Icare – Khaos Review
When we encounter the unexpected, our initial reactions generally fall into two main categories: 1. The negative: Frustration, stress, disappointment, anger, etc. 2. The positive: A smile, a spark of joy, wonderment at a surprise, …
Invincible Force – Decomposed Sacramentum Review
Invincible Force worships in a chapel of ghouls, is ready to bleed for the devil, and has conjured a sophomore album that offers up a blistering maze of riffs to torment the demented ears of …
Svalbard – When I Die, Will I Get Better?
Since the inception of heavy metal as a genre, roughly 666 subgenres, sub-subgenres, and subs to genres — who mostly spend their time being flogged by bullet belts and wrist spikes while listening to their …
Pig Destroyer – The Octagonal Stairway Review
The EP is an interesting little beast in the year 2020. Once upon a time, the EP was a necessary way for bands to stay in the press and fans’ ears between full-lengths, or it …
Black Elephant – Seven Swords Review
In his book American Zombie Gothic, author Kyle William Bishop unveils his theory that the walking dead standout as the pinnacle American monster among their legendary peers like vampires, mummies and so on. While the …
Ingested – Where Only Gods May Tread Review
Death metal was born relishing in the raw, the murky, the crusty and the generally ugly. Ever since Suffocation created effigies of something or other (I forgot what), the brutal and slam scenes have done …
Faceless Burial – Speciation Review
A tasty riff; a prime cut; a hearty slab; a juicy lead; vocals that bite; drums that bring the heat and band members that look like a snack…wait, what? When it comes to describing music, …
Imperial Triumphant – Alphaville Review
Consider, if you will, the splendor and aura of a classic detective film noir. One where the men all wear suits with bowler hats calling ladies dames while they chain smoke in a diner somehow …