Defeatist – Sixth Extinction Review
Originally written by Chris Chellis. It’s too bad that Mayhem took “Chainsaw Gutsfuck” before this New York grindcore trio could get to it because it would have made for a very fitting album title for this stellar …
Rotting Christ – Aealo Review
originally written by Erik Thomas First off, I need to apologize. My first and last experience with Greece’s long-running Rotting Christ was 1996’s Triarchy of Lost Lovers. I had their logo emblazoned on my denim jacket in High …
Vasaeleth – Crypt Born & Tethered To Ruin Review
originally written by Erik Thomas Not content with inducing nausea and vomiting late last year with Impetuous Ritual’s Relentless Execution of Ceremonial Excrescence,Profound Lore Records has started 2010 with another icky cacophony by way of Texas’s Vasaeleth, a …
Burzum – Belus Review
originally written by Chris McDonald So there’s a new Burzum album. Wow, where does the time go? I remember when I was a lowly high school sophomore just starting to submerge myself in the depths …
Heathen – The Evolution Of Chaos Review
originally written by Jim Brandon Truth be told, I’ve only been a moderate fan of Bay Area thrash veterans, Heathen, as they’ve always kind of come across as a band that couldn’t decide whether or …
The Ruins Of Beverast – The Foulest Semen Of A Sheltered Elite Review
originally written by Erik Thomas For those that don’t know, The Ruins of Beverast is a one man black/doom metal band consisting of former Nagelfar (the German one) drummer Alexander Von Meilenwald. And with his third album, he has …
Orphaned Land – The Neverending Way Of Orwarrior Review
originally written by Erik Thomas Six years in the making after the critically acclaimed Mabool, Israel’s premier metal act return for album number four and what we have here is a brilliant, epic metal album, that’s an early …
Ares Kingdom – Incendiary Review
originally written by Jim Brandon With so many bands mixing so many styles, there’s something very inspiring about an act that can take simpler genres that are considered building blocks of today’s more aggressive sounds, …