Category: Reviews
Murmur – Murmur Review
Ditching the rule book is a good way to start, but make sure that you aren’t just swapping it for a different set of parameters. If your band makes a very musical point of declaring …
Prostitute Disfigurement – From Crotch To Crown Review
Originally written by Ian Chainey Prostitute Disfigurement is a recently-resurrected brutal death metal band releasing its fifth album, From Crotch to Crown, on Willowtip. And, really, that’s enough data to formulate your best guess regarding …
Conan – Blood Eagle Review
The riff, man. The RIFF. Ever since Iommi first laid that heavy slab of Sacramental bread onto our collective tongues, we have all been SAVED – Hallelujah. And surviving all these years later as a …
Cripple Bastards – Nero In Metastasi Review
I’ve read a few reviews in the last several years – and I’ve written one of them – stating that Italy’s Cripple Bastards has quietly been creeping up to become one of grindcore’s leading lights. …
Artificial Brain – Labyrinth Constellation Review
One of the foremost preoccupations of science fiction is imagining the myriad ways in which new technologies affect society. Science fiction written after the advent of the computer age was thus given a new set …
Major Kong – Doom Machine Review
originally written by Erik Highter BF-OR. Big Fuck-Off Riffs. It’s all Major Kong is about, and their second full-length album, Doom Machine, is a mission statement. As soon as the sample ends at the beginning …
Corpsessed – Abysmal Thresholds Review
Originally written by Chris Redar It’s of the understanding of this writer that Finland’s Corpsessed are being slept on based on the incredible silliness of their chosen moniker. And to be fair, that is a ridiculous name. …
Primal Fear – Delivering The Black Review
Originally written by Ian Chainey Germany’s Primal Fear is a project plated with a metal attracting the lightning bolts of ire from young cumulonimbi riding high on the winds of change. (Admission: Specific instances of …