Category: Reviews
Ingurgitating Oblivion – Ontology Of Nought Review
[Cover art by Dmitriy Egorov] Ontology of Nought is a deeply overwhelming album. You probably already knew that, though, looking at that title, the fact that one song has 17 words in its name, or if …
Ottone Pesante – Scrolls Of War Review
[Album artwork: Alessandro Canu & Davide Chiussi] When you have as much experience with the full depth of heavy metal as does the Last Rites collective, with a few of us tallying four decades of …
The Black Dahlia Murder – Servitude Review
[Cover art by Paolo Girardi] The passing of Trevor Strnad will forever be linked to Servitude as it’s the first album to be released by The Black Dahlia Murder since that terrible day. However, I would like …
Mork – Syv Review
Deep inside my bones, I can feel death pulling me under, but not in a relaxed, far-out Dream Theater sense. Instead, the stench and gooeyness of a metaphorical swamp are dragging me down. Look, my …
Coffin Rot – Dreams Of The Disturbed Review
[Artwork by Wyrmrot] Coffin Rot’s newest release, Dreams of the Disturbed, is nothing short of a bowel-crushing, visceral death metal masterpiece that grabs hold of you from the first note and doesn’t let go …
Pyrrhon – Exhaust Review
[Cover art by Caroline Harrison] Unpredictability is a rather tricksy little hobbit of a thing in life. It’s awful when it comes to being in a bathroom, giving birth, or car maintenance. When it comes …
Deathless Void – The Voluptuous Fires Of Sin Review
Welcome, all, to the thirstiest extreme metal album of 2024. Amsterdam’s Deathless Void straight up named their album The Voluptuous Fires of Sin, which I can only imagine is about the impure thoughts that went …
Flotsam & Jetsam – I Am The Weapon Review
Some things age gracefully, and get better with time. Wine… Cheese… Me… We can add Phoenix-based thrashers Flotsam & Jetsam to that list, especially now that they’re four albums into a third act that sees …