Category: Reviews

Nachtmystium – Addicts: Black Meddle Part II Review

Jordan Campbell’s take: You know that ten-foot-tall, stomping-ass swagger you get after you rip a few rails? (If you don’t, that’s totally cool. Don’t run out and buy an eight-ball just to find out.) It’s …

Cardiac Arrest – Haven For The Insane Review

Chicago death metal act Cardiac Arrest drops their third full-length in Haven For The Insane, the band’s first for Ibex Moon. Founded by Incantation mastermind John McEntee, Ibex Moon has consistently released underground death metal …

Fuck The Facts – Disgorge Mexico: The DVD Review

Over the course of a decade, Fuck The Facts has easily become one of the most interesting bands in grindcore and arguably one of the most interesting outfits in all of extreme metal. Starting off …

Nails Unsilent Death Review

At fourteen minutes in length, Nails’ Unsilent Death is a blitzkrieg of brutality patterned after grindcore classics like From Enslavement to Obliteration and Horrified. With a sound forged from equal measures of jackhammer blasting and …

Skyforger – Kurbads Review

Although Kurbads is my first experience with Latvia’s Skyforger, a little bit of research taught me that the band has a back-catalog of four full-lengths devoted to pagan folk-inspired black metal. I also learned that …

Godless Rising – Trumpet Of Triumph Review

originally written by Jim Brandon Taking the over-the-top necro cover art into consideration, it’s easy to peg this for a mindlessly kvlt exercise in pointless sacrilege, but surprisingly Godless Rising is quite the mighty wielder …

Eibon La Furies – The Blood Of The Realm Review

Have you ever been on a new roller coaster for the first time and closed your eyes for the entire thing? Me neither, but it sure felt like I did upon listening to Eibon La …

Wuthering Heights – Salt Review

To say the release of Wuthering Heights‘ fifth record has been highly anticipated amongst their fans would be akin to saying Hasselhoff “sorta likes to drink his dinner” (and his breakfast…and second breakfast, elevenses, and …