Category: Reviews
Terra Tenebrosa – The Reverses Review
Execute program: Terra Tenebrosa The Reverses. …Begin Phase 1… Execute sub-program: “Makoria.” Purging of chaotic elements. System reset… Execute sub-program: “Ghost at the End of the Rope.” Tentative merging of the mechanical and the organic. …
Conclave – Sins Of The Elders Review
I have been sitting in this Conclave album for a couple of weeks, playing it and trying to pin down my impressions of it. I’ve said in the past that sludge is a strange animal …
Astronoid – Air Review
Most would agree that it’s wildly unrealistic to expect everyone to love or even like the achievements people spend time and great effort to create. Polarization is healthy when it comes to art, though, and …
Inter Arma – Paradise Gallows Review
As a full-time industry scientist and part-time music critic, a review of Inter Arma’s Paradise Gallows proved to be rife with challenge. Given that their particular interpretation of the art form involves so many variables and moving parts, …
Nails – You Will Never Be One of Us Review
Up until recently, I was unaware of any fuckery and douchebaggery that Nails may have engaged in during their time as a band. They were just a bunch of guys who made very angry music …
Black Fucking Cancer – Black Fucking Cancer Review
A band that doesn’t pull any fucking punches, Black Fucking Cancer hail from the Bay Fucking Area of California. They create chaotic, crust riddled, sludgy black fucking metal with plenty of death and thrash fucking …
Rotten Sound – Abuse To Suffer Review
It’s been five years since the last Rotten Sound full-length, 2011’s killer Cursed, and three years since the eight-minute follow-up blast of Species At War. Both of those releases firmly cemented Rotten Sound’s place among …
Denner / Shermann – Masters Of Evil Review
When news emerged that old Mercyful Fate axemen Michael Denner and Hank Shermann would be reuniting for a new band, lots of old guard metalheads were understandably stoked. The inclusion of Cage wailer Sean Peck …