Category: Reviews
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 …
Root – Kargeras – Return From Oblivion Review
The basic history of Czech black metal originators Root — as well as a convenient sampling of their best tunes — can be found here. But for the unknowing, here’s the gist of it: Along …
Vader – The Empire Review
I would wager that about 90% of anything written about Vader in the last… oh let’s say, decade and a half now… centers around the word “consistent” – a fact that is, itself, ironically and …