Category: Reviews
Gravesend – Methods Of Human Disposal Review
The current state of the world has left many of us unable to separate the days. The shift from a bed to a table/desk to a couch and back to bed, with little activity in …
Mortify – Grotesque Buzzsaw Defilement Review
This is not your run-of-the-mill buzzsaw defilement, kids. This is the grotesque kind. Remember to keep your hands and feet inside the vehicle at all times… Japan’s Mortify is something of a supergroup: Drummer Peter …
Wampyric Rites – The Eternal Melancholy Of The Wampyre Review
Is black metal real? Sheath your quills and hold your emails, please. Yes, of course black metal is real in the sense that it is comprised of actual sounds, rhythms, melodies, vibrations of the tympanic …
Sete Star Sept – Bird Review
Sometimes I wonder what may be wrong with me, that I should seek out such sounds that would typically be described as unpleasant. Often, I would imagine, others wonder the same, particularly any unlucky passenger …
Korpiklaani – Jylhä Review
When I first crossed paths with Korpiklaani back in 2006, I took one look at the slipcase promo for Tales Along this Road, and finding them completely ridiculous, promptly discarded and ignored it. I don’t …
Mefitis – Offscourings Review
[Album artwork: Pendath] Spend enough time in and around the extreme metal sphere and the likelihood that the following words—progressive, avant-garde, technical, and experimental—will eventually inspire you to pound your head against a brick wall …
Pounder – Breaking The World Review
Pounder’s last full-length, 2019’s Uncivilized, was a collection of fun and well crafted songs marred by one pretty significant stumbling block. A throwback metal outfit in the vein of so many these days (see: Traveller, …
Caedes Cruenta – Of Ritual Necrophagia And Mysterious Ghoul Cults Review
[Cover art by Christopher Moyen] Heavy music fans regularly reach for their favorite black metal records during the snow-filled months of winter. The motherlands of its inception and frigid sounds/atmospheres utilized through the past few …