Category: Reviews
Khold – Til Endes Review
Originally written by Chris Redar Some working titles I was batting back and forth for this review: Left Khold Khold As Ice Khold, Not Cool Khold My Hand (that one is completely dependent on the …
Stench – Venture Review
Sweden’s Stench offer a bit of a conundrum with Venture, their second full length and fourth release overall. It is that rare album that is instantly likable and appealing, yet falls outside of easy categorization …
Trioscapes – Digital Dream Sequence Review
Why does it always feel like that, the more technical and complex the band/music, the harder it is for me write about them? I mean, I shortchanged Porcupine Tree’s Deadwing with less than 350 words, …
Execration – Morbid Dimensions Review
As it was in the past, so it is again: something foul is creeping from the heart of Scandinavia. Morbid Dimensions is the Norwegian band Execration’s third album, and it emerges at an opportune time. …
Septycal Gorge – Scourge Of The Formless Breed Review
Originally written by Chris Redar This is the toughest type of album to review. Blatantly shitty albums are notoriously easy to drag through the mud, hose off, and then drag again. Good writers tend to …
Today Is The Day – Animal Mother Review
Originally written by Chris Redar Ever since 1997’s Temple of the Morning Star, Today is the Day has replaced either most or all of the rhythm section with each subsequent release. This has, in essence, …
Lago – Tyranny Review
A solid entry in the regular-assed death metal category is Tyranny, the debut full-length from Phoenix Arizona’s Lago. Lago eschew both the processed-to-shit trappings of modern tech-death and the ever-popular, retro-as-fuck, early-nineties death metal sound. …
Butcher Babies – Uncovered Review
You know you’ve got a winner of a record when the best thing about it is the thinly-veiled pun in the title, this one of course alluding to the fact that this band’s primary appeal …