Category: Reviews
Chaos Inception – Vengeance Evangel Review
A very strong argument can be made that over the last few years, no label has brought more top quality death metal to the masses than Czechia’s Lavadome Productions. From the forward-thinking work of Heaving …
Drugs Of Faith – Asymmetrical Review
Helmed by DC grind stalwart Richard Johnson (Enemy Soil, Agoraphobic Nosebleed), Drugs Of Faith has steadily cranked out some fun and ugly noise for over two decades now. Self-described as “grind ‘n’ roll,” this trio …
Bong-Ra – Black Noise Review
What does subtlety mean to you? I imagine someone artfully steering a difficult conversation toward their preferred resolution without the other party realizing it. Or perhaps the way an Impressionist’s lily resolves into form out …
Exordium Mors – Sworn To Heresy Review
There’s something to be said for a band knowing their strengths, forming more strengths, and then really leaning into them. In the case of Auckland, New Zealand’s Exordium Mors, those strengths include mastery of multiple riff …
Vultures Vengeance – Dust Age Review
[Cover artwork by Lena Richter] Just last month I offered up Dust Age as one of my most anticipated albums of 2025, owed largely to the fact that the prior Vultures Vengeance album, The Knightlore, …
Obscureviolence – Refuting The Flesh Review
The world of black/death metal (which isn’t to be confused with blackened death metal, I think…) has loved its black and red album art ever since Fallen Angel of Doom…. dropped the first of its …
Mephitic Corpse – Sickness Attracts Sickness Review
“Mephitic” is a word the definition of which, were I not into this crazy world of ugly music, I would quite likely never know. Turns out it means “foul-smelling” or “noxious,” and it also turns …
Havukruunu – Tavastland Review
The forests endure the human experience—life, death, and the pages between. Each river, tree, peak, and valley tells a story. That tale is that of nature’s inevitable victory through it all. And victorious it shall …