Motörhead – The World Is Yours Review
What the hell happened to the fanfare surrounding a new Motörhead album? The fact that no one seems to be talking about The Wörld is Yours, Lemmy and Co.’s landmark 20th studio album (or 21st, …
Svart Crown – Witnessing The Fall Review
Jay: “Olaf, metal!” Jay: “That’s his fucking metal face.” Hipsters and “yeah bro, metal is cool”-types the world over love that scene. Why? Because fake Russian dudes are funny; because the movie is in black …
Falkenbach – Tiurida Review
Falkenbach has always resided outside of the more industry-supported or well-known folk metal circle, despite being conceived all the way back in the late 80s. The sole vision of Vratyas Vakyas (born Markus Tümmers of Germany) …
Canopy – Menhir Review
Bearing witness to a band’s growing pains can reap great rewards for a fan as easily as it can bring uncomfortable disappointments. On one hand there is the pleasure in having known that band when …
Zach Duvall’s Top 20 of 2010
What a year… I don’t know if I just paid more attention in 2010 due to free time or if this much stuff really did blow me away, but I never remember listening to and …
Revelations Of Rain – Emanation Of Hatred Review
A masked sky. An immeasurably vast landscape. One lone creature soaring above the earth, confused by the encroaching heavens and rumbling chaos from below. Shifting terrain scatters trees, beasts, life. A great spire of rock …
Martolea – Noaptea Dihãniilor Review
Martolea is the one-man black metal project from Alin Drimus, known perhaps not by name but certainly by musical presence as the wooden flute and frula player on Negura Bunget’s already-legendary OM album. After releasing a …
Slough Feg – The Animal Spirits Review
If you are one of the few visitors to this site who has somehow avoided our near-cronyism levels of praise for The Lord Weird Slough Feg, fear not, as a necessary description and history follow. …