Mega Colossus Watch Out! Review
Mega Colossus
Watch Out!
Cruz Del Sur Music
2026
Another year, another true Heavy Metal record that understands the assignment. North Carolina’s Mega Colossus returns swinging with “Watch Out!”, an album I had months to live with - plenty of time to crank it irresponsibly, dissect it, and see if it could survive serious abuse. It does. Repeatedly.
If you already know Mega Colossus, you know what you’re getting, and “Watch Out!” stays locked in that lane with conviction. For the uninitiated: this is Classic Heavy Metal, forged in the old ways, with sharp flashes of early Speed Metal baked into the riffing and lead work. The guitars are the real weapon here - wild, surgical, and flat-out excessive in the best possible way. Frankly, it’s absurd how much firepower this band packs for a name that still flies under the mainstream radar.
What keeps “Watch Out!” from feeling like a museum piece is the band’s sense of groove and melody. You’ll catch hints of Thin Lizzy swagger and Blue Öyster Cult atmosphere creeping in, adding depth without sanding off the aggression. It’s familiar, but never lazy.
Vocally, Sean Buchanan operates somewhere in the general orbit of Bruce Dickinson and early Helloween, but don’t get it twisted. This isn’t a carbon copy job. He carves his own path, dialing back the expected glass-shattering falsettos and letting the songs do the heavy lifting. And it works. The power comes from songwriting, structure, and restraint, not cheap histrionics.
That’s the real triumph here: no gimmicks, no nostalgia cosplay, no apologies. Every instrument pulls its weight. No ego trips. No spotlight hogging. Just a band locked in and firing as a unit, delivering an album that’s loud, proud, and unapologetically METAL.
If you’re like me, denim vest permanently within reach, knees that remember leather pants a little too well, “Watch Out!” will hit like a fistful of memories and bruises. And if you’re younger but worship at the altar of Traditional Heavy Metal done right, don’t overthink it. This one’s mandatory.
Standouts – “Battlefront”, “Good Hunting”, “The Bad Thing”, and “The Halls Of Mystikos”.