Category: Reviews
Necrophagist – Epitaph Review
Originally written by Ramar Pittance Necrophagist is a name that has stirred up a lot of underground buzz in recent years, due in large part to their highly acclaimed debut Onset of Putrefaction, and the …
Children Of Technology – Future Decay Review
Sometimes, a guy needs to turn his brain switch firmly to the “off” position. While there is no shortage of music to fit such times (pretty sure Judas Priest just released a song called “Metalizer”), …
Judas Priest – Redeemer Of Souls Review
Redeemer Of Souls is Judas Priest’s best album in nearly 25 years. Reeling from the near-universal disdain for the ambitious Nostradamus, Redeemer is straightforward, the sound of Priest returning to form, cherry-picking stylistic highlights from …
Terminal Death – Terminal Death Review
Shadow Kingdom Records, as is becoming habit, has dug up some more obscure 80s recordings and given them the spiffy reissue treatment. This time around beneficiary is Chicago death metal outfit Terminal Death, whose entire …
Nidsang – Into The Womb Of Dissolving Flames Review
Black metal, with all of its offshoots, movements, and ideologies, lends itself to some creative descriptions. The easiest way to describe Sweden’s Nidsang on sophomore effort Into the Womb of Dissolving Flames? A violent churn. …
Mastodon – Once More ‘Round The Sun Review
For two albums now, Mastodon has been a regular band. No matter how flimsily the ‘four elements’ scheme actually informed the band’s music, the Atlanta quartet’s run from the rampaging tumult of debut album Remission …
Grinding Down – 3 Quick Hits from the Bandcamp Abyss
[In the spirit of the recent round-ups of things you may have missed out on in the first half of 2014, the resident grindfreakers at Last Rites pulled together a quick write-up of a few …
The Atlas Moth – The Old Believer Review
Originally written by Dean Brown. While most of the music you hear on a daily basis can be easily slotted into neat categories for descriptive purposes—and nine times out of ten it is done at …