Category: Reviews
Jar’d Loose – Turns 13 Review
Originally written by Chris Redar Well, this certainly came out of nowhere. Jar’d Loose is allegedly from Chicago, and this is also allegedly the band’s second album. I refuse to accept either of these things as fact, …
Entartung – Peccata Mortalia Review
The problem with jam bands is that they suck. Sure, they may be technically proficient, but if you want great musicianship and awful songs, there’s a plethora of tech-death bands that noodle along their frets …
Pilgrim – II: Void Worship Review
Pilgrim’s 2012 debut, Misery Wizard, was the exact type of album you’d see discussed enthusiastically by hardcore fans of a particular style, ignored by most everyone else, and largely forgotten within a short time. Not …
Twitch Of The Death Nerve – A New Code Of Morality
Originally written by Chris Redar London’s Twitch of the Death Nerve commit so many sins of sound on their debut full-length A New Code of Morality that it boggles the mind. Of the more egregious examples: – That thing …
Ghoul – Hang Ten Review
Originally written by Chris Redar Ghoul has an EP of surf rock/metal hybrid songs. It’s fun for about a minute, and then it pretty much sucks. Behold, a conversation I had with Jordan Campbell… JORDAN: Uhhh… …
Lord Mantis – Death Mask Review
originally written by Jim Brandon Decadence and irreverence have never been in short commodity among metalheads, and I tend to think our beloved scene filters its audience at a fairly respectable pace. The hangers-on drop …
Battleroar – Blood Of Legends Review
I hope to sweet merciful bananas that I’m proven wrong, but I’ve got a sneaky feeling that Blood of Legends, the absolutely masterful fourth album from Greece’s Battleroar, is going to be a convenient case …
Mekong Delta – In A Mirror Darkly Review
In his excellent encapsulation of the progressive metal phenomenon, 2010’s Mean Deviation, author and former Metal Maniacs editor Jeff Wagner outlines a definite division between bands that are “Progressive” and those that are “progressive.” To …