Category: Reviews
Coffins – Ancient Torture Review
First-rate Japanese miscreants Coffins have racked up quite the reputation for a consistently excellent output of utterly filthy and punishing death metal that flirts with the same smattering of skullcrushing doom that launched early greats …
Tombs – Path Of Totality Review
Tombs’ second album stares the notion of a ‘sophomore slump’ straight in the face, politely clears its throat, and then sets said notion on fire using nothing but its will and an unlit match. But …
Sepultura – Kairos Review
Let me begin by saying that Kairos is the first full album under the Sepultura name that I have heard since Against all the way back in 1998. I’ve caught snippets here and there, enough …
Death – Human (Reissue) Review
originally written by Jim Brandon There is no denying the importance and influence that the body of work from the late Chuck Schuldiner has contributed to the lexicon of American death metal like no other …
Morne – Asylum Review
Originally written by Rae Amitay When I first heard about the Boston-based crust sludge group Morne, I was hesitant to give them a chance. Having attended Berklee College of Music for the past few years, I’m …
Enslaved – The Sleeping Gods Review
originally written by Chris McDonald What a strange little release this is for Enslaved, a band that hasn’t officially released anything other than full-lengths or DVDs since their founding efforts in the early 90’s. Coming …
In Solitude – The World. The Flesh. The Devil Review
Allow me to share with you one of my darkest and most haunting metal fears: King Diamond will eventually lay down his bone-cross microphone for good. That’s something I really don’t like to think about, …
Red Fang – Murder The Mountains Review
Northwestern stoner act Red Fang first crossed my radar brilliantly with the comical video for “Prehistoric Dog,” a send-up of Ren-Fair faux-fencing types with a killer riff-driven stoner-metal tune to match. But while “Dog” was …