Night Demon – Night Demon Review
You can go ahead and place Night Demon in the file labeled “Stuff that Will Not Be Reviewed on Stereogum in 2013.” Ain’t gonna happen. No way, no how, fuhgeddaboudit. Not only would readers of …
Gorguts – Colored Sands Review
It has been 12 years since Gorguts last released an album. It has been a full 15 years since they dropped The Album That Changed Everything. But it has only been about half of that …
Svart Crown – Profane Review
Better late than never, as they say. Despite Profane being released a few months ago, I couldn’t in good conscience let the third album by the kings of French blackened death metal Svart Crown go …
TOAD – Endless Night Review
So this band is named TOAD, eh? That’s right, TOAD. Technically their name is an acronym for “Take Over And Destroy,” but these Phoenixites could easily have gone the command-as-band-name route and stuck with that. …
Civil War – The Killer Angels Review
In the interest of full disclosure, it must be stated that I had about zero interest in really giving the subject of this review much of a chance. After all, an album named The Killer …
Megadeth – Super Collider Review
As recently as 2009’s Endgame, Megadeth was a very good band. Perhaps not a great one, but it appeared as if fans were primed to enjoy a late career surge from Dave Mustaine that included …
Hell (US) – III Review
I can be a real dick. No doubt about it, I can be one serious dick sometimes, especially when one of my pet peeves causes me to immediately write off bands. First there is the …
Noisem – Agony Defined Review
Stickum: a sports adhesive intended to improve the grips of athletes on such devices as footballs, baseball bats, and vaulting poles. Noisem: a Baltimore-produced sound adhesive intended to affix itself to your mortal form before …