Category: Reviews
Cauldron – New Gods Review
Want to like Ghost, but can’t stomach all the pomp and theater? Want to like High Spirits, but can’t stand fun and guitar solos? Well, Cauldron may be for you. Now five albums into their …
Pig Destroyer – Head Cage Review
It’s been six years since Pig Destroyer released Book Burner. Add the additional five years between that one and 2007’s Phantom Limb, and we’re now 11 years removed from what remains as the band’s creative …
Furze – The Presence… Review
I had trouble sleeping the other night. I woke up in that barely pre-dawn window where it’s getting light enough that you know you probably won’t be able to get back to sleep, but still …
Malthusian – Across Deaths Review
With both a quality demo and EP under their belt, Malthusian has been one of the more promising acts out of Ireland in the past decade. Further, they’ve been hailed as one of the better …
Sear Bliss – Letters From The Edge Review
The temptation when writing about a band like Hungary’s Sear Bliss is to obsess over what is so unusual about them (a horn section in a metal band) and neglect explaining how they excel at …
Abhorrence – Megalohydrothalassophobic Review
A seeker of truth risks life and limb to make their way up a sacred mountain in hopes of eventually reaching a solitary guru for consultation and enlightenment. After a treacherous journey, the mountain’s peak …
Descent – Towers Of Grandiosity Review
If you were to assemble a couple teams of metal fans for a game of Family Feud, and the reanimated corpse of the late, great Richard Dawson asked the contestants to name an adjective that …
Maligner – Attraction To Annihilation Review
…so then I says to the guy, I says, “Maligner?! I hardly even KNOW her!” What? Hello… Hello… Is this thing on?… I shouldn’t screw around, though, because Maligner doesn’t. This Swedish three-piece rips through …