Gaza – I Don’t Care Where I Go When I Die Review
Originally written by Dante Sacomani. After my initial listen to Gaza’s I Don’t Care Where I Go When I Die I could distinctly feel only one real emotion. Guilt. Where the hell had I been? Why had I …
Borknagar – Origin Review
Originally written by Jason Jordan. I have to admit I was disappointed when Borknagar announced plans to record an all-acoustic record, because, if anything, I’m hoping they’ve got another Empiricism up their collective sleeve. Like their past endeavors, Origin ushers in …
Totimoshi – Ladron Review
Originally written by Jason Jordan. I agreed wholeheartedly with Mooring’s assessment of Totimoshi’s ¿Mysterioso? (2001). The Crucial Blast reissue (2005) of their second full-length served as my introduction too, and though I commended the quirkiness of ¿Mysterioso?, I felt the word …
Harkonin – Ghanima Review
Originally written by Ramar Pittance Harkonin make the wise decision of not having their primary influences made explicit on either their website or their Myspace page. So, while I can’t take the easy way out and …
Insomnium – Above The Weeping World Review
originally written by Jim Brandon I’ve only been able to briefly hear Insomnium’s In The Halls Of Awaiting and Since The Day It All Came Down until fairly recently, and after more concentrated listening I …
Wolf – The Black Flame Review
Originally written by Dante Sacomani. I’m typically the last person willing to dole out any over exaggerated praise to a band who so obviously handpicks their musical cues straight from the back catalogs of legendary …
Light This City – Facing The Thousand Review
Originally written by Jeremy Garner Somehow I doubt I’m alone in this regard, but I consider Light This City to be easily one of the more entertaining American metal acts out there today, eclipsing the competition presented …
Arriver – Vanlandingham And Zone Review
Originally written by Chris Chellis. The scope of Arriver is astounding. For an unknown band that, to my knowledge anyway, is unsigned and untouched by any major to devise something as massively mythological and textured as Vanlandingham and …