Category: Reviews
Devin Townsend Project – Epicloud Review
Here are two fairly basic statements about Epicloud, the fifth album from the Devin Townsend Project: First, it is not going to change anyone’s mind – about Devin Townsend, about the relative merits of his …
Nachtmystium – Silencing Machine Review
Originally written by Matt Longo When people ask me nowadays what kind of music I listen to, my reply is much different than, say, twenty years ago. I bet there’s others out there guilty of …
Reverence – The Asthenic Ascension Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell France’s Reverence, like many industrialized black metal acts, has premeptively corner-painted themselves with their chosen style. While the concept of black metal infused with industrial elements has always been intriguing …
Katatonia – Dead End Kings Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Katatonia has made a career out of defying the odds. They are one of the only bands in metal history that stripped most of the metallic elements from their sound …
Serpentine Path – Serpentine Path Review
Sound can get you a hell of a long way. Nail a particular tone, and you might just get the listener in a forgiving state of mind where other shortcomings are concerned. And you know …
Ufomammut – Oro:Opus Alter Review
I struggled with the scoring of this album more than I can remember doing so for any other record in quite some time. I attribute this mostly to the fact that I felt it might …
Blut Aus Nord – 777 – Cosmosophy Review
When news came out that blackened French masters Blut Aus Nord would be unleashing not one, not two, but a full trilogy of albums within a short time span, the skeptics immediately started crying foul …
Morgoth – Cursed To Live Review
If you’d asked me in January what I thought I’d be covering in the coming year, I can honestly say that a Morgoth live album would not have been on my list. Not by virtue …