Benighted in Sodom – Reverse Baptism Review
Not long ago one of my esteemed colleagues (that would be His Royal Danhammer of House Obstkrieg, First of His Name) reviewed an album that he could honestly recognize the quality of, but just couldn’t …
Spellcaster – Under The Spell Review
Portland’s Spellcaster is a new act that likes to walk the tight rope between tried-and-true and tired-and-true, merging influences such as Iron Maiden, Metal Church, and Armored Saint into a fairly effective trad/thrash combo. Debut …
Wolves In The Throne Room – Celestial Lineage Review
I don’t know about y’all, but I’ve had it up to my receding hairline with the genre-tag war, especially when applied incorrectly. The hot one these days is “post.” What does that even mean, “post”? …
After Oblivion – Vultures Review
One thing that I’ve found constantly puzzling during this whole thrash revival thingy is why nearly all of the bands forego the epic and cerebral side of thrash in favor of mostly speed, a punk …
Ave Maria – Chapter I Review
Not long after Code666 brought attention to yet another excellent not-quite-avant-garde blackened metal band in Johann Wolfgang Pozoj, here comes Ahdistuksen Aihio Productions with Germany’s Ave Maria. Both compellingly odd and oddly compelling, Chapter I …
Dekapitator – We Will Destroy…You Will Obey!!! (Reissue) Review
Originally released in 1999, We Will Destroy…You Will Obey!!! was the debut from Dekapitator, an act formed by Exhumed members Matt Harvey (guitars, vox) and Col Jones (drums) to scratch their violently thrashing itch. And …
End Of Level Boss – Eklectric
Everybody sit back while I make this album seem way more complicated than it really is… London, England act End of Level Boss is many things, and yet they are not. In many ways – …
Marduk – Iron Dawn Review
Riding quite the wave of success since being joined on vocals a few albums ago by Mortuus of Funeral Mist fame, Marduk thought now was good a time as any to push out some new …