"Retaliation" is a fist-tightening stomper, at least initially as the song opens up with steady, low-slung chugging, a calm and too-cool vocal delivery and a touch of synths to pad the atmosphere.

I’m not as insanely gaga over Hyvmine’s latest number, “Assassins,” but it’s still a damn solid track. Propelled by a Meshuggah-laden groove and Al Joseph’s ace guitar technique (as admired by one Mr.

Last we checked in with Hyvmine, the progressive metal / hard rock outfit’s guitarist Al Joseph had this to offer about the band’s newly released EP: “The Fight Or Flight EP means pure metal to me. It ...