Category: Reviews
As You Drown – Rat King Review
originally written by Chris McDonald Another band attempting to cross-pollinate deathcore and modern tech death, As You Drown pulls off this union a lot more smoothly than many bands I’ve heard. Rat King takes the …
Vektor – Outer Isolation Review
“Captain’s Log: Stardate 43205.6. The Enterprise has arrived at Orelious IX to chart the battle in which the Menthars and Promelians fought to their mutual extinction. Among the ruins, we have found a relic: a …
Dark Forest – Dawn Of Infinity Review
I like a good turkey sandwich; lightly toasted sourdough with some lettuce, tomato, spicy mustard and a bountiful pile of gobble-gobble is a combination that’s equipped to win. Unfortunately, it’s also a combo I’ve encountered …
Morta Skuld – Through The Eyes Of Death Review
By and large, the works of 90s Midwestern death metal outfit Morta Skuld have been consigned to obscurity, a casualty of time and fading memory. The Relapse-released Through The Eyes Of Death is a compilation …
Leviathan – True Traitor, True Whore Review
originally written by Chris McDonald Since its birth as a musical style, many have endorsed and embraced metal as an escape from the rigors of everyday life as opposed to a reflection of it; an …
Insomnium – One For Sorrow Review
Originally written by Rae Amitay Insomnium takes the rather vague classification of ‘melodic death metal’ and creates their own melancholic, complex, and driving definition. Above The Weeping World was a masterpiece; Across the Dark felt a …
Krisiun – The Great Execution Review
For no real reason other than the foolish human yearning for order and symmetry, I’ve often thought of the ‘Big Three’ of German thrash – Sodom, Destruction, and Kreator – as having a cross-hemispheric counterpart …
Sanguis Imperem – In Glory We March Towards Our Doom Review
To take Sanguis Imperem as straight-up death metal is a mistake. These Californians (also active as live backing for similarly-minded noiseniks Nocturnal Blood) clearly take their inspiration from that murky, ill-defined, yet fertile territory often …