Category: Reviews
Reactor – The Real World Review
Note: This album sounds older than Wilford Brimley ordering up at a Beef Coral drive-through in Tampa, so let that be a warning to those not interested in delving into the history of our beloved …
Mnemic – Sons Of The System Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Somewhat shockingly, Mnemic have made it to album number four. Not quite as shockingly, Sons of the System is just as shitty as their previous three. Like cockroaches, the band is as resilient as …
Imperium Dekadenz – Procella Vadens Review
Imperium Dekadenz hail from the Black Forest region in southwestern Germany, bringing you a very clear case of DO judge a book by its cover. Their particular form of black metal is slow, foreboding, ominous, …
Siegfried – Nibelung Review
What I expected when I signed up to review Siegfried’s new album, Nibelung, was an interminable hour or so of intolerable symphonic pablum in the guise of a metal album. What I got instead was …
Neun Welten – Destrunken Review
Originally written by Ross Main. Sometimes – and only sometimes – it really is nice to get away from from the rampaging riff, steam train double kick and flem-flinging roar of metal that all of …
Arckanum – Kostogher (Reissue) Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Recorded and released around the same time as Kampen (which was quite recently dissected by our very own Chris McDonald), Kostogher is mightily impressive in its own right. This 1997 dark horse is an …
Enochian Theory – Evolution: Creatio Ex Nihilio Review
Enochian Theory are an enigmatic bunch. They prefer to leave their art open to interpretation – everything from the band name to the lyrics and concept behind their new album. Fittingly, Evolution: Creatio Ex Nihilio, …
Arckanum – Kampen (Reissue) Review
originally written by Chris McDonald I have no idea what “Chaos-Gnostic” ideology means, but apparently it’s a pretty big deal to one-man black metal project Arckanum, which bases most of its lyrics and themes around …