Category: Reviews

Pestilence – Obsideo Review

Originally written by Matt Longo The album begins with a deep ominous heartbeat that leads to desperately grasping air before we hear a monitor flatline. Sounds cliché, yeah? Well it could be, but this is

Lake Of Blood – Omnipotens Tyrannus Review

There’s a chance you’ve heard this one before. That is, if you’ve been even half-attentive to the prevailing currents in contemporary black metal over the past decade or so, the general sounds that emerge from

Lumbar – The First And Last Days Of Unwelcome Review

So, it seems as if very-brief Himsa guitarist Aaron Edge has recruited the talents of underground grunge (undergrunge? Ew…) stalwart Tad Doyle and Yob vocalist Mike Scheidt for a new project/band named Lumbar… Class, anyone

WAN – Enjoy The Filth Review

originally written by Kyle Harcott Nose-picked Swedish frostfilth. Dungarees caked with human grease. Ugly tattoos. Tattered hair. Each successive inverted cross bigger than the last guy’s. Eskilstuna’s WAN could give two fucks. They’re here to

Enabler – Flies Review

It’s been said before and often, but that’s because it’s true: By and large, when it all comes down, we’re in this for the riffs. But there’s a bit more to it than that. Because,

Amiensus and Oak Pantheon – From The Minnesotan Vastlands

Originally written by Jordan Campbell You’d think Minnesota would be a natural habitat for the blackened arts. The climate fluctuates violently between unbearably hot and unbearably cold (Desert Northern Hell, anyone?), frostbite is a legitimate

Rosetta – The Anaesthete Review

Originally written by Chris Redar It’s not a great idea to lead a review with a terrible joke. The indication is that the critic didn’t take an appropriate amount of time with the material and

Toxic Holocaust – Chemistry Of Consciousness Review

Originally written by Chris Redar Current Decibel cover model Joel Grind is nothing if not prolific. In the fourteen year tenure of Toxic Holocaust, the former one-man thrash tank has been responsible for no less than eight thousand splits, singles,