Category: Reviews

Grand Magus – Triumph And Power Review

originally written by Kyle Harcott “Hao! Dai ye! We won again! This is good, but what is best in life?” “The open steppe, fleet horse, falcons at your wrist, and the wind in your hair.”

Jaldaboath – The Further Adventures… Review

I remember the day that the disc-only promo for Jaldaboath’s The Rise of the Heraldic Beasts arrived at my former radio station. I took one look at it – medieval artwork, old English fonts, difficult-to-read

Töxik Death – Speed Metal Hell Review

If you were browsing the racks of your favorite record store (they still exist, I swear) and came across an album called Speed Metal Hell by an umlauted Töxik Death, you would assume they played

Slough Feg – Digital Resistance Review

Firstly: I am most certainly one of those people who gets pretty worked up over the prospect of a new Slough Feg album. They are a band that endures inside a fairly unique perfect storm

Warfather – Orchestrating The Apocalypse Review

Originally written by Chris Redar So Steve Tucker’s throwing his hat back into the ring with Warfather, a multinational death metal cavalcade featuring such stunning pseudonyms as…Deimos! Avgvstvs! Armatura!…and…that’s it, actually. I’ve got to tell you,

Ass To Mouth – Degenerate Review

If the band name leaves a bad taste in your mouth… well, that’s because it’s crappy… (Thanks. I’ll be here all week. Tip your waitress.) You’d be forgiven for immediately thinking Poland’s regrettably named Ass

At The Gates Announces New Album – Are We At War With Reality?

Yesterday, At The Gates announced that they will release a new album later this year. Entitled At War With Reality and due via Century Media, the band’s first release since 1995’s seminal Slaughter of the Soul

Astrophobos – Remnants Of Forgotten Horrors Review

Some styles of music and metal aren’t just scarce in quality, they’re just plain scarce. Melodic doom/death in the Finnish style is one such limited sound, as is melodic black metal in the Swedish, Dissectionian