Category: Reviews
Wolfbrigade – Damned Review
Southern Lord has been cornering the market on all things crusty and d-beat-y of late, so it was little surprise when they announced that they’d signed long-running Swedish act Wolfbrigade. Starting out in the mid …
Necroblaspheme – XXVI: The Deeper, The Better Review
Originally written by Doug Moore. Most metal bands build themselves out of a shared stockpile of visual, lingual, and musical tropes. Accordingly, you can usually tell a lot about a metal band by its name. …
Saint Vitus – Lillie: F-65 Review
The level of build-up and promotion behind the release of Lillie: F-65 is proof enough that doom is undoubtedly experiencing a level of renown many veterans of the genre never dreamed they’d see. It’s a …
Pseudogod – Deathwomb Catechesis Review
originally written by Chris McDonald As the death metal sea has parted, with old school on one side and new on the other, a small but notable sect of bands has arisen and strived to …
Cynic – The Portal Tapes Review
When these tracks were initially recorded in 1995, they weren’t intended as a Cynic album – they were, in fact, intended as a fairly significant departure from that band’s early days of Floridian prog-death. These …
Usurpress – In Permanent Twilight Review
I will absolutely admit to signing on to do this review based entirely on the fact that Usurpress is such an ear-to-ear-smilingly fantastic name for a band. And really, why shouldn’t we let our baser …
Running Wild – Shadowmaker Review
Running Wild (or more accurately, Captain Rock N’ Rolf Kasparek) announced that the band would be decommissioned in 2009, rechristening himself T.T. Poison for his new band Toxic Taste. Pirate lovers worldwide were pretty bummed. …
Burzum – Umskiptar Review
If it were my goal to convince anyone why they should or shouldn’t like the latest Burzum album — or any album for that matter — I’d be failing so miserably that I’d put Steve …