Category: Reviews
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 …
Funeral – From These Wounds Review
Originally written by Jon Eardley Dubbed with the title “The Most Depressive Band in the World” during their early years, Norway’s Funeral is largely thought of as one of the founding pioneers of the Funeral …
A Storm Of Light – As The Valley Of Death Becomes Us, Our Silver Memories Fade Review
Full-length number three from Josh Graham’s A Storm Of Light finds the band smoothing off some of the rough edges from previous albums, but coming off the worse for the polish job. There is a …
Entrenched – Preemptive Strike Review
s debut album, Preemptive Strike, New Jersey duo Entrenched joins great acts such as Bolt Thrower, Jungle Rot and Hail of Bullets in the ranks of war-obsessed death metal bands. Whether Entrenched will ever achieve …
Black Crucifixion – Hope Of Retaliation Review
originally written by Juho Mikkonen Hailing originally from Rovaniemi (the biggest town in Finnish Lapland, a safe-haven for some match-fixing Zambian soccer players and a nest for many other things that seem awfully out of …