Category: Reviews
Witchsorrow – God Curse Us Review
Originally written by Matt Longo You can always twist an idiom to suit one’s needs. Regarding how much time is all right to spend with someone/something, it may be argued that either “familiarity breeds contempt” …
Martyrdöd – Paranoia Review
On its face, the sort of bruising metallic crust / d-beat so lovingly cultivated and / or rampantly spewed into the world by Southern Lord of late would seem to permit very little room for …
Tankard – A Girl Called Cerveza Review
The Kings Of Beer Metal belly up to the bar for another round… And like you’d imagine, it pretty much ends up like the last few, but that’s hardly a bad thing. We get some …
Unconsecrated – Awakening In The Cemetery Grave Review
Like their fellow Spaniards in Graveyard, Unconsecrated looks to their northeast for inspiration. This is death metal done the Swedish way, with the appropriate buzzsaw tone and d-beat-leaning drum beats. Awakening In The Cemetery Grave …
Rumpelstiltskin – Grinder Ghostmaker Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell It’d be easy to dismiss a band like Rumpelstiltskin Grinder. Their lackluster debut record, Buried in the Front Yard, didn’t do much to lend credibility to these absurdly-monikered Pennsylvanians. Plus, …
Necrovation – Necrovation Review
Necrovation‘s debut full-length dropped in 2008 amidst a near metric-ton of other bands re-re-re-treading the old tenets of Merciless/Nihilist/[ye olde Swedish death metal band of yore]. But Breed Deadness Blood managed to pierce through the …
UFO – The Chrysalis Years 2 1980-1986 Review
By and large, with a few notable exceptions, the turn into the 1980s was not kind to the giants of 70s hard rock. Metal pioneers Black Sabbath spun out of their nosedive with a new …
Borgne – Royaume Des Ombres Review
There is a very fine line between writing atmospheric music that is immersive, entrancing, and distinguished, and that which is downright boring. Switzerland’s project Borgne spends much of Royaume des Ombres on the less favorable …