Category: Reviews
Municipal Waste – The Fatal Feast Review
Seven years ago, Municipal Waste’s now-classic Hazardous Mutation burst out as part of the big thrash revival — “revival” meaning “popular with the kids again,” since thrash never really went away. Hazardous was exactly what legions of bullet-belted youths were …
Mgła – With Hearts Toward None Review
The immutable laws of statistics being what they are, it should come as no surprise that genre orthodoxy is a crutch much more often than a crown. Thus, when a band comes along that unswervingly …
Salvacion – Way More Unstoppable Review
From the town that brought you Dawson’s Creek and One Tree Hill comes Salvacion, a four-piece trad-metal outfit that dashes the requisite Iron Maiden-ish guitar harmonies with a palpable smoky haze. Way More Unstoppable is …
Ufomammut – Oro: Opus Primum Review
One of the things I admire about a group like Italy’s Ufomammut is that they manage to live and survive as a ‘perimeter’ metal band. Unquestionably heavy, yes, but enduring the years waaay out on …
Desultor – Masters Of Hate Review
Apart from the rather questionable choice of a name just one ‘y’ away from their semi-legendary countrymen in Desultory, and despite having a band logo that resembles a toothbrush cum torture device, Sweden’s Desultor impresses …
Germ – Wish Review
Tim Yatras can do a lot of things. Those currently unfamiliar with that name perhaps know him as “Sorrow” from the Australian black metal duo Austere. As musician, programmer, producer and sole founder of the …
Ministry – Relapse Review
It was a pretty shitty thing when Al Jourgensen announced that he would be disbanding Ministry, but they certainly went out swinging: 2007’s The Last Sucker perfectly capped off the band’s vitriolic trio of George …
High On Fire – De Vermis Mysteriis Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Unless you’ve spent the last decade listening to Anvil in your sweatpants, you’re probably hip to High On Fire‘s status as (arguably?) the most complete band in heavy metal. They’ve …