Category: Reviews
Long Distance Calling – Long Distance Calling Review
It’s really too bad the “post” tag gets tossed around so indiscriminately in heavy music. The term seems to attach itself to anything and everything with low, fuzzy notes stretched over any sort of atmosphere, …
Assaulter – Boundless Review
I was quite taken with Assaulter’s debut, Salvation Like Destruction. The band’s gritty black/thrash provided a more-than-adequate stop-gap while I anxiously awaited the next release by Assaulter’s countrymen Destroyer 666. Thus, when Metal Blade made …
Necros Christos – Doom Of The Occult Review
2011 is shaping up to be a banner year for organ in heavy metal, what with Negative Plane, Acid Witch, Blood Ceremony, and even the typically accordion-and-ennui-ensconced French getting in on the action via Moonreich. …
Manilla Road – The Deluge (Reissue) Review
It’s a good time to be a Manilla Road fan. The undisputed kings of epic metal will unleash Playground of the Damned, their fifteenth album, later this summer. Out of print albums have been reissued on CD at …
Scale The Summit – Collective Review
originally written by Chris McDonald Instrumental progressive metal will likely never become a truly “hot” item in the metal and rock scenes, but Scale the Summit has certainly had a large part in bringing this …
Owl – Owl Review
Owl is the latest project to emerge from the ever productive and continually brilliant German label (and family of bands) Zeitgeister. This particular project is the brainchild of Christian Kolf (Island, Valborg, Woburn House), who …
Blut Aus Nord – 777 – Sect(s) Review
originally written by Jim Brandon We have too few enigmas these days, and all our gods are dead. If you seek true transcendence in the realm of black metal, I can guarantee you won’t fucking …
The Haunted – Unseen Review
Originally written by Sasha Horn My verdict is in. And I just know that you’ve been holding your breath… Many thanks, dizzy dudes and dames. This procrastination turned out to be a blessing in disguise, …