Category: Reviews
Blood Tsunami – For Faen! Review
Blood Tsunami gained a bit of instantaneous underground notoriety when they popped up with debut Thrash Metal in 2007, largely due to the inclusion of a post-prison Bard “Faust” Eithun picking up the drumsticks again …
Zolle – ZoLLE Review
Originally written by Matt Longo I wouldn’t necessarily call myself a Bob Dylan fan, but I’ve listened to a fair cross-section of his career. Portions have been steeped in mystery and controversy, and while I …
Out Of Step Dispatches – May 2013
Originally written by Ian Chainey Though many hate to admit it, punk has always been pop’s remora. When mainstream tastemakers turn sour, more often than not, punk will devour the leftovers, digest the remains, and …
Atrocity – Okkult Review
Experimentation is a double-edged sword – on the one hand, it’s a trait most often praised by critics, if not always loved by fans, and its converse, static repetition, is as sometimes decried by both …
Dream Death – Somnium Excessum Review
Dream Death was one of those bands that didn’t fit neatly into any particular metal scene or sub-genre. Even in the less rigidly subdivided metal landscape of the late 1980s, Dream Death was a square …
Amorphis – Circle Review
The Joutsen-fronted era of Amorphis is certainly consistent, even if these Finns haven’t released anything that truly captures the groundbreaking and game-changing magic of Elegy since… well, Elegy. After swapping Pasi for Tomi some eight …
The Dillinger Escape Plan – One Of Us Is The Killer Review
Originally written by Rae Amitay One Of Us Is The Killer is a commendable continuation of the experimentation from Irony is a Dead Scene turned into a full-length, an improvement upon Option Paralysis, and rife …
Vicious Rumors – Electric Punishment Review
2006’s Warball and 2011’s Razorback Killers, the last two Vicious Rumors records, were confident and strong efforts. Both showed that this long-running Californian power metal act had finally managed to push through their mid-90s shift …