Category: Reviews
Six Feet Under – Graveyard Classics 3 Review
Masochism is defined as “A willingness or tendency to subject oneself to unpleasant or trying experiences.” I’ve often referred to myself as a masochist, but nothing has ever justified that labeling as much as my …
Village Of Dead Roads – Desolation Will Destroy You Review
originally written by Jim Brandon As pleasantly bleak and calamitous as so much death and black metal aspires to be, give me a good doom or sludge album that makes my skin crawl with those …
Urgehal – Ikonoklast Review
Those who know me know that it’s a rare black metal record that I enjoy these days, but there was a time when icy blackness didn’t leave me cold. Like most everyone else with ears …
Fear Factory – Mechanize Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell For nearly ten years, the Fear Factory brand has been struggling to survive. Arguably, the band peaked too early; creatively on Demanufacture, their 1995 masterstroke, and commercially with its follow-up, Obsolete. The shadow of …
Morgue Supplier – Constant Negative Review
As can be deduced from the moniker, Chicago’s Morgue Supplier do not play deft and jazzy prog, but brutal and blasting grindcore, and have been doing so since 1999. Constant Negative is their latest, containing …
CoeXistence – Carrion Comfort Review
Coexistence began as an internet collaboration between a dude in France and another in Sweden, who wrote and then shared (emailed) pieces of the songs that ultimately came to comprise Carrion Comfort, their demo EP. …
Witches Mark – A Grim Apparition Review
Witches Mark’ s debut EP, A Grim Apparition, features the sort of kickass cover art that would have had me buying it blind back in the day. Fortunately, the music contained therein avoids the cursed …
White Wizzard – Over The Top Review
Originally written by Ross Main. White Wizzard are the little puppy dogs of metal. Bounding with youthful energy and enthusiasm, there is something so innocent and loveable about them, that you really don’t mind having to …