Horn – Turm am Hang Review
From first wave to second wave to dark wave to new wave to cold wave to no wave nerds have ridden the tubular tradition of classifying all sounds as movements. Lumping similar sounds and scenes …
Ekpyrosis – Asphyxiating Devotion Review
Let’s talk about headbanging for a minute. Is there a wrong way to headbang? Are there places where you shouldn’t headbang? First off, there is no wrong way to bang your head. The biggest faux …
Gravebreaker – Sacrifice Review
What’s great about bands like Gravebreaker is that they take fresh sounds and ideas and employ them over what sounds like late 70s metal. Thus, it’s as if metal was ahead of its time back …
Manny-O-War’s Best Of 2016 – The Death Of Angels
It seems like last year fans of loud music sat around talking about how the world had gone to shit and the only thing saving us from mental annihilation was quality heavy metal. Imagine if …
Sacrificio – Guerra Eterna Review
The language of metal is filled with a finite amount of dark, excessively graphic and usually made up words. Thus, we have to clarify that we are discussing the Sacrificio from Spain. They are not …
Panphage – Drengskapr Review
If you’re going to sit down and make a black metal album, it’s not a bad idea to take a few spins through catalogs of legends like Bathory and Darkthrone. It’s also a good idea …
Trees of Eternity – Hour of the Nightingale Review
Born out of a 2009 collaboration, Trees of Eternity began innocently enough. Juha Raivio invited Aleah Stanbridge into the studio to work on the track “Lights on the Lake” which was set to be featured …
Saor – Guardians Review
If Scotland is going to have an impact year in black metal it’s going to be due to the tireless efforts of Andy Marshall. Guardians represents his second solo release of 2016. Earlier this year …