Category: Reviews
Magister Templi – Into Duat Review
I sometimes struggle to get a review started because I feel I need some kind of opening hook to draw the reader in: a little foreplay before we get to the hardcore reviewing action, be …
Ahab – The Boats Of The Glen Carrig Review
At first listen, The Boats of the Glen Carrig appears to be the first Ahab album that doesn’t see the German doomsters taking a substantial step forward in their evolution as musicians. After essentially mastering …
Black Space Riders – Refugeeum Review
Black Space Riders play what most folks call space rock and the band itself refers to as the New Wave of Heavy Psychedelic Space Rock. Setting aside any quibbles about the existence of various Waves …
Amorphis – Under The Red Cloud Review
Whether it’s publicly admitted or not, one of the most frustrating things about surviving as a longstanding metal band, apart from the obvious lack of money flow in 2015, must be fans’ persistent weeping about …
Publicist UK – Forgive Yourself Review
So I guess that, underneath this suave and collected demeanor, I’ve always been something of a mopey bastard. I say that, because post-punk, in almost all its forms, has always appealed to me greatly, from …
Nile – What Should Not Be Unearthed Review
Originally written by K. Scott Ross. These days, when a band that’s been around since the early nineties puts out a new album and it’s full of sloppy playing and reused ideas topped off by …
Norylsk – Catholic Dictatorship Review
Norylsk (or “Norilsk”), the city, is Russian – a Siberian mining and industrial town notable for being both the former center of the Norillag cluster of GULAG labor camps and one of the top-ten most …
Cruciamentum – Charnel Passages Review
Step tens of millions of minutes into metal’s past and you’d quickly stumble upon a gallant group of grim trailblazers who were hellbent on ratcheting up the intensity and cruel atmosphere of our genre into what’s …