Category: Reviews
Atheist – Jupiter Review
originally written by Chris McDonald The “comeback” of legendary underground metal bands has, perhaps predictably, turned out more disappointing results than commendable ones. Sure, the new Autopsy EP is pretty cool, and the new Gorguts …
Amorphis – Magic & Mayhem – Tales From The Early Years Review
In my review of Negura Bunget’s Masiestrit, I ran down a list of possible reasons why bands choose to re-record earlier material. In that case, the new version was well-justified, being a reimagining of lesser-known …
Arson Anthem – Insecurity Notoriety Review
Arson Anthem was born of a shared love of vintage punk between Nola icons Mike Williams (Eyehategod) and Phil Anselmo (Pantera / Down). Homeless post-Katrina, Williams crashed in Anselmo’s guest quarters, and the pair would …
Beneath The Massacre – Marée Noire Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Fleshgod Apocalypse proposed the hypothesis, and Beneath the Massacre has proven the theory: modernized, uber-brutal, ProTooled death metal bands absolutely shine in the EP format. The brevity not only maximizes the impact, it assures that …
Wojczech – Pulsus Letalis Review
The last record from these German crusty grinders hit a sweet spot for me back in 2005—Sedimente was raw, dissonant, angry, indebted to both Tragedy / From Ashes Rise crust punk and Assuck / Extreme …
Pelican – What We All Come To Need Review
originally written by Jim Brandon On the heels of writing about the newest Caspian album, Tertia, I almost find myself at a loss to describe my views on What We All Come To Need, from …
Children Of Technology – It’s Time To Face The Doomsday Review
At the corner of Metal-As-Fuck Avenue and Shit-Eating-Grin Boulevard lies the more humorous/tongue-in-cheek side of the thrash/crossover style, which for over 20 years has been giving overly-pompous heavy metal and self-righteous hardcore punk the enema …
Control Denied – The Fragile Art Of Existence (Reissue) Review
originally written by Chris McDonald The indelible legacy that Chuck Schuldiner left on the metal world with his work in Death should be, at the very least, acknowledged by anyone reading this review, but Control …