Category: Reviews
Soreption – Engineering The Void Review
This album should not be good. There are more mediocre technical death metal bands than there are fish in the sea, and as a whole, the style has been approaching self-parody for years. Recently, the …
Graveborne – Through The Window Of The Night Review
Finland’s Graveborne has a slight identity crisis, but it’s a peculiar case. They obviously meant to be a black metal band, and a black metal band they are. The problem comes from their identity within …
The Wakedead Gathering – The Gate And The Key Review
Coming off of a very strong Dark Circles EP in 2012, Cincinnati one-man death project The Wakedead Gathering seemed poised to turn some OSDM heads. Doer-of-all-things Andrew Lampe has a certain knack for melding several …
Indian and Culted: A January Doom Relapse
Originally written by Dean Brown. So, with the added ten pounds we’re all carrying around our midriffs and with the post-holiday depression sinking its razored claws deeper into our souls, leaving us all but a …
Lvcifyre – Svn Eater Review
originally written by Juho Mikkonen Connotations are a bitch. They ruin perfectly good attributes by sparking unwanted associations in the minds of the feeble. Take, for example, the adjective “atmospheric.” In the context of metal …
Keep It Short, Stupid – EP Round-Up: January 2014
Heavy metal’s highway is stacked ten miles deep with bumper-to-bumper EPs. In an effort to help our readers navigate the traffic, we offer an ongoing editorial designed to shine a light on a few of …
Moon Coven – Amanita Kingdom Review
originally written by Erik Highter Psychedelic stoner rock. Its strictures are a blessing and a curse. Before dropping the needle or pressing play, you know the beats per minute isn’t breaking 70 or so, there’s …
Gridlink – Longhena Review
Originally written by Chris Redar In a lovely dinner conversation with the Danhammer about scores and such a short while back, the subject of doling out double-digits came up. Ideas were passed back and forth …