Morbific – Bloom Of The Abnormal Flesh Review
[Cover artwork by Chase Slaker of Caustic Wound / Mortiferum] If you’re anything like me—an old tousled possum living out his best years deep in the woods, trying to avoid the temptation of feasting on …
Panthalassan – From The Shallows Of The Mantle Review
[Front cover artwork by Nightjar Illustration / Adam Burke] Confession right from the jump: I am hypercritical about one-person metal acts. I do not, however, consider myself a complete ramrod about the designation as a …
Tower – Let There Be Dark Review
[Cover artwork by Jared Fleming] “One of the great things about New York is that if you ever need dead baby eels, you can get them here. Also, there is opera.” – Dave Barry Full …
Vultures Vengeance – Dust Age Review
[Cover artwork by Lena Richter] Just last month I offered up Dust Age as one of my most anticipated albums of 2025, owed largely to the fact that the prior Vultures Vengeance album, The Knightlore, …
Diamonds & Rust: Revenant – Prophecies Of A Dying World // Lost Years, Lost Opportunities, Redemption
Since the very first day I stepped into heavy metal’s looming halls, I have been an obsessive participant in most every facet of the genre. The experience was fairly overwhelming at first, owed in part …
Best Of 2024: Captain – Can Your Rover Do Any Sweet Kickflips, Bro?
I anthropomorphize things too much. Not always to the point of birds with arms throwing deuces my way for rocking a Napalm Death longsleeve from 1991, but in varying degrees of that high water mark. …
We Have The Power – The Top 25 Power And Power-Related Albums Of 2024
“You mock my pain!” “Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.” We Have the Power is a unique pain. One of life’s good pains, fortunately—like soreness from some good exercise. It …
Defeated Sanity – Chronicles Of Lunacy Review
[Cover artwork by Jon Zig] Yes, I’ll have the kangaroo soufflé, please… “FOR THE LOVE OF PETE, NOT ANOTHER METAL WRITEUP WITH FOOD ANALOGIES” ~ the sensible denizens of planet Earth I understand it’s overused, …