Category: Reviews
Cannibal Corpse – Torture Review
originally written by Chris McDonald I have generally respected Cannibal Corpse more as an institution than as a musical entity. I have given most of their releases a chance over the years and have yet …
Dimesland – Creepmoon Review
I like to think that I’m pretty well in-touch with the music scene in my native Bay Area, having followed it closely for the better part of 14 years as both a radio personality and …
Napalm Death – Utilitarian Review
Few bands always deliver. To say Napalm Death is among those few bands would be a colossal understatement. To put it bluntly, listening to Napalm Death is pretty much mandatory. The more albums a mandatory …
High Spirits – Another Night Review
Hmmmm… What have we here? An album cover that looks straight out of 1983, like a still shot from some Chicago-based cop show I forgot about… If not for the metal-fonted logo, this could be …
Pilgrim – Misery Wizard Review
Like a number of folks out there, I was first drawn into the world of Rhode Island’s Pilgrim through 2011’s Forsaken Man demo. (Which, incidentally, is still available for Bandcamp downloadage for zero dollars and …
Terrorizer – Hordes Of Zombies Review
originally written by Chris McDonald The last year has surely been an interesting one for Pete Sandoval, to put it mildly. Sitting idly back while Morbid Angel sent shockwaves through the metal community with a …
Asphyx – Deathhammer Review
In my mind, I know that metal needs new ideas to remain a vital genre. I know that many things that seem odd, out of place or downright stupid to me now, will, in time, …
Syven – Aikaintaite Review
When a musical work evokes the weight of natural processes in geologic time, it inevitably exposes impotence in the words used to describe it. Allowing for the difficulty of the written word to reach back …