The Bronx Casket Co. – Hellectric Review
The fact that the The Bronx Casket Co. would be releasing a new album took me a bit by surprise. After not heaving heard from them since 2001’s Sweet Home Transylvania, I kind of figured that, …
Scum – Gospels For The Sick Review
Does the name Amicuss ring a bell? That was the name given to the much anticipated project of Phil Anselmo, Killjoy (Necrophagia), and Casey Chaos (Amen). Unfortunately, a professional falling out between Anselmo and Killjoy, …
Zero Hour – A Fragile Mind Review
It’s been over four years since Zero Hour became the darlings of the prog-metal underground with their Towers of Avarice release. That may not seem like a long time for that genre, but seeing as …
Primal Fear – Seven Seals Review
I toyed with several different introductions for this review, all based around the idea that Primal Fear’s past albums have been weak and largely forgettable, until I realized something: I haven’t listened to a Primal …
Jon Oliva’s Pain – ‘Tage Mahal Review
It’s been just about a year since this album was released in Europe, so why not commemorate the occasion with this long overdue review? This is the latest solo endeavor by Savatage vocalist/keyboardist and man-Mountain …
Soulfly – Dark Ages Review
The last time I reviewed a Soulfly album, last year’s Prophecy, I praised it as a strong album but was none too thrilled with Max Cavalera’s employment of the band’s trademark multi-instrumentation, oftentimes hopelessly misplaced …
Freakazo!d – Allarme Rosso… Attacco Della Terra Review
“Freakazoid” was a mid-90s cartoon about a teen named Dexter who was transformed into a crazy superhero thanks to some sort of weird computer virus. The blue-skinned, big-haired Freakazoid combined the typical Warner Bros. comedy …
Circus Maximus – The First Chapter Review
Prog-metal is a tough genre. On the one hand, you usually have amazing musicianship. On the other hand, you usually have very long tracks that are either so good that they aren’t long enough, or …