The Blazewire Breakdown

Category: 2025

  • The Night Flight Orchestra – Give Us the Moon: A Stellar Journey Through Sound

    Matthew

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    Discover The Night Flight Orchestra’s latest album ‘Give Us the Moon’ in this engaging review. Dive into the retro 80s vibes, catchy rock music, and standout tracks like ‘Runaways’ and ‘Shooting Velvet.’ Perfect for lifting your mood or a drive soundtrack. Read more

  • A Newcomer’s Journey into Coheed and Cambria’s Vaxis Saga

    Matthew

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    Coheed and Cambria – Vaxis – Act III: The Father of Make Believe Coheed and Cambria are a new entry to my musical rotation. I’ve been aware of the band for some time but until now failed to check them out. What a mistake that was! This band brings the progressive to progressive rock. New Read more

  • Machine Head’s Unatoned: Underrated or Just Misunderstood?

    Matthew

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    Machine Head seem to be a bit of a Marmite band for most people – you either love them or hate them. Personally I don’t get the hate, especially towards newest offering Unatoned. Is it the best album in the band’s discography? No, it also feels like a weaker album when compared against its predecessor Read more

  • Exploring Themes of Death in The Ossuary Lens by Allegaeon

    Matthew

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    Allegaeon are a new addition to my music rotation, however I don’t think new album The Ossuary Lens will be the last time they make it to one of my playlists. Album title The Ossuary Lens is thought provoking itself. Ossuary – “a container or room in which the bones of the dead people are Read more

  • Exploring Jinjer’s Duél: A Fusion of Metal Genres

    Matthew

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    Rising stars Jinjer are back with their new album Duél. Blending elements from progressive metal, groove and metalcore – this album hits like a truck! Having got into the band with prior release 2021s Wallflowers, I was excited to hear this offering. The first element that stood out to me was the drumming. Especially in Read more

  • Why Limited Deadition is Lordi’s Best Album Yet

    Matthew

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    At this point in their career – album 19 in fact (they did release a box set of 7 new albums in lockdown), who would have thought Lordi would be releasing maybe their best album with Limited Deadition! Not only that, so far this year it’s the most fun I’ve had with an album. Straddling Read more

  • Reviewing Architects: Highs and Lows of Their New Album

    Matthew

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    The Sky, The Earth & All Between is the new album from metalcore band Architects. Having only gotten into them in the past couple of years, I’m not using their older “classic” albums as a frame of reference. So far I’ve only listened to the more recent offerings. That aside this is a frustrating album. Read more

  • Review: Dream Theater’s Parasomnia Delivers Masterclass Musicianship

    Matthew

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    Mike Portnoy is back behind the kit, but musically not much has changed for these progressive metal titans. On first listen this is clearly a Dream Theater record with new album Parasomnia. Maybe a slightly groovier and stompier approach, thanks to Portnoy’s return. That means if you are a fan of the band, you are Read more

  • This Consequence by Killswitch Engage

    Matthew

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    Ever reliable metalcore titans Killswitch Engage return with new album This Consequence. At this point in their career they seem to mostly be playing it safe. There is nothing wrong with that, classic bands like Motörhead would bring out albums that were clearly them and following a similar style. One of the early strengths of Read more

  • The March of the Unheard by The Halo Effect

    Matthew

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    March of the Unheard is a really bright start to the new albums from 2025. It sees The Halo Effect perfect what they started on their first album Days of the Lost. This album works as a masterclass in melodic death metal. The twin guitar work inherited from Iron Maiden. Surprisingly catchy harsh vocals reminiscent Read more

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