Category: Reviews
Voices From Beyond – The Gates Of Madness Review
I’ve said it before and here I go again: I find very few things in heavy music as refreshing as a band that can make old school style sound brand new. Recent exemplary efforts from …
Vasaeleth – Crypt Born & Tethered To Ruin Review
originally written by Erik Thomas Not content with inducing nausea and vomiting late last year with Impetuous Ritual’s Relentless Execution of Ceremonial Excrescence,Profound Lore Records has started 2010 with another icky cacophony by way of Texas’s Vasaeleth, a …
Burzum – Belus Review
originally written by Chris McDonald So there’s a new Burzum album. Wow, where does the time go? I remember when I was a lowly high school sophomore just starting to submerge myself in the depths …
Heathen – The Evolution Of Chaos Review
originally written by Jim Brandon Truth be told, I’ve only been a moderate fan of Bay Area thrash veterans, Heathen, as they’ve always kind of come across as a band that couldn’t decide whether or …
The Ruins Of Beverast – The Foulest Semen Of A Sheltered Elite Review
originally written by Erik Thomas For those that don’t know, The Ruins of Beverast is a one man black/doom metal band consisting of former Nagelfar (the German one) drummer Alexander Von Meilenwald. And with his third album, he has …
Dark Tranquillity – We Are The Void Review
Dark Tranquillity, Gothenburg’s most consistent sons, return with full length number nine. When discussing their extensive melodic death metal history, most fans agree that the band has peaked twice, first with The Gallery, an undisputed …
Fates Warning – Parallels (Special Edition) Review
In its original incarnation, 1991’s Parallels was my introduction to Fates Warning. I’d heard the band’s name before, then as now almost always mentioned alongside Queensryche and Dream Theater, and since I was (and am) …
Orphaned Land – The Neverending Way Of Orwarrior Review
originally written by Erik Thomas Six years in the making after the critically acclaimed Mabool, Israel’s premier metal act return for album number four and what we have here is a brilliant, epic metal album, that’s an early …