Category: Reviews
Suture – Carnivorous Urge To Kill Review
Originally written by Chris Redar Carnivorous Urge To Kill is a re-issue of the 2002 effort from Baton Rouge death metal act Suture. According to the press kit, there was “interest in the material.” Odd choice of …
Four To Score: Carpe Noctem And Three More
This article was originally written by Last Rites Old Guard member Ian Chainey With more new metal releases than ever before, ‘heads are forced to acknowledge some rad records shoot between their legs as if …
Malthusian – Hallucinogen Review
Originally written by Dean Brown. “The power of population is so superior to the power of the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature death must in some shape or other visit the human …
OvO – Abisso Review
Originally written by Chris Redar Experimental music has a tendency to be an ‘all-or-nothing’ proposition- not necessarily in the execution department, but as a final product. It’s either ridiculously engaging, or it’s simply ridiculous. A …
Running Wild – Resilient Review
No pirate jokes. No pirate jokes. No pirate jokes. NO PIRATE JOKES. Rock ‘n’ Rolf Kasparek is the Stephen King of the metal world: he cranks ’em out like a bloody machine, and long-time fans …
Vulture Industries – The Tower Review
When you come across an album that ranges from a mix of Code and Root to full Arcturus worship, a touch of Solefaldian weirdness, and every quirky sound in between, the labels are tough to …
Blut Aus Nord – What Once Was...Liber III Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Last Friday, Blut Aus Nord released What Once Was…Liber III via Bandcamp. With zero fanfare. Unless you were one of the forty-odd people slavishly following Debemur Morti’s Facebook feed, this …
The Vision Bleak – Witching Hour Review
Originally written by Ian Chainey The Vision Bleak is tagged as a “gothic metal,” though the German duo prefers the more precise “horror metal.” This is worth noting, not for an immediate point of reference, …