Asphalt Graves – The New Primitive Review
Something about the word “supergroup” makes me want to run away screaming. It’s just that, for every Bloodbath, there are at least five ones that just come off average at best, or “just a sad …
Anderson / Stolt – Invention Of Knowledge Review
“See light… Soul light…” I wouldn’t exactly call myself a morning person, but this morning, due to a confluence of abnormal events, I found myself awake at dawn. Sitting on my back porch, watching the …
Reptilian – Perennial Void Traverse Review
2016 has certainly been a banner year for death, although, in most cases, that’s been horrifically unfortunate. But hey, in the case of death metal, at least there’s some silver lining to be found, because …
Rotten Sound – Abuse To Suffer Review
It’s been five years since the last Rotten Sound full-length, 2011’s killer Cursed, and three years since the eight-minute follow-up blast of Species At War. Both of those releases firmly cemented Rotten Sound’s place among …
Get To The Bar… Now, Or How I Met Rudolf Schenker
Sundays are usually boring. But not always… “Dude — get to the bar. Now.” Usually, that’s enough to get me, I’ll be honest. After all, my beloved Yankees were playing the abominable Red Sox, and …
Gadget – The Great Destroyer Review
It took ten years, but here it is, the next Gadget album, only their third in almost two decades. And it’s not terribly different than the previous two, which, of course, is hardly a bad …
Metal Church – XI Review
The return of Mike Howe to Metal Church was some of the best news of 2015. No disrespect to the late David Wayne, of course – he fronted the band on two absolutely great records, …
Anthrax – For All Kings Review
I’ve probably written about Anthrax five times in my years here, and I feel like every time I start out defending their legacy against the (wholly correct) statement that they’ve released very, very little of …