Category: Reviews
Them – Sweet Hollow Review
You like King Diamond? Of course you do. International metal collective Them also likes King Diamond. They like him quite a lot. So yes, they’re named after King’s best album (feel free to debate me …
Meshuggah – The Violent Sleep Of Reason Review
When one has a deep history with a band, a traditional critic’s review is damn near unthinkable. Intentional or not, our very own Dan Obstkrieg touched on this in his recent review of the newest …
Asphyx – Incoming Death Review
In a fictional world in the (perhaps) not-too-distant future that finds three quarters of the population suddenly wiped out and yours truly somehow surviving, there will be a night spent at a quiet campfire in …
Brain Tentacles – Brain Tentacles Review
To have grown up a hard rock/metal fan in the early eighties is, I think, to have a deep disdain for the saxophone. At least it is for me. Along with the pop-synth and the …
Neurosis – Fires Within Fires Review
Fires Within Fires feels like aging. Now, hold up. I’m not talking about the ages of the members involved, or at least not directly. Neurosis’s music, at least from Enemy of the Sun onward (and …
Johansson & Speckmann – Edge Of The Abyss Review
“If two journeymen journey enough, at some point, they will inevitably journey together…” — an ancient Chinese proverb that I just made up Johansson & Speckmann is the rather uncreatively named pairing of death metal …
Eternal Champion – The Armor of Ire Review
Reviews are unnecessary. We don’t really like to talk about that out in the open like this, but there you go. Any schmoe with an internet connection and an afternoon off can judge whether or …
High Spirits – Motivator Review
There’s just so many things on a given day that I do not want to do. Work. Pay bills. Mow the lawn. Shower. I’ll go out on a limb here and guess that’s true for …