Category: Reviews
Ulysses Siren – Justifiable Homicide Review
Ulysses Siren was part of the Bay Area thrash genesis of the early 80s, and for a while seemed primed to explode alongside many of their brethren. They played with all the right bands at …
Vorum – Current Mouth Review
Vorum‘s brand-new EP spends exactly zero time fucking around. Not a single wasted riff, beat, break, yell, or solo; zero-point-goddamned-zero seconds of fucking around. From the first moment of “Angels Death” to the last squalling …
Valkyrie – Shadows Review
Yes, it’s absurd to break down the qualifier for the ‘stoner’ tag into whether or not someone owns a long piece of furniture with stupidly tempting cushions, but all is fair in a war where …
Steve Von Till – A Life Unto Itself Review
As a member of Oakland’s Neurosis since the late 1980s, Steve Von Till has been a part of some of the heaviest of all heavy records. That band’s sludgy hardcore-to-post-metal mixture is relentlessly crushing, cinematically …
Drudkh – A Furrow Cut Short Review
Originally written by K. Scott Ross. In the early days of black metal, certain scene leaders believed that the only true black metal was the Satanic kind. Some artists and fans still maintain that the …
Satan’s Wrath – Die Evil Review
I know there are many fans that take issue with the continued use of satanic imagery and lyrical themes in metal. They find it juvenile, silly, played out, and lacking in the shock value it …
Arcturus – Arcturian Review
Intentional or not, the title of the long-awaited fifth Arcturus album is pretty fitting. It was probably meant to have some deep meaning about the stars or something, but on the surface, it’s just a …
Sigh – Graveward Review
Originally written by K. Scott Ross. A lot of the music that we listen to as metal heads is extremely similar. When it really comes down to it, is there that much difference between Immolation and Incantation? Sure, …