producing compositions made for consumers to absorb…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (440+ words) Schrödinger’s dog – PRINCIPIA (Self-Released) Dead Rhetoric Schrödinger’s dog – PRINCIPIA (Self-Released) Having covered Schrödinger’s dog a few times on the site in the singles column, it was nice to see a more fleshed out release come through. The…...