Category: Reviews

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

Avenger – Bohemian Dark Metal Review

I have a shameful confession, dear readers: I was really expecting Bohemian Dark Metal to be mediocre. I had never heard of the band before, and the album just sort of arrived with little fanfare

Chaos Inception – The Abrogation Review

According to the promo sheet that accompanied the digital copy of Chaos Inception’s second album, The Abrogation, the Alabama quartet is “dedicated to the destruction of the current death metal paradigm and a return to

Septekh – The Seth Avalanche Review

Imagine a half-drunken jam session between Mille Petrozza, Fenriz and Tom G. Warrior, the lot of them caught between ripping through varying combinations of their distinctive thrash, black and proto-black heaviness and just rocking out

Mongrel’s Cross – The Sins Of Aquarius Review

Judged solely on the merits of its black/thrash output, Australia must be a filthy, disgusting, and, well, pretty awesome place. With the likes of Deströyer 666, Assaulter, Bestial Warlust, Razor of Occam, Vomitor, Gospel of

Suture – Skeletal Vortex Review

Skeletal Vortex was originally released on Unmatched Brutality Records four years ago, which is right around the time Suture split up. But now both the band and the record are back again, the latter remixed

Baroness – Yellow And Green Review

By now you’ve surely at least heard some rumblings, as early press and publicity onslaught turn the initial trickle of new album chatter into a full-on landslide, that today’s Baroness ain’t exactly the Baroness of

Superchrist – Holy Shit Review

Originally written by Rae Amitay There’s a Finnish power trio operating under the Superchrist moniker, but I’d hate to see what would happen if they went toe-to-steel-toe with these Chicago natives. The Superchrist behind Holy