Category: Reviews
Axegrinder – Satori Review
After the triumphant returns of Amebix and Antisect over the past several years, alphabetically up next in crust punk history is London’s Axegrinder. Back then, this punk-metal outfit dropped only one full-length, 1989’s The Rise …
Khanus – Flammarion Review
Finland’s Khanus is a very strange band, and not necessarily for the reason most of us westerns likely think–that snicker-friendly name that has no conveniently available translation. No, Finland’s Khanus is a strange band to …
Faustcoven – In The Shadow Of Doom Review
It’s not just you who gets spoiled by the riches of the internet in the modern age. Since that very first day he signed up for the OG TheDevil666@aol.com account all those many moons ago, …
Moenen Of Xezbeth – Ancient Spells Of Darkness… Review
Everybody wants a castle. Sure, they’re drafty, expensive to heat, nearly impossible to clean, and most likely filled with evil spirits of yore that died tragic, painful deaths on the steps of the throne room. …
Cosmic Church – Täyttymys Review
Some albums require the tag team approach. The latest (and last) from Cosmic Church certainly pleased a lot of ears among our ranks. Ryan and Manny have the details… Ryan: Black metal. Scandinavia. The first …
Khôrada – Salt Review
In music—as in life—expectations can cut two ways. Without expectations, there might be no disappointments. But without expectations, there’s also little chance for surprise. The relational structure of expectations, however, borders on tyrannical. As a …
Burial Invocation – Abiogenesis Review
Some eight years after releasing its debut EP, Rituals of the Grotesque, Burial Invocation has finally released its first full-length album, Abiogenesis. Whatever the reasons for the delay, as things have been rather unsettled in …
Rotten Sound – Suffer To Abuse Review
All new Rotten Sound is always a cause for celebration. This six-song, twelve-minute EP comes two years after the band’s last full-length, Abuse To Suffer, and it’s clearly titled as that album’s inverse, so it’s …