All posts by Old Guard

The retired elite of LastRites/MetalReview.

Helloween – Keeper Of The Seven Keys: The Legacy Review

Originally written by Ramar Pittance Helloween are past their creative peak. That’s obvious. And so, like many creatively bankrupt act’s have done, they’ve decided to pillage their back catalog in hopes of capitalizing on their

Cryptopsy – Once Was Not Review

Originally written by Doug Moore. Cryptopsy. I’m willing to bet this is a name you’ve all heard. If a genre as deliberately obscurist and inaccessible as technical death metal can have a public face, this

Old Man’s Child – Vermin Review

Originally written by Jason Jordan. The members of Old Man’s Child and Dimmu Borgir are so incestuous it’s astounding. Plus, I’ve always thought that the two aforementioned bands share so many characteristics that they practically walk hand-in-hand with one

King’s X – Ogre Tones Review

Originally written by Ramar Pittance It’s an unsettling sort of honor to review a King’s X album. While I’m not entirely familiar with their catalog, I’ve heard enough to develop a healthy reverence for this

Age Of Silence – Complications – Trilogy Of Intricacy Review

Originally written by Jason Jordan. Acceleration was my favorite album of 2004, which means that I was the obvious choice to review the latest incarnation from the supergroup Age of Silence. A little over a year since

Exodus – Shovel Headed Kill Machine Review

Clay Moore’s take: You’d think that after Exodus unleashed the expectation decimating Tempo of the Damned that the faith of the metal community would be squarely in the band’s corner. Instead, some have voiced doubts about whether the band

God Forbid – IV: Constitution of Treason Review

Originally written by Tim Pigeon It seems like this has been a quiet year so far for the NWOAHM sound, considering that most of the genre’s stalwarts released albums last year. So with that said,

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Bullet For My Valentine – Hand of Blood Review

Originally written by Drew Ailes Oh, so…Bullet For My Valentine, right? Yeah, I guess so. Ever go to the video store and just choose something based upon the name and it ends up just…not being