Fear Factory – Mechanize Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell For nearly ten years, the Fear Factory brand has been struggling to survive. Arguably, the band peaked too early; creatively on Demanufacture, their 1995 masterstroke, and commercially with its follow-up, Obsolete. The shadow of …
White Wizzard – Over The Top Review
Originally written by Ross Main. White Wizzard are the little puppy dogs of metal. Bounding with youthful energy and enthusiasm, there is something so innocent and loveable about them, that you really don’t mind having to …
Genitorturers – Blackheart Revolution Review
Originally written by Ross Main. Although sex and metal are far more powerful and exhilarating activities when indulged individually, Floridian filth-merchants Genitorturers *wince* aren’t afraid to combine both at face value to create a fairly intriguing industrial …
Teitanblood – Seven Chalices Review
originally written by Chris McDonald Sometimes you come across bands so transgressive in their approach that it seems pointless to judge them against even the loosest standards commonly accepted in music. Case in point, Teitanblood’s …
Gaza – He Is Never Coming Back Review
Originally written by Doug Moore. For young, relatively unknown bands, there’s a lot to be said with a name. Take Gaza for instance. Their moniker conjures up an inescapable cycle of violence—generations of simmering resentment and dissonances …
Jordan Campbell’s Top 20 of 2009
Another year in heavy metal…and what a year it was. It seems like every band on the planet released something in 2009; when Immortal, Absu, and Destroyer 666 all emerge from hibernation at once, it’s a sign that things …
Obeah – Self Titled Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Old-school death metal is seemingly everywhere these days; it has officially become the catch-all subgenre for people that want to start a metal band, but don’t know what the fuck …
Evile – Infected Nations Review
originally written by Chris McDonald Evile’s debut full-length, Enter The Grave, garnered both praise and ire as one of the first noteworthy albums in the nu-thrash explosion to be released by a band not named …