Category: Reviews
SubRosa – For This We Fought The Battle Of Ages
Here is an ashamed thing I am: I live in the same state as SubRosa, within a 35 minute train ride, probably…maybe some city buses and walking… You get the point. I live within easy …
Wretch – Wretch Review
No style of music is accurately defined by one element, but I often find it interesting to discover how people designate a genre such as doom with a single word. Traditional doom, mind you, not …
Vicious Rumors – Concussion Protocol Review
American power metal institution Vicious Rumors hits the dozen mark with this latest full-length, thirty-one years after their classic debut on 1985’s Soldiers Of The Night. Now as then, the band straddles the line between …
Surgikill – Sanguinary Revelations Review
It’s sometimes surprising just how much time a lot of metal musicians seem to have on their hands. It’s not uncommon to see some of them playing in upwards of a dozen bands at the …
Inquisition – Bloodshed Across the Empyrean Altar Beyond the Celestial Zenith Review
There’s really no need to get into Inquisition‘s background. We aren’t going to deal with their political garbage dump heaped upon them by websites seeking clicks and ad revenue. In fact, they just got back …
Asphalt Graves – The New Primitive Review
Something about the word “supergroup” makes me want to run away screaming. It’s just that, for every Bloodbath, there are at least five ones that just come off average at best, or “just a sad …
Revocation – Great Is Our Sin Review
The modern metal critic’s dilemma: how many times can a reader read “this is a good/great record by a good/great band” before they are no longer served by reviews? You have to have some negative …
Dark Forest – Beyond the Veil Review
Let’s begin with a brief discussion about Outsider Lifestyle and Trend Alliances. In the 80s, metal was a beacon that provided a seductively tempting “danger” element to burnouts, nerds, freaks and any sort of outcast …