Category: Reviews
Darkthrone – The Underground Resistance Review
Modern Darkthrone is really unlike anything else going on in metal today. Not the music exactly – the sources and content of that are relatively easy to deduce – but as an idea, it’s something …
Wartorn – Iconic Nightmare Review
Though once they were a haven for doom and the odd black metal effort, in recent years, Southern Lord has embarked upon an all-out takeover of the space once occupied by labels like Havoc, Profane …
Jess And The Ancient Ones – Astral Sabbat Review
Originally written by Matt Longo There has been an incredible resurgence of occult rockers with female front-women… that pretty much goes without saying (and yet, there I go). The recently (allegedly) departed Dutch outfit in …
Blockheads – This World Is Dead Review
To my knowledge, Blockheads is the only French grindcore band whose name doubles as a Charlie Brown insult. But that’s the only thing silly about this. Formed way back in 1992, not too long after …
Joel Grind – The Yellowgoat Sessions Review
So…what exactly are we supposed to call this thing? Joel Grind’s Yellowgoat? That makes it sound like the band broke up into two rival factions, with the Joel Grind’s Yellowgoat incarnation facing litigation from the …
Sulphur Aeon – Swallowed By The Ocean’s Tide Review
In the interest of full disclosure, it must be admitted that I can be quite susceptible to the seductions of great cover art. In the case of Germany’s Sulphur Aeon, the glorious art that adorns …
Grand Supreme Blood Court – Bow Down Before The Blood Court
Grand Supreme Blood Court’s debut, Bow Down Before The Blood Court, marks the return to recording of former Asphyx guitarist Eric Daniels. The band is the brainchild of Daniels and co-guitarist Alwin Zuur — Zuur …
Eight Bells – The Captain’s Daughter Review
My guess is that we’re about three years away from doctors revealing the truth that over-exposure to Tetrabromobisphenol-A in our computers significantly adds to intensified OCD behaviors in the greater human population. More and more …