Anubis Gate – Horizons Review
I suppose the years have turned me into quite the Anubis Gate ambassador. 2007’s Andromeda Unchained first grabbed me on a whim purchase based simply on its enticing cover artwork, the toppling one-two punch of “Yiri” …
80s Essentials – Optional Retro-spections, Volume 2 Haiku
If you’ve been in the game for a pile of years and have frequented a number of different forums, blogs and even a heavy metal venue bathroom stall or two, you’re probably aware that our …
80s Essentials – Optional Retro-spections, Volume 1 Haiku
Greetings, time travelers. You all tuckered out from all this 80s’ metal nostalgia yet? Of course you are. We all are. Wait, no… I’m never tired of 80s’ metal. NEVER, I SAY. When others are …
Zoldier Noiz – Regression Process Review
“…Let’s start with the dungeness crab salad with avocado mousse, and I’ll have the Moroccan spiced squab with orange-cumin carrots as my entree, please.” “Excellent choice. And for you, madam?” “I’ll have the arugala & …
Teitanblood – Death Review
Full-length number two from these Spanish poison-peddlers just dropped and already appears to be mustering a fair amount of publicity. And like most anything that rides the rails of a bulleting heavy metal hype train, …
The Wounded Kings – Consolamentum Review
Not too long ago, you couldn’t huck a rock without hitting a drifty, smoky, fuzzy doom band directly in the marbles. Slow-bangers with stretched tunes steeped in bongwater were getting continuous front-page action, and folks …
