Category: Reviews
Early Graves – Goner Review
San Francisco’s Early Graves blends into their crusty, sludgy hybrid-metal some noticeable dashes of grindcore, death metal and metalcore—the good kind, not the Hot Topic kind. Goner is as equally rooted in crust punk as …
Ikuinen Kaamos – Fall Of Icons Review
Ikuinen Kaamos was poised to blow the living shit out of the dreaded sophomore slump with Epilogue when purported shenanigans on the part of their label brought the proceedings to a screeching halt. Rather than …
Decrepit Birth – Polarity Review
Jordan Campbell’s take: Decrepit Birth is a band of surprises. After a four-year period of dormancy following the release of their debut, …And Time Begins, they unleashed Diminishing Between Worlds, an album that defied all expecations. In those …
Circle Of Dead Children – Psalm Of The Grand Destroyer Review
originally written by Jim Brandon In this world you will never see a blue sky, for every drop of water to be found is tinted a murky grey, and toxic winds which whip across the …
A Forest Of Stars – Opportunistic Thieves Of Spring Review
originally written by Chris McDonald After years of maintaining an extremely narrow and linear progression from its roots, black metal has finally started to progress; not just sonically, but visually, aesthetically, and lyrically. Outfits like …
Primordial – Spirit The Earth Aflame (Reissue) Review
Heritage is something of crucial importance to Primordial, and it’s not limited to lyrics of Celtic history or the spent blood of their native Ireland. Musical heritage, while less overt, is equally important, as shown …
Withershin – The Hungering Void Review
originally written by Jim Brandon The Hungering Void was my introduction to Stockholm, Sweden’s Withershin, and so after going back and investigating 2008’s Ashen Banners, this three-song EP seems a little less noteworthy than the …
Laethora – The Light In Which We All Burn Review
originally written by Jim Brandon With all the gentle grace of Heaven Shall Burn making Hateplow its jailhouse bitch, Gothenburg’s Laethora loudly reappears with The Light In Which We All Burn, a blunt and often …