Category: Reviews
Mournful Congregation – The Unspoken Hymns Review
We’ve already seen superb releases drop from all of metal’s varied branches this year. But when the dust eventually settles, 2011’s most celebrated sub-genres will be those that give a solemn nod to a very …
An Autumn For Crippled Children – Everything Review
Lost, the 2010 debut from Dutch act An Autumn for Crippled Children, was a pleasant surprise: a moody, expansive, atmospheric and dynamic album that threaded the line safely between depressive black metal, doomy dirges and …
Esoteric – Paragon Of Dissonance Review
Funeral doom is, in most appreciable ways, a niche within a niche. Forcing the listener to bear witness to a cripplingly slow march to oblivion is not, it must be said, the easiest way to …
Riot – Immortal Soul Review
Don’t look now, but Johnny’s back again… With Immortal Soul, Riot’s Thundersteel line-up reunites, some twenty-three years later. And with those words, probably about ten percent of you got really excited, and rightfully so, because …
Megadeth – Thirteen Review
The narrative arc of Megadeth’s career over the past decade has been your standard, steady upward climb from a series of miscalculations and baldly embarrassing albums. With their career arguably hitting a soul-deflating nadir with …
Lonely Kamel – Dust Devil Review
Norway’s Lonely Kamel is clearly on a mission to play against type, eager to prove with this, the band’s third album, that if Americans can ply the frost-bittenest of black metal from some of the …
Craft – Void Review
originally written by Chris McDonald I’ve always found Craft to be a good-not-great example of black metal’s less speedy side, although even that tenuous reputation was tested by 2005’s utterly bland outing, Fuck the Universe. …
Ava Inferi – Onyx Review
Originally written by Rae Amitay Ava Inferi is a group that fits comfortably within the ‘gothic metal’ genre without succumbing to irritating Hot Topic-style quirks and commercial weaknesses. Created by songwriter and guitarist Rune Eriksen (ex-Mayhem, …