Category: Reviews
Squash Bowels – Grindvirus Review
Squash Bowels‘ previous full-length—2005’s Love Songs—was my introduction to these Polish grinders, despite that they’d been around in one form or another for a decade prior. That disc was the band’s first release for their …
Genitorturers – Blackheart Revolution Review
Originally written by Ross Main. Although sex and metal are far more powerful and exhilarating activities when indulged individually, Floridian filth-merchants Genitorturers *wince* aren’t afraid to combine both at face value to create a fairly intriguing industrial …
Arcana Coelestia – Le Mirage De L’idéal Review
Before I get into the details of this gem, indulge me… Imagine standing in one of the world’s most spacious and majestic cathedrals. Every sound you make, from your softest steps to the slightest murmur, …
Teitanblood – Seven Chalices Review
originally written by Chris McDonald Sometimes you come across bands so transgressive in their approach that it seems pointless to judge them against even the loosest standards commonly accepted in music. Case in point, Teitanblood’s …
Gaza – He Is Never Coming Back Review
Originally written by Doug Moore. For young, relatively unknown bands, there’s a lot to be said with a name. Take Gaza for instance. Their moniker conjures up an inescapable cycle of violence—generations of simmering resentment and dissonances …
Thousand Year War – Defiance Review
You really have to admire Thousand Year War for their tenacity. They’ve endured the tribulations that commonly befall a fledgling band and some that are probably unique to one that plies its trade in the …
Temple Of Baal – Lightslaying Rituals Review
Satan surely smiles on France. Not because they’re content to let the world war around them, but because there is an awful lot of God hatin’ goin’ on up in that bitch. Several French bands …
Wrack – Graveyard Review
Wrack is the sole vision and performance of vocalist /multi-instrumentalist Tyler Cox, who plays a very un-shoegaze-ish form of modern post/sludge on Graveyard, his debut. To fans of the genre, the album will initially seem …