Category: Reviews
Kingdom of Sorrow – Behind The Blackest Tears Review
Just in case you missed the hype the first time around, Kingdom of Sorrow is the collaboration between Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta and the originator of “fat guy metal,” Crowbar vocalist/guitarist Kirk Windstein. Many wondered how …
Whitechapel – A New Era Of Corruption Review
originally written by Erik Thomas After a quick, devastating start to the year (Chelsea Grin, Carnifex, Annotations of an Autopsy), deathcore hit a bit of a dry spell for a few months. Things look to …
Watain – Lawless Darkness Review
originally written by Erik Thomas With this record as arguably one of the more anticipated black metal releases of the year, Sweden’s Watain has a pretty monumental task following both the highly regarded Sworn to the Dark (an album …
Serpent’s Knight – Silent Knight… Of Myth And Destiny Review
I’m a collector, one of those obsessive types who has to at least hear every scrap of music he possibly can, if only to know not to hear it again. Over time, I’ve given up …
Tarot – Gravity Of Light Review
For anyone keeping track of Finnish metal, Tarot bassist / vocalist Marco Hietala is also a member of operatic metallers Nightwish. Like Nightwish, Tarot sports a pristine production and an epic expanse, and in pompous …
Beyond Terror Beyond Grace – Our Ashes Built Mountains Review
originally written by Erik Thomas 2010 has seen some solid grindcore from the likes of Misery Index, Defeatist, Sayyadina, Wormrot, Infanticide and others, but how about the second effort from Australia’s Beyond Terror Beyond Grace for something out of …
Mordax – Slaughter Review
“Horror has a face…and you must make a friend of horror. Horror and moral terror are your friends.” Mordax is yet another band that mixes together two extreme genres of music that once graced our …
Void Of Silence – The Grave Of Civilization Review
Void of Silence hail from the Italian peninsula, representing doom metal in the ongoing class action lawsuit of Substance v. Presentation. Alright, that’s bullshit, but if such a case really did exist, The Grave of …