This week's pick is an album that saw a band move on from their power metal roots and lean fully into the symphonic sound they had been prodding at their last few records before. The results would launch the group into the stratosphere and put them at the forefront of heavy metal in their native …
Category: Album of the Week
Album Of The Week – March 28, 2022
This week I'm taking a dive into the album that really hooked me into music. I talked about it in an older post, now it's time to get specific and go over the album in greater detail. I got the cassette as a Christmas gift a few months after its release and I played it …
Album Of The Week – March 21, 2022
For this week's pick I'm revisiting someone who has become my favorite artist in recent memory. She has released a wide selection of music across several projects over the past 15 years and has not been shy to explore new styles and soundscapes. Today I will be looking at her third solo album, which kicked …
Album Of The Week – March 14, 2022
1999 was an interesting time. The turn of the decade, century and millennium was one of great transition. One facet of culture at this time was the “edgebro” - stuff like nu-metal, WWF, Spike TV and The Man Show were running hot around this time. We were welcomed to Jackass, Eminem was beginning his shock-rap …
Album Of The Week – March 6, 2022
Today's album is widely-regarded as the magnum opus of a legendary singer's solo career. This crown jewel of an album, coupled with the low-water mark his former band was at in the late 90's, would result in a reunion and a new legacy. Bruce Dickinson – The Chemical Wedding Released September 25, 1998 via Air …
Album Of The Week – February 28, 2022
This week I'm going back 21 years to an album that revitalized a band's fortunes and heralded a coming revival in thrash metal. That revival is still in full swing for both the genre and the band. An old dog came out of the wilderness of the '90's, learned a few new tricks, and kickstarted …
Album Of The Week – February 21, 2022
This week I'm going back to 1994 and taking a look at a landmark album that marked a huge transformation for the band on offer. A band once firmly in the hardcore and punk scenes would now ply their trade in stoner and southern metal and totally redefine their sound and identity. The album is …
Album Of The Week – February 14, 2022
This week I'm going back to the second album from the band that would go on to become my favorite musical act ever. The album got solid reviews from critics and fans but would be the end of a brief beginning era for the group, who would soon re-tool and launch their signature sound on …
Album Of The Week – February 7, 2022
In music, as in life, things end. Bands split up, people pass away, movements come and go. It's an inevitable thing we all have to reckon with in both music fandom and in our lives. Except the Scorpions. They don't go away. The German rock and metal juggernaut is due to release a new album …
Album Of The Week – January 31, 2022
Sometimes I know well ahead of time what the AOTW is going to be. Other times, like this current edition, I don't really decide until I sit down to write. For some totally unknown reason not all related to last week's music news cycle I've had Blur on the brain so now I'm going to …
The Crooked Wanderer 