Category: Reviews
Woods Of Ypres – Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light Review
To be perfectly honest, taking on Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light was a bit of a daunting task. Not only were there the questions over Woods of Ypres founder David Gold’s passing, but …
Megascavenger – Songs Of Flesh – Part 1 Review
An EP that consists of only two songs doesn’t leave me a whole hell of a lot to talk about here, but I’ll do my best… … But first, the lead-up: Megascavenger’s Encyclopaedia Metallum bio …
Pale Divine – Painted Windows Black Review
News reports regarding Tony Iommi’s health, combined with the recent tragic losses of Mark Reale (Riot) and Ronnie Montrose, have set me to thinking about the whole notion of ‘guitar gods’ lately. There’s an end …
Graveyard – The Altar Of Sculpted Skulls Review
Death metal’s basically the same thing as poetry, right? Different schools, geographic origins, minor stylistic innovations over time, and a handful of strict compositional rules — artful words on a page, angry notes in the …
Hellsaw – Trist Review
Austria’s Hellsaw is the highly melodic black metal project of Horned Almighty guitarist Aries, and with its fourth album Trist, the band has perfected a pleasant but wholly inoffensive type of Goldilocks black metal: everything …
Macabra – Blood-Nurtured Nature Review
originally written by Chris McDonald Some albums can be weird without integrating banjo solos or techno interludes. Case in point: Macabra‘s debut album, Blood-Nurtured Nature. This is the kind of record that may sound pretty ordinary …
Black Breath – Sentenced To Life Review
Seattle’s death/thrash/hardcore act Black Breath is back with full-length number two, Sentenced to Life. The band’s first album, Heavy Breathing, saw the band integrate a heavy Swedish death metal influence into the crossover/thrash sound it …
Lord Mantis – Pervertor Review
Good hygiene is important; it’s a sign of maturity and, more basically, evolutionary fitness. Society expects cleanliness. But for some of us, that primal little devil inside who so enjoyed flinging us headlong into mud …