Category: Reviews
The Living Fields – Running Out Of Daylight Review
Have you ever come across music that just leaves you cold? I don’t mean an album that everyone seems to love that you think is crap; I’m talking an album that you know is good …
Draconian – A Rose For The Apocalypse Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas My last personal experience with Sweden’s Draconian was 2005’s excellent Arcane Rain Fell, and in fact, “Death, Come Near Me” is still one of my favorite doom tracks. I missed …
Pharaoh – Ten Years Review
Impatient Pharaoh fans will be forced to wait a little longer for the rightful follow-up to the stellar Be Gone (supposedly due to hit the streets in the Fall), but this cracking EP will make that wait a little …
Decapitated – Carnival Is Forever Review
originally written by Chris McDonald Carnival is Forever is the kind of album that will always be tied to the context in which it’s released. In this case, it’s the first new output in over …
Vhäldemar – Metal Of The World Review
Spanish power metal act Vhäldemar has clearly taken much inspiration from their Teutonic cousins to the northeast – quite simply, they couldn’t sound a whole lot more German unless they were chanting “Deustchland Uber Alles” …
Rudra – Brahmavidya: Immortal I Review
Singapore’s Rudra has been kicking around in some form since 1992, but it was really with the 2005 release of Brahmavidya: Primordial I (the first in a trilogy that is completed by the album currently …
Uriah Heep – Into The Wild Review
For forty-two years, Uriah Heep has rocked right along. It hasn’t all been easy living, of course – those early 70s records that are almost universally recognized as the top of the Heep are long …
Elitist – Fear In A Handful Of Dust Review
Elitist is a four-piece band from Portland, Oregon, but for all intents and purposes, you may as well just think of the band members as four spiky signposts pointing the quickest road to Hell. This …