Category: Reviews
Giant Squid – Minoans Review
The sea has long been a rich source of cultural, historical, and artistic inspiration. One of the earliest – and most potent – myths is the flood recounted in the Epic of Gilgamesh, which was …
Primordial – Where Greater Men Have Fallen Review
Hey, I’m not gonna lie. The money’s good. Hell, the money’s great. Why, just last week I took my Last Rites paycheck down to the local BMW dealer and bought a brand new i8 for …
While Heaven Wept – Suspended At Aphelion
While Heaven Wept turned a lot of heads with 2009’s incredible Vast Oceans Lachrymose, finding a killer balance between crushing, epic doom and prog similar to Fates Warning at their most sprawling. A brief two …
Necrophagia – WhiteWorm Cathedral Review
Conveniently in time for Halloween season, Necrophagia awakens from its three-year slumber. Back in ye olden days of the 1980s, when death metal was just crawling forth from the womb, Necrophagia was among the first …
Nuclearhammer – Serpentine Hermetic Lucifer
Hellhammer begat Blasphemy begat Angelcorpse begat Nuclearhammer. Goodbye, cruel world. If the idea of having your reality ravaged and flattened to soot by music yanks your crank, Serpentine Hermetic Lucifer is your ticket to ride …
Cavalera Conspiracy – Pandemonium Review
When the brothers Cavalera reunited under the Cavalera Conspiracy name a few years back, some fans held out hope that this would represent a return to the Sepultura glory of old. While Inflikted and Blunt …
Obituary – Inked In Blood Review
It has been over five years since the last Obituary album, 2009’s Darkest Day, and the band has gone through many changes in that time. Long-time bassist Frank Watkins experienced some kind of mid-life crisis …
Viathyn – Cynosure Review
One of the key reasons a number of us writers remain in a game that’s bloated to obesity with enough metal blogs to choke nearly every horse currently galloping this green Earth is because every …