Category: Reviews
Accept – Blood Of The Nations Review
Nearly fifteen years have elapsed since the last Accept record. That one, 1996’s Predator, was weak, unfocused and easily among the band’s worst. In the period after Predator, Accept split up, then reformed and released …
Serenity Dies – Hacksawcracy Review
The Maldives is a small and scattered nation in the Indian Ocean, comprised of two chains of islands and atolls running north to south in roughly parallel lines—it lies approximately 500 miles southwest of the …
Enslaved – Axioma Ethica Odini Review
“Witness: march of the giants.” Few bands or artists of any media forge a legacy in which their fans can be one hundred and ten percent confident that new work will give them the thrills …
Mar De Grises – Streams Inwards Review
If there were ever an award for a band whose talent, professionalism, and overall musical concept has gone unnoticed for too long, Mar De Grises would certainly be one of my nominees. 2010 may just …
Christian Mistress – Agony & Opium Review
There’s good reason so many metal bands continue to crop up sounding like they just stepped out of Bill & Ted’s phone booth from the early 80’s: it was a bloody kickass time that produced …
Wolfshade – When Above Review
originally written by Jim Brandon Whether it’s because of my own personal tastes in breakneck-speed black metal, or the fact that there’s so much of it out there to listen to, an album like Wolfshade’s …
Crowned In Earth – Visions Of The Haunted Review
Tally another under the win column for Shadow Kingdom Records. Their latest discovery is UK doom unit Crowned In Earth, the vision of vocal-guitar-bass-organ specialist Kevin Lawry. After bringing in drummer Darin McCloskey (Pale Divine, …
