Category: Reviews
Hell (US) – III Review
I can be a real dick. No doubt about it, I can be one serious dick sometimes, especially when one of my pet peeves causes me to immediately write off bands. First there is the …
Noisem – Agony Defined Review
Stickum: a sports adhesive intended to improve the grips of athletes on such devices as footballs, baseball bats, and vaulting poles. Noisem: a Baltimore-produced sound adhesive intended to affix itself to your mortal form before …
The Monolith Deathcult – Tetragrammaton Review
Originally written by Chris Redar Every once in a great while, an album comes along that changes the way you think. It changes the way you think not just about music, but how you view …
Iron Bonehead Roundup – Five Bouts of Vinyl Violence
Don’t be fooled by Iron Bonehead’s sexy moniker and state-of-the-art website; there’s plenty of tasty gristle beyond their flash n’ sizzle. This German label specializes in “UNDERGROUND METAL SUPREMACY,” and, judging by the slate of rawer-than-thou death, …
Arckanum – Fenris Kindir Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Shamaatae is an established madman. And though this black metal isolationist has his quirks—he spent a large portion of the 1990s romping through the forest in a troll mask and retired …
Slidhr – Deluge Review
Originally written by Chris Redar Oftentimes, details are the difference between a sale and a bust. If a consumer is shopping for a car, odds are they know what they want in terms of style …
Anciients – Heart Of Oak Review
There were a handful of occasions under the MetalReview banner where readers accused us of being “too underground for our own good,” likely stemming from some mediocre scores getting tossed toward a scattering of the …
Progenie Terrestre Pura – U.M.A. Review
If I’m being completely honest, I should probably admit that Progenie Terrestre Pura had me hooked before I ever heard a note of its debut album U.M.A. Not only am I a certified sucker for …