Category: Reviews
Night Demon – Night Demon Review
You can go ahead and place Night Demon in the file labeled “Stuff that Will Not Be Reviewed on Stereogum in 2013.” Ain’t gonna happen. No way, no how, fuhgeddaboudit. Not only would readers of …
Cardinals Folly – Strange Conflicts Of The Past Review
Strange Conflicts of the Past is a collection of demos and EPs from Finnish doom band Cardinal’s Folly. Cardinal’s Folly previously operated under the moniker The Coven, releasing two EPs and a live album before …
Gorguts – Colored Sands Review
It has been 12 years since Gorguts last released an album. It has been a full 15 years since they dropped The Album That Changed Everything. But it has only been about half of that …
Venus Star – Nigredo Expulsion Review
Artistic minimalism can be a tough act to pull off convincingly. When it’s done well, the end result can be courageously focused and direct, clearly unwilling to allow anything extraneous to blur the edges of …
Autopsy – The Headless Ritual Review
By my count, The Headless Ritual took exactly twenty-five seconds to make its argument for being a supremely ass-kicking album. The remaining forty-four minutes or so? Just a victory lap. Autopsy has never seen nearly …
Jucifer – The Russian Album Review
Originally written by Chris Redar “I am Russian. I am soldier. I am ready.” This, the final line of “First Narration,” which opens the new album from Athens road warriors Jucifer, sets the stage for what …
Lord Dying – Summon The Faithless Review
Originally written by Matt Longo “Get lost every day / Surviving our way / Get drunk every night / Got nothing to hide” proclaims vocalist Erik Olson on “Dreams of Mercy” — one of the …
Svart Crown – Profane Review
Better late than never, as they say. Despite Profane being released a few months ago, I couldn’t in good conscience let the third album by the kings of French blackened death metal Svart Crown go …