Thornafire – Eclipse Nox Coagula Review
One of the fun things about being a metal reviewer is that I get to say, with something not unlike a straight face, things like “Chilean death trio.” Except around these parts, that phrase is …
Bilocate – Summoning The Bygones Review
Jordanian death / doom outfit Bilocate describes their sound as “Oriental dark metal,” though that may confuse some Western readers. It’s important to note that therein these guys are utilizing an older usage of the …
Noisear – Turbulent Resurgence
Albuquerque art-grinders Noisear jump from Relapse to Willowtip for this, their third full-length effort. I have to admit that I missed out on last year’s Subverting The Dominant Paradigm (to my loss, I’ve heard), and …
Cold Steel – 20 Years Of NY Thrash – The Demo Anthology Review
Long-forgotten New York thrash act Cold Steel gets the demo compilation treatment with Stormspell’s 20 Years Of NY Thrash, which brings together all the tracks from 1988’s Dead By Dawn and Scarred For Life alongside …
Steve Harris – British Lion Review
The ultimate trouble with a solo album from a musician whose name is inescapably attached to a specific band is that the solo effort in question is immediately and often unfairly tethered to the work …
Morgoth – Cursed To Live Review
If you’d asked me in January what I thought I’d be covering in the coming year, I can honestly say that a Morgoth live album would not have been on my list. Not by virtue …
Master – The New Elite Review
For nearly thirty years, Paul Speckmann and some form of Master have been releasing quality thrash- and d-beat-tinted death metal. Alongside the likes of Death and Possessed, Master is one of the bands directly responsible …
Nuclear Death Terror – Chaos Reigns Review
In some ways (perhaps in many), it may seem equal parts obvious and absurd, over-reaching and lazy to describe a band whose name contains the words “nuclear” and “death” as “apocalyptic,” and it’s at least …