Category: Reviews
Inanimate Existence – A Never-Ending Cycle of Atonement Review
Originally written by Chris Redar The potential for never-ending boredom is so strong within A Never-Ending Cycle of Atonement, the latest from Inanimate Existence, that the temptation to skip it altogether weighed heavily on the ol’ noggin …
Old Wainds – Nordraum Review
No other branch of heavy metal has seen more twists, turns, knots and other various amalgamations than black metal. Blame any number of its trailblazers’ glaring affinity for highfalutin’, or the fact that its root …
Diseased Reason – Recombinant Review
Originally written by Chris Redar Oh, hey, look! It’s Diseased Reason from Tucson, Arizona, and they’ve put out an album! Wonder what this sounds like? Let’s just pop it in the ol’ SD card storage here… Hang …
Arch Enemy – War Eternal Review
Like many others, I was hugely disappointed when Johan Liiva left (?) Arch Enemy. I hadn’t been a fan for long, but those first three albums left a strong impression on me during my second …
Deep In Hate – Chronicles Of Oblivion Review
Originally written by Chris Redar Sumerian’s latest offering to the Summer Slaughter T… Wait, what? They’re not? And they aren’t? Well, there goes the only two reasons for this to exist. France’s Deep in Hate play the …
Vallenfyre – Splinters Review
The deeper one explores the vast universe of music’s possible varieties, the less time is generally reserved for that which is intentionally regressive in nature. I love the old school as much as the next …
Don’t Cut the Crusts Off – Black Monolith, YAITW, and the New Black
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Metal fans are constantly railing against whatever they perceive to be fashionable. It’s a behavior we pick up at metallic birth, as soon as we penetrate the first rung of …
Tombs – Savage Gold Review
Put simply, 2011’s Path of Totality was an earth-flattening slab of sludgy, atmospheric, hefty blackened metal with a slight hardcore tinge. But underneath Tombs’ crazily appealing sound was a secret: they wrote real, interesting songs. …