Category: Reviews

Satanic Threat – In To Hell Review

Ever find yourself thinking, “Man, I really love mid-80s hardcore, but sometimes I wish they’d just lose the self-righteous socio-political agenda and get down to tackling really important topics…”? And if politics, religion, and personal

Soen – Cognitive Review

After a while, even someone who writes about music for a hobby is bound to repeat his or herself. There are only so many angles, analytic tools, or perspectives that one person can provide. Enter

Vorum – Poisoned Void Review

Since I am pretty much out of interesting angles on old-school death metal, I will just get down to business with this review. Poisoned Void is the debut from Finnish death metal act Vorum. Though

Altaar – Altaar Review

If your chief goal for heavy metal is to find something to accompany evenings spent thinking about defiling nuns under the sweltering glimmer of a smoldering chapel, Norway’s Altaar ain’t likely to land on your list

Clutch – Earth Rocker Review

“If you’re gonna do it, do it live on stage… or don’t do it at all” So proclaims frontman Neil Fallon in the opening title track of Clutch’s tenth studio album, Earth Rocker, laying down

Septic Flesh – Mystic Places Of Dawn Review

In its roughly two-decades’-long existence, Greece’s Septic Flesh has been unusually restless. The core has (nearly) always been a heavily atmospheric style of death metal, but listening to this reissue of the band’s 1994 debut,

Drug Honkey – Ghost In The Fire Review

Fundamentally speaking, there are two types of drug honkeys. There are those that prefer to go up, that get high to get higher and faster, and there are those looking to go down. This Drug

Manilla Road – Mysterium Review

As is the case, I would imagine, with most of you, I spend time with people who have little to no knowledge of any music outside of the pop world. To my friends and acquaintances