Category: Reviews
Worm Ouroboros – What Graceless Dawn Review
Guilt by metal association. For many, that’s the principal reason you’ll see a band like Worm Ouroboros crop up on metal sites whenever a new album drops. All three members are connected to the scene, …
Civil War – The Last Full Measure Review
Ah, European power metal… When it’s done poorly, there’s very little in all of metal that could possibly be lamer. (Maybe basement-level black metal, but that’s another argument for another time.) But when Euro-power is …
Ion Dissonance – Cast The First Stone Review
Originally written by K. Scott Ross. Step right up, step right up. Are you angry? Of course you are. And we’ve got just the product for you. Midwestern angst, right here. Slipknot CDs from the 90s! Oh, …
Cognitive – Deformity Review
This year has been a bit of a whirlwind for me as far as reviewing goes. I have two gigs, one of which I only took in May – that being this gig here – …
Metallica – Hardwired… To Self Destruct Review
If ever an album title accurately described Metallica’s past two decades, there it is… There’s no need to rehash in any significant depth those past twenty years, of course – if you’re here now, you’ve …
Darkrypt – Delirious Excursion Review
17For a little-known band from India, Darkrypt is getting quite the push. The band’s debut, Delirious Excursion, was mixed by Dave Chandler at Priory Recording Studios in the U.K. and mastered by Dan Swano at …
Hobbs Angel Of Death – Heaven Bled Review
Australia’s awkwardly possessive Hobbs’ Angel Of Death is one of those bands that I’ve heard about for ages, dating most of the way back to my entry to metal fandom nearly thirty years ago, it …
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 …