Thy Flesh Consumed – Unrepentant Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Death metal’s second and third tiers are filled with murky waters. Also-rans and upstarts seem to float in a sea of muck, rudderless, until the wind blows them along the …
Burnt By The Sun – Heart Of Darkness Review
Originally written by Doug Moore. Music fans like to think of their genres of choice as purebred open markets. In self-contained worlds like underground metal, the audience’s shared sensibilities and the comparative absence of money’s …
Revocation – Existence Is Futile Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas Considering a lot of early classic thrash (Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer, Dark Angel, Toranaga, Xentrix, Onslaught, Kreator etc.) was much of my indoctrination to metal at a young impressionable age, it’s a …
No Remorse No Retreat – Warbringer Review
Originally written by Ross Main. By the fourth repeat of the phrase “will of iron,” ten seconds into the opening track “Will of Iron,” one can’t help but become irrationally impatient with this record. After …
Impetuous Ritual – Relentless Execution Of Ceremonial Excrescence Review
originally written by Jim Brandon It’s the cheap, gut-rotting whiskey that eats away at your stomach and scours your liver, or the scabby sex partner you’ll never, ever let yourself live down having unprotected intercourse …
Impious – Death Domination Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Well, these speedballin’ Swedes certainly have a knack for churning out terrible album covers. The generic, MMA Bro t-shirt that Death Domination wears is only slightly tackier than the Edward Syringehands dude …
Savage Messiah – Insurrection Rising Review
Originally written by Chris Chellis. Post retro thrash-revival thrash? Eh, forget the tags. This is just good metal. While some of their similarly “new” brethren seem to lean more toward the speed of Bonded by Blood, …
Amon Amarth – Versus The World (Reissue) Review
originally written by Chris McDonald Amon Amarth has always maintained a solid balance between pedal-to-the-metal fury and more open, epic songwriting in their quest for melodic death domination. But they’ve also noticeably favored one more …