Category: Reviews
Power Surge – Shadow’s Warning Review
Me: “You know what the world definitely does NOT need right now? Another modern throwback metal band with a singer mirroring Bruce Dickinson, Rob Halford or King Diamond.” Friendly dog: “I hear you, brother. But …
Putrid Offal – Obliterated Life Review
Because I love few things more than an absurd challenge that requires no physical effort, one of my goals in 2025 is to listen to the entire Agathocles discography, or at least, as much of …
Steröid – Chainmail Commandos Review
Put down that chainsaw and listen to meIt’s time for us to join in the fight —”Weird” Al Yankovic I gotta say, I’m pretty envious of the little band of musicians from Australia that make …
Ancient Death – Ego Dissolution Review
[Cover art by Maegan LeMay] Now one certainly doesn’t need any special context to understand the appeal of Ego Dissolution, Walpole, Massachusetts-based Ancient Death’s debut LP after an EP and a split. If you’ll go …
Buried Realm – The Dormant Darkness Review
If you even just casually perused the somewhat distant corners of conversations about modern melodic death metal, you’d inevitably hear about Buried Realm – an impressive, riff-oriented one-person project out of Colorado. That one person …
Demonic Death Judge – Absolutely Launched Review
[Cover design and layout by Toni Raukola] In a 2012 interview with The Sludgelord, Finland’s Demonic Death Judge — a band that, as our own Spencer Hotz put it, is not, in fact, a Soulsborne …
Morbific – Bloom Of The Abnormal Flesh Review
[Cover artwork by Chase Slaker of Caustic Wound / Mortiferum] If you’re anything like me—an old tousled possum living out his best years deep in the woods, trying to avoid the temptation of feasting on …
The Lord Weird Slough Feg – Traveller Supplement 1: The Ephemeral Glades Review
It takes a certain combination of talent, timing, the stars aligning, and luck to pull off what The Lord Weird Slough Feg is currently trying to pull off: delivering a sequel to a beloved classic. …