Category: Reviews
Enforcer – Diamonds Review
Originall written by Jordan Campbell Some bands simply can’t let their music speak for itself, and that’s usually a bad sign. They might need a carefully comprised uniform to act as a beacon, a tractor …
October File – Our Souls to You Review
Man, talk about dropping the ball. October File’s first effort, Holy Armour from the Jaws of God, was a solid little album, if highly derivative of the mighty Killing Joke. Its abrasive mix of metal …
Audiopain / Nekromantheon – Split EP Review
With the stack of promos at waist height, we usually wouldn’t get around to a two-track split, but when the name Audiopain comes across my desk, I take notice. These Norwegian heshers have been dealing …
Jon Oliva’s Pain – Festival
Savatage was a huge part of my formative days—Hall Of The Mountain King, Gutter Ballet and Streets were all huge records for Younger Me. As the ‘Tage went on, even with the departure of one Oliva …
Hour Of Penance – Paradogma Review
originally written by Jim Brandon There comes a point where similarity becomes an almost impossible distraction to ignore. I’ve listened to Paradogma more times than I can count, and every single time the damn thing …
Valborg – Crown Of Sorrow Review
Somewhere out in the nebulous immensity of the cosmos, directly on the curve between fabrication and factuality, floats a land inhabited by the peculiar cerebral offspring of the three eccentrics who make up Deutschland’s purveyors …
Flourishing – A Momentary Sense Of The Immediate World Review
originally written by Erik Thomas I’m not quite sure how to classify this new project from Wetnurse’s Garett Bussanick. It’s not as chaotic as labelmates Imbroglio, but still discordant and grey. It’s not as progressive as Wetnurse, but has …
Aeon – Path Of Fire Review
originally written by Erik Thomas So, here’s a palette cleanser, the third album from Sweden’s death metal machine Aeon. After breaking out with their Metal Blade debut, Rise to Dominate, the band has taken three years to unleash …