Category: Reviews
Author & Punisher – Women & Children Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Author & Punisher is a fascinating entity. Tristan Shone’s project rose to prominence with last year’s Ursus Americanus (his fourth album overall, and second to be constructed by implements of …
Maryland Deathfest: The Movie III Review
Originally written by Chris Redar A great sense of shame and embarrassment washes over yours truly as this next statement is typed: I’ve never been to Maryland Deathfest. Every year, arguably the biggest and most …
Dark Tranquillity – Construct Review
Originally written by Rae Amitay Dark Tranquillity are melodeath legends and juggernauts of the original Gothenburg scene, but they’d grown weak and predictable after consuming too much of their own watered-down formula. Damage Done, Character, …
Megadeth – Super Collider Review
As recently as 2009’s Endgame, Megadeth was a very good band. Perhaps not a great one, but it appeared as if fans were primed to enjoy a late career surge from Dave Mustaine that included …
Demon Lung – The Hundredth Name Review
Originally written by Matt Longo For better or worse, Las Vegas stands as testament to the indomitability of the human drive to create, even in the face of impossible odds — and this remains today, …
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 …