Insect Warfare – World Extermination Review
originally written by Chris McDonald Imagine, if you will, a band that epitomizes everything sleek, modern, and forward-thinking about underground metal music. A band akin to Decrepit Birth, Angra, or Wintersun perhaps. An outfit whose …
Tombs – Winter Hours Review
Originally written by Michael Roberts. The Relapse debut from Tombs isn’t an easy beast to pin down. Winter Hours may be a relatively tidy thirty-seven minutes in length but feels significantly longer, such is the diversity and sheer density that it …
Obscura – Cosmogenesis Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Quite honestly, it’s tough to swallow another helping of technical death metal at this point. Everything from the band name (come on, guys), the computer-generated cover art, and the maddingly …
Amon Amarth – Once Sent From The Golden Hall (Reissue) Review
originally written by Chris McDonald While some may view the reissue of such a readily available album as Amon Amarth’s debut Once Sent From The Golden Hall as excessive, I for one am happy to …
Turrigenous – A Slight Amplification Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Progressive power metal is one of the arenas that American bands tend to fare extremely well in. Ball-swingin’ and crunch-centric, we Yanks tend to place just as much importance on …
Rose Funeral – The Resting Sonata Review
Originally written by Sasha Horn Stab stab stab. Stab chop chop stab. Punch. Stab stab swing. Chop swing chop. Stab. Fall down. On my way home from seeing the new Friday the 13th remake, I …
Suidakra – Crogacht Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas With last year’s best of/collection 13 Years of Celtic Wartunes, not only did Germany’s Suidakra put themselves back on my personal radar, they cemented the fact that they are one of folk metal’s …
Seance – Awakening Of The Gods Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas One of the more less ballyhooed reunions or comebacks of late, Sweden’sSéance return a full 16 years after their seminal Saltrubbed Eyes, though members did stay busy with Witchery during the absence and it …