Tombs – Path Of Totality Review
Tombs’ second album stares the notion of a ‘sophomore slump’ straight in the face, politely clears its throat, and then sets said notion on fire using nothing but its will and an unlit match. But …
A Storm Of Light – As The Valley Of Death Becomes Us, Our Silver Memories Fade Review
Full-length number three from Josh Graham’s A Storm Of Light finds the band smoothing off some of the rough edges from previous albums, but coming off the worse for the polish job. There is a …
Ravencult – Morbid Blood Review
It’s easy to get wrapped up always searching for the new, the fresh, the strange twist on the old moves and forget why you came here in the first place. It’s equally easy to bury …
Ulver – Wars Of The Roses Review
Here’s the basic paint-by-numbers approach to too many Ulver reviews, in case you’d like to play along at home: Step 1: Open with something along the lines of, “If you can say one thing about …
Septic Flesh – The Great Mass Review
We all experience music differently. Most of that ought to be put down to genre preferences, listening habits, level of intoxication, and so forth, but you can’t necessarily pin it all on these subjective factors. …
Endstille – Infektion 1813 Review
Does anyone else remember the time when the world’s cleverest parents’-basement-dwelling minds held an international summit and decided that the most biting epithet they could imagine to dismiss a particular style of black metal was …
Across Tundras – Sage Review
Some bands take years of false starts, stylistic affectations, and happy accidents before finding a sound that, once stumbled across, seems to have been what they were circling around all along. Across Tundras is not …
The Axis Of Perdition – Tenements (Of The Anointed Flesh) Review
I’ll be the first to admit I’ve talked a lot of shit about Urfe since its release two years ago. But, if we’re being honest, I’ve got to fold and give it up as a …