Barely Legal Album Reviews

For this episode intskknsbiut the new albums I've been listening to that came out this week which includes " Unwelcome Guest" from Left To Suffer, " Landfall" from Wage War, "After The Storm" from Skillet, "...Then You Cannot Love Me" from Gore. And " Red" from April Art

For this weeks episode, I talk about the new albums I've been listening to this week, which includes " The Hollowing Of God Flesh" from Crown Magnetar, "Pain Of Truth" from Pain Of Truth, " Come This Madness" from Europe, " Manslayer" from Bratz " To Exist Is Worth Nothing" from Changing Tides and " Funerals" from Sicksense

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After a sort of unplanned hiatus , BLAR is back with all new albums to talk about, which includes "Libidinous" from Bloody Cumshot, " Vow Of Silence" from Shush, * The User's Guide To Being Human " from The Script, " One Assassination Under God Chapter Two" from Marilyn Manson, " Can't Cry" from Ryan Perdz and " Breaking Through " from Saliva

For this week's episode, I sit down to talk about the new albums I've been listening to this week, which includes " The Plot In You" from The Plot In You, " " It Is Going To Get Dark" from No Cure , " 2D Complex" from Dehumanizing Itatrian Worship, " Count Your Blessings: Repented " from Bring Me The Horizon ", " Echoes From Dimension X " from Twiztid and " Villainous" from Eva Under Fire

It's been awhile, but I've finally got some new albums worth talking about for this week. " The Mincecore Manifesto" from Haggus, " Dear God " from The Pretty Reckless, " Washington State Charm" from Monument Of Misery, " The Wow! Signal" from Muse, " Dissolution" from Siamese and " Pillars" from Zao

Continuing on from last episode, I talk about six more Underground Nu Metal albums . "Unspoken Word " from Stoopi, " Introduction To Mayhem " from Primer 55, " Invitation To The Dance" from 40 Below Summer, " Untitled "from Five Pointe O, " Self Titled " from Element Eighty and " Anarchists Of Good Taste " from Dog Fashion Disco

For this week's episode, I decided to do something just a tad different from the norm, and talk about some classic Underground Nu Metal albums, which includes " Pimp " from Clown, " Lost Angel" from 3rd Strike, " Disconnected " from Dry Cell, " My Disease " from LeFT, "Downthesun" from Downthesun and "Strangers, Liars, Misfits, Friends" from Project Wyze

For this weeks episode,.I talk.abiut the six new albums I listened to for this week, which includes " These Graven Halls " from Balmora, " Death Won't Be The End Of Me Part 2" from Light The Fire, the stupidly titled " Ei8ht" from Shinedown, " Slamdown Is Not A Phase Mom " from Gutrectomy, " All Hail Hypocrisy" from The Cruel Intentions and " Patchwork & Standby" from Foxblood

For this week's episode I sit down to talk about " Diminishing Between Worlds " from Decrepit Birth, " In The Shadows Of A Thousand Suns" From Abigail Williams, " Rareform" from After The Burial, " Shogun" from Trivium , and Intervals" from See You Next Tuesday

For this episode I talk about six new albums I listened to this week which includes " Worldwide Beatdown" from Demsfightingwords, "Phosphor" from The Narrator, " Vindicate" from Black Veil Brides, " No Place Of Warmth " from Frozen Soul, " Art Of Chaos " from Crashdiet and " Denigration" from Ingested

For this episode I sit down to talk about the six new albums I've been listening to this week which includes " The End Is Not The End " from Atreyu, " House Of Cards " from The Amity Affliction " , " We Are The Gods That Tear Ourselves Apart" from Necrotted, " Roadkill" from Devil's Cut, " The Weight Of Everything " from Waste and " Still Suffer " from Terror

For this episode I talk about " Awaken The Dreamers" from All Shall Perish, " Death Magnetic" from Metallica, " Traitors" from Misery Index , " The Diseased And The Poisoned " from Carnifex and " Black Ice " from AC/DC

For this episode I dive into some of the brand new albums that just came out this week which includes " Too Fast To Die " from Archspire, " In Death Throes " from Vomitory, " When Love Dies " from Halocene, " Hell Is Here, Hell Is Home " from Bodysnatcher, " KINDA HARD" from Bilmuri and " Heaven Wept " from Inferi.

With their being absolutely nothing to talk about when it comes to new releases this week , I talk about some of the newer albums that came out this year that I listened to, but didn't have time to talk about , which includes " Absolute Core Annihalation" from Infectious Jelqing/Wiggavisceration, " Malombra" from Dance With The Dead, " Declassified" from Tom MacDonald, " Bite This!" From Resistor, " All In The Name Of Entertainment " from Ashes At Last and " Advent Of Chaos " from Amongruins

For this week's episode, I sit down to talk about " This Is Exile " from Whitechapel, " Chelsea Grin" EP from Chelsea Grin, *Nostradamus* from Judas Priest, " Tube Of The Resinated" from Cannibus Corpse and " Total Brutal " from Austrian Death Machine

For this week's episode , I talk about six brand new albums that I listened to this week: " Loss" from Gaerea, " Peace In Place" from Poison The Well, " Anatomy Of Suffering " from Dawn Of Ashes, " The Puzzle Box EP" from Twiztid, " Concrete Throne " from Atilla and " March Of The Venus 5" from Venus 5

For this week's episode , I sit down to talk about six new albums I listened to this week; " Celebrate" from Blackstone Cherry, "Whiteout" from Acranius, " I Don't Feel You Here Anymore" from Hourhouse, " Silence Outlives The Earth" from Erra, " Act II: Of Iron And Blood " from Lomsk and " The Crawl " from Temple Of Void

For this week's episode , I sit down to talk about " The Way Of All Flesh" from Gojira, "Twilight Of The Thunder God " from Amon Amarth, " Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood " from Volbeat , " All Hope Is Gone " from Slipknot , " Melancholie" from Coldworld and " Suicide Season " from Bring Me The Horizon

For this week's episode z I sit down to talk about some of the new albums I listened to that were released this week, which includes " Love Is Not Enough " from Converge, " Skin Cage" from Diskust, " Temple Balls" from Temple Balls, "Necropalace" from Worm, " A.R.S.O.N" from Story Of The Year and " Brutality Is Supremacy" from Skin Stripper

As promised , I actually managed to pump out a regular segment for you guys this week , and sit down to talk about six albums that are turning eighteen this year . " Changes " from For The Fallen Dreams, " Horror " from With Blood Comes Cleansing , " Bury Your Dead " from Bury Your Dead " Til Death Do Us Part " from Deicide, " Scars & Souvenirs" from Theory Of A Deadman and " The Respect Issue" from Emmure.

For the first proper episode of the year, I talk about the newest albums I listened to this week, which includes " Empty Hands* from Poppy, " Bleed///Reboot" from Dagger Threat, " Reek Of God " from Barbarian, " Descending " from Elwood Stray and " The Weight Of Sound " from Crystal Lake

After somehow losing my god damn notes ( hey, it happens ) I decided to change gears just for this episode and talk about the three main reasons why I think today's metal bands suck

Yeah yeah the final episode of the year ( and season ) should be longer, but I didn't wanna keep boring you guys with my top 100 albums of the year. So I decided to record a holiday message instead.

BLAR will return the second Saturday of January 2026

Still going on with this needlessly long list, I cover albums 73-83

Closer still.to the end of this huge list , I cover albums 58-72 of my top albums for the year

Getting closer to the end of my list , I cover albums 44-57

This week we talk about albums 31-43 o my top 100 albums of 2025 list

For this week's episode I talk about 15-30 of my top 100 albums of the year . Listen to find out what they are !

I begin to talk about the first 14 out of 100 albums that are my top favorites for the year . What are they ? Listen and find out !

Even though this week was supposed to be a regular segment , I decided to skip it and talk about the new albums that came out this week that I've been listening to, which includes " A Heart Is A Heavy Burden " from Heavensgate , " The Cursed Crown " from Killstreak, " You Are Safe From God Here " from The Acacia Strain, " Creature In The Black Night " from Dayseeker , " And Everything Was Dark" from Downswing and " Blood Covenant " from Adept

After an unplanned week off last week, I return with six new albums that I've been listening to this week, which includes " Limewire " from Dying In Designer , " Hideous Aftermath " from Sanguisugabogg, " Black Hole Heart " from Dead Eyes , " Sport Metal" from DEXDBELL, " Conspiracy" from Living Dead Girl and " Goodbye , My Son In Pain " from Ratgod

For this week's episode, I sit down to talk about the new albums I've been listening to that came out this week, which includes "King Of Fears " from President , " PF Radio 2 " from Peeling Flesh , " Convergence: Two Minds In One " from Villain Of The Story, " Flesh Stays Together " from Dying Wish ," Borderland " from Amorphis , " Achtung ! " From Curse Of Cain and " Darkness Invisible " from Mors Principium Est

For this week's episode I sit down to talk about " World Extermination " from Insect Warfare, " In Requiem " from Paradise Lost , " Terrorize, Brutalize, Sodomize" from Vomitory, " Minus The Herd " from Ion Dissonance and " Serpent Saints - The Ten Amendments " from Entombed

Yes, I'm aware I was supposed to do a regular segment for this week's episode, but there were some pretty big releases this week, so I decided to do that instead and talk about " I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me " from Lorna Shore , " I Watched You Burn " from Nicolas Cage Fighter , " The Wheel " from I See Stars, " The Blue Nowhere " from Between The Buried & Me , " Weaponize Your Rage " from Not Enough Space , " Pantheon " from Dance Gavin Dance " and " Silos " from Starset

After a state of BLAR announcement I sit down to talk about the new shit I've been listening to for this week's which includes " Premonitions " from Synestia, " To Reconcile With Death For The Sake Of A Beautiful Goodbye " from Long Goodbye, " IO" from ten56, " Gallows " from Blessthefall, " The Weight Of What I've Become " from Prospective and "Deadwired" from Bodyweb

For this week's episode , I sit down to talk about " Angel Down " from Sebastian Bach, " " Runnin' Wild " from Airborne, " Rom 5:12 " from Marduk, "Famous " from Puddle Of Mudd, "Minutes To Midnight " from Linkin Park , " Kill The Headlights " from Adema and " Elect The Dead " from Serj Tankian

For this week's episode I talk about the newest albums that came out this Friday, which includes " Private Music " from Deftones, " Alienation" from Three Days Grace , " To Rid Myself Of Truth " from Signs Of The Swarm, " Everything Is Beautiful Because We're Doomed " from We Came As Romans , " Going Postal " from Begging For Incest and "Daybreak" from Woe, Is Me

For this week's episode I sit down to talk about "Mechanics Of Dysfunction" from Beneath The Massacre , " Resurrection" from Chimaira, "Dead Again " from Type O Negative, " Vena Sera " from Chevelle , " III : So Long Suckers " from Reverend Bizarre and " Ur Jordens Djupp" from Finntroll