All posts by Old Guard

The retired elite of LastRites/MetalReview.

Leviathan – A Silhouette In Splinters (Reissue) Review

Originally written by Keith Fox. (First a Note: I don’t pretend to know anything about ambient music. But as a sincere Leviathan fan I think my opinion on this ambient record should tell black metal fans like myself

Psalm – Manifest Review

Originally written by Jordan Campbell Previously a metalcore band, Belgium’s Psalm have unveiled a new sound, a new direction on this transitional EP: blackened death metal, or something resembling blackened death metal, anyway. Given this information,Manifest sounds exactly as you’d

Mouth Of The Architect – Quietly Review

originally written by Chris McDonald I was a bit hesitant to sign up for this at first, as this is my first real experience listening to Mouth of the Architect and I’m generally not big

Prostitute Disfigurement – Descendants Of Depravity Review

originally written by Chris McDonald Now here’s a band that’s been trending upward. While Prostitute Disfigurement’s early albums were fairly typical over-the-top gore-grind efforts, 2005’s Left In Grisly Fashion was something of a revelation for

Bound By Entrails – For Valhall’s Sorrow Review

Originally written by Erik Thomas. Synopsis: I’m always a little leery of critiquing albums that involve folks I know, in this case former Metal Review staffer Jeremy Garner. Even more so because this album kinda sat in

Krisiun – Southern Storm Review

Originally written by Michael Roberts. It’s kind of a rare thing for a band to continue to improve after six or seven albums. More often than not we’ll see an act peaking somewhere between their

Neuraxis – The Thin Line Between Review

Originally written by Sasha Horn I have created the perfect Neuraxis album. It was only a click, drag, and drop away. I’m thinking about calling it Trilateral Thin Lines, or maybe Stuck Between A Live

Equilibrium – Sagas Review

originally written by Thomas Creager It should be a well established fact to anyone remotely familiar with the critical appraisal of the arts that the volume of content produced by the world at large is