Category: Reviews
Portal – Vexovoid Review
If you’ve ever encountered Portal before, you know how you feel about Portal. This is not a band to inspire neutral reactions; either the band’s subterranean, synapse-gnawing churn gives you a tug in the ol’ …
Helloween – Straight Out Of Hell Review
Generally speaking, heavy metal isn’t happy music – it’s fueled by aggression, anger, frustration, depression, misery; it tends toward an obsession with darkness, violence, and evil; it’s almost always loud, and it’s as often ugly. …
Holy Grail – Ride The Void Review
Originally written by Matt Longo Much as I appreciate Jon Leon and whichever company he keeps, amidst all the acrimonious axings and rousing reformations within White Wizzard, I couldn’t help but question the integrity of …
Stratovarius – Nemesis Review
“WHEN YOU’RE DRAWN TO THE GROUND BY THE DRAGONS!!” x 1000 You know, I probably would have scored this record on the opposite end of the sliding scale if I hadn’t spent a good part …
Shai Hulud – Reach Beyond the Sun Review
Originally written by Ramar Pittance “I have such a vision for the songs that’s really clear in my head. Not once – and literally out of all the songs we’ve recorded; not once have I …
Six Thoughts: Slough Feg – The Reissue Box Set
After a long career either working independently or with such trusty indie labels as Cruz Del Sur, The Lord Weird Slough Feg has signed a contract to join the mighty Metal Blade. This agreement will …
Acrimonious – Sunyata Review
Greece is not a great place to be right now. Unemployment is above 25%, and waves of austerity programs have produced corresponding waves of human misery. Given that context, I’m not sure whether a sprawling, …
Virus – Oblivion Clock Review
Rest easy: The fiendish pranksters in Norway’s Virus continue to sound like nobody else but themselves on this bits-‘n-pieces EP collection. Oblivion Clock features four new songs, one track from the sessions for Virus’s debut …