Category: Reviews
The Green Evening Requiem – Decomposer Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Over the past eighteen months or so, the Madden brothers have been quietly making a name for themselves in independent metal circles. No, not those eyeliner-clad cockbags that make a …
Realmbuilder – Summon The Stone Throwers Review
Straight out of New York city comes the “epic” metal-playing duo, Realmbuilder. Sadly, the only thing epic about Summon The Stone Throwers is its failure. Its tracks are filled with the type of monotony and blandness …
Black Tusk – Taste The Sin Review
originally written by Erik Thomas The Relapse PR machine is making no qualms about Black Tusk’s sound. I’ve seen this Savannah, Georgia trio openly advertised and reviewed as ‘swamp metal’ and ‘Mastodon’s back-water brethren’, and if the Jon Baizley cover …
Keep Of Kalessin – Reptilian Review
originally written by Erik Thomas If you took 3-4 tracks from each of the last two Keep of Kalessin albums (Armada and Kolossus) you’d have arguably one of the most epic black metal albums of all-time. About half of …
Hawkwind Triad: Harvestman, US Christmas, Minsk – Hawkwind Triad Review
originally written by Jim Brandon Cover albums usually rank about as high as Carnie Wilson’s stomach staples on my interest meter, but even I was intrigued when I learned Steve Von Till’s Harvestman, North Carolina’s …
Nevermore – The Obsidian Conspiracy Review
originally written by Jim Brandon Although I may be in the minority, I think jinxes and curses are a bunch of nonsense, but damn if it didn’t seem like Nevermore was just doomed to fail for a …
Borknagar – Universal Review
I’m late getting to my review of Borknagar’s Universal due to life and other such nonsense, which puts me squarely behind the great tide of thought on the record. My place knee-deep in the wash …
Dagor Dagorath – Yetzer Ha’ra Review
[RapidFire]Dagor Dagorath’s symphonic black metal is dealt with manifold force that belies their count of a mere three members. Their debut LP, Yetzer Ha’Ra, benefits greatly from production that obtains a monolithic wall of sound …