Category: Reviews
Weapon – Embers And Revelations Review
Embers and Revelations opens on a deep, subterranean drone, an ominous calm that gradually twists and shimmers through various introductory motifs and teasing riff-fragments. Weapon’s founder, guitarist, and mouthpiece Vetis Monarch sounds positively gleeful as …
Black Moor – Lethal Waters Review
There are basically two ways to view Lethal Waters, the sophomore album from Nova Scotia’s Black Moor. On one hand, it largely fails all of the typical “critics’ darling” tests. The execution of a melodic, …
Down – Down IV Part I – The Purple EP Review
Considering that Down has basically been a full-time band for several years now, the development of the fourth entry in their recorded catalog sure took a long damn time. Eventually they announced that Down IV …
Undercroft – Ruins of Gomorrah Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell It’s odd that there aren’t more Sepultura clones out there. (And when I’m talking Sepultura, I’m talking about the band that broke up circa 1997. I know Andreas Kisser’s cabaret …
Hour of 13 -333 Review
Hour of 13 seemed to be a band on the rise following the release of its last album, 2010’s The Ritualist. On the strength of that release the band was signed to Earache Records, which …
Cold Steel – 20 Years Of NY Thrash – The Demo Anthology Review
Long-forgotten New York thrash act Cold Steel gets the demo compilation treatment with Stormspell’s 20 Years Of NY Thrash, which brings together all the tracks from 1988’s Dead By Dawn and Scarred For Life alongside …
Steve Harris – British Lion Review
The ultimate trouble with a solo album from a musician whose name is inescapably attached to a specific band is that the solo effort in question is immediately and often unfairly tethered to the work …
Bedemon – Symphony Of Shadows Review
Originally written by Matt Longo One thing that Geof O’Keefe is sure to clarify: He cannot speak accurately about the meaning behind many Bedemon lyrics, due to the demise of founder Randy Palmer. Such is …