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BraveWords.com originated from the global magazine BW&BK (Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles). It offers the latest news, reviews, interviews, and multimedia related to heavy metal and hard rock. Additionally, you can explore the Metal Market and engage with the well-known BraveBoard community.

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REVIEW: SAVAGED’s Rising - “Built Around Catchy Songs And A Bit Of Guitar Showmanship”

4 days ago | bravewords.com | Mark Gromen

(No Remorse)Damn, those Greeks love the high pitched vocals and this two-guitar Spanish quartet (signed to the Athens based store/label) even dip into King Diamond falsetto territory on their second full length (+ the Knights Of Metal, debut EP)Eight proper songs (after 41 seconds “Ascension” intro), lasting about 35 minutes.
SAVAGE MASTER - Dark & Dangerous In Philly: Never Ending Devil Rock!

1 week ago | bravewords.com | Mark Gromen

Fresh from a European tour, supporting their latest album (fifth, in just over decade), the purple hooded horde have escalated from a kitschy, prop wielding outfit, with satanic laced odes to “whips & chains,” into an international viable act, with musical depth and real singing/songwriting skills prominently on display.
REVIEW: INSANIA's The Great Apocalypse – “They Certainly Aren’t Short On Material”

2 weeks ago | bravewords.com | Mark Gromen

(Frontiers)The Swedish power metallers (once thought of as a Helloween clone, circa Sunrise In Riverland, 2001) issue their second album since returning to activity (after a 2007 begun hiatus) and sixth, overall. Well, they certainly aren’t short on material, as the nine pseudo-conceptual platter features tracks eclipsing seven, eight and 14 minutes! The “shortest” number is “Underneath The Eye”, just a second short of 5:00.
INTERVIEW: THE DEAD DAISIES - “Blues Is The Seed, Then The Tree Grew”

2 weeks ago | bravewords.com | Aaron Small

“It was a lot of fun to do this. But it was really enlightening as well,” begins vocalist John Corabi, talking about Lookin’ For Trouble – the newly released blues covers album from The Dead Daisies. Corabi, along with guitarists Doug Aldrich and David Lowy, bassist Michael Devin, drummer Sarah Tomek, and producer Marti Frederiksen turned up the voltage on ten classic blues songs, including tracks by Muddy Waters, Albert King, and Howlin’ Wolf, to name a few.
REVIEW: GRUESOME’s Silent Echoes - “Another Love Letter To A Trailblazer, Done With Care And Honour”

3 weeks ago | bravewords.com | Greg Pratt

(Relapse)So here it is, what we were all kinda wondering about: when Schuldiner-obsessed and -tributing DM crew Gruesome got into their Human phase, could they pull it off? With Silent Echoes, the answer is a resounding yes.
REVIEW: VADER’s Humanihility - “Poland’s Finest Thrashing Death Metallers Are Back”

3 weeks ago | bravewords.com | Greg Pratt

(Nuclear Blast)Five years in since last full-length, Solitude In Madness, Poland’s finest thrashing death metallers Vader are back with three-song EP Humanihility. I’m always a fan of less is more with extreme music, so this does the trick just fine (although after five years, I could have used a full-length). Opener “Genocide Designed” is prime modern Vader: the thrash propels the death and vice versa, the hooks are there, the tempo just right in that sweet spot.
REVIEW: PHANTOM’s Tyrants Of Wrath - “One The Best Newer Bands Out There”

4 weeks ago | bravewords.com | Nick Balazs

(High Roller)The Mexican Destroyers are back! Phantom is one the best newer bands out there. These guys just get it – atmosphere, riffs, crazed vocals with a nostalgic presentation and fresh execution. This is the band’s second full-length album, first under the High Roller banner, and Phantom is already showing refinement in their speed/thrash attack.
"The Haunted Are The SLAYER Of Today"

1 month ago | bravewords.com | Greg Pratt

(Century Media)Man, opener “Warhead” hammers home the point I kinda forgot: The Haunted are the Slayer of today, the song riding the straight line to thrash perfection, manic solo hinting at melody, vocals sharp and ready, barbed-wire hooks all over the place.
Former NEVERMORE Touring Guitarist CURRAN MURPHY Weighs In On Band's Rebirth

1 month ago | bravewords.com | Carl Begai

On December 27, 2024 guitarist Jeff Loomis and drummer Van Williams took to social media teasing the return of Nevermore in 2025. In March, they revealed a new Nevermore line-up is now complete and that they are “gearing up for the next chapter of Nevermore.” The band’s fanbase is quite naturally divided on these developments, as many people believe there cannot be a Nevermore without vocalist Warrel Dane, who passed away in 2017. During a recent interview with Venom Inc.
ALIEN WEAPONRY - Triple Threat Tradition

1 month ago | bravewords.com | Carl Begai

From the outside and for the uninitiated, the metal world sounds and looks like a breeding ground for rebellion, violence, chaos, and your occasional witch burning or dismemberment. Once inside, however, anyone with a brain realizes it is a vast and rich soundscape filled with diverse musical tastes and talents amongst the layers of distortion, vibrant with colour and culture.