Cathedral – The Guessing Game Review
My guess is that this game is still gonna leave a lot of people guessing. After releasing a pair of late-90s underperformers, stoner doom masters Cathedral roared back to life in the new millennium, issuing …
Fuck The Facts: Unnamed Interview
In the course of a decade, Canadian unit Fuck The Facts has gone from being the one-man grind project of founder/guitarist Topon Das to a full-fledged band that consistently pushes the boundaries of grindcore. The band has …
Fuck The Facts – Unnamed EP Review
Canadian grinders Fuck The Facts are nothing if not prolific. Since their inception as a one-man unit in 1998, FtF has released eight full lengths (or more, depending on how you define “full-length”), four EPs …
Fates Warning – Parallels (Special Edition) Review
In its original incarnation, 1991’s Parallels was my introduction to Fates Warning. I’d heard the band’s name before, then as now almost always mentioned alongside Queensryche and Dream Theater, and since I was (and am) …
Barn Burner – Bangers
Ever wonder what it would sound like if Corrosion Of Conformity and Slough Feg were magically merged into one? Honestly, I didn’t. In fact, I’m fairly certain I’d never thought about that at all. But …
Paradox – Riot Squad Review
Although they’re both German and thrash, Paradox isn’t what most of us would think of when we think of “German thrash.” Their particular brand of speed is more controlled, more technical, more precise than the …
Overkill – Ironbound Review
Almost thirty years now… For nearly one-third of a century, through five different American presidents (three of them two-termers), through sixteen studio albums and three live releases, through at least seven record labels and thousands …
Nostradameus – Illusion’s Parade Review
Swedish power thrashers Nostradameus bring us their sixth record of melodic and epic, Helloween-and-Nocturnal–Rites-indebted speed metal. All the requisite components are here—guitar work with riffs equally melodic and aggressive, throaty vocals that reach into the …