Category: Reviews
Saxon – Battering Ram Review
If you’ve been keeping up with Saxon – and you should’ve been – then you know that they’re still going strong after damn near forty years. 2013’s Sacrifice was proof enough that the old chaps …
Amok – Necrospiritual Deathcore Review
Originally written by K. Scott Ross. Sometimes you can judge an album pretty accurately at a single glance. For example, if your band is called Goatbush and your album is called We Are the Goat Rapers and …
Zgard – Totem Review
Originally written by K. Scott Ross. Last year, I wrote that I hoped that Yaromisl, the mind behind one-man Ukranian black/folk band Zgard, would “take a little time off from cranking out material in order to …
Selvans – Lupercalia Review
Italy’s Selvans was formed by four ex-members of Draugr after that band’s breakup in 2013, and their very brief history is one of both tragedy and fierce ambition. After completing most of the vocals and …
Temple Of Baal – Mysterium Review
Originally written by K. Scott Ross. Temple of Baal are a black/death metal quartet from Paris on Agonia records. One of their guitarists plays live guitars for Aosoth and Antaeus. The founding member of Temple of Baal, Amduscias, was …
Draconian – SOVRAN Review
For reasons I won’t get into here, it’s been a long month. Trials and tribulations; personal and professional; trivial and major – you know the type. So it was with a bit of resignation that …
Dead To A Dying World – Litany Review
One of the things that seems most consistently difficult to understand for people who don’t particularly like heavy metal is just how it is that it can be soothing and meditative. And certainly, if you …
Die Choking – III Review
I have a to-do list that I keep on my phone – y’know, because I’m, like, organized and stuff – and on it, in addition to whatever stupid tasks I must complete in order to …