Category: Reviews
Sonata Arctica – Stones Grow Her Name Review
Originally written by Rae Amitay Sonata Arctica has always been the kind of “metal” you’d hear playing at Disney World (or at least in the Disney store), but I’ll admit that I thoroughly enjoyed 2004’s …
General Surgery – A Collection Of Depravation Review
A Collection Of Depravation rounds up most of General Surgery’s post-reactivation EPs and splits, along with assorted other gurgling goodies for the de(a)dicated fan. Relapse recently reissued the band’s semi-classic 1991 Necrology EP with some …
Wodensthrone – Curse Review
originally written by Chris McDonald Wodensthrone‘s Loss was the definition of a breakthrough debut. There was nothing formative or primordial about it — this was the sound of a band fully prepared to make a …
Nunslaughter – Hells Unholy Fire Review
Nunslaughter poses something of an interesting question – in their twenty-five year existence, they’ve offered up approximately 118 releases, be those LPs or splits or EPs or live albums or compilations or demos or DVDs …
Ides Of Gemini – Constantinople Review
Los Angeles trio Ides of Gemini is nothing if not evocative. For this particular listener, Constantinople conjures images of a caravan trudging into some unknowable wilderness, wrapped in the gauzy patina of memory. The music …
Split Cranium – Split Cranium Review
A fairly normal thing to do upon receiving a new album from a new band, aside from just listening to the damn thing, is figure out who’s behind all the instruments. Okay, so we have …
Unleashed – Odalheim Review
Since his unceremonious ouster from the seminal Nihilist, Johnny Hedlund has led Unleashed through eleven studio albums in twenty-three years. They’ve always consciously stood a few steps away from their Swedish compatriots – avoiding the …
Revel In Flesh – Deathevokation Review
The name of the band is taken from a song by Entombed / Nihilist. The title of the album is taken from a song by Dismember / Carnage, albeit with a “k” where a “c” …