Category: Reviews
The 11th Hour – Burden Of Grief Review
originally written by Jim Brandon Doom, death, and the act of dying; Burden Of Grief is all these things. The carefully crafted brainchild of Hail Of Bullets/Gorefest instrumental octopus Ed Warby, and featuring Roger “Rogga” …
Struck By Lightning – Serpents Review
According to the National Lightning Safety Institute, the odds of being struck by lightning in a given year are one in 280,000. The odds of being struck sometime during an eighty year lifespan? Still one …
Gorgoroth – Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt Review
Chris Chellis’ take: After the dust of a band squabble settles there’s usually an awkward phase wherein all involved sit around playing thumb wars until enough courage is gathered to venture forth into the unknown. …
Threat Signal – Vigilance Review
Originally written by Ross Main. Canadian born, internet bred, Threat Signal are a wrestling entrance theme version of Scar Symmetry, who are back with their second album Vigilance. Continuing to punt their drilling Meshuggah-lite breakdowns and sellable choruses; their gin-like …
Lye By Mistake – Fea Jur Review
Those who clicked into this review expecting the jazzed-up Dillinger Escape Plan worship of Lye By Mistake’s debut LP, Arrangements for Fulminating Vective, are in for a bit of a shock. Things have happened in …
Kowloon Walled City – Gambling On The Richter Scale Review
No other label captures the essence of its genre’s sound quite the way Sludge does. It’s as if somebody took life’s anger and frustration and despair and mashed it all up into a great ball …
Weapon – Drakonian Paradigm Review
There’s just something indescribably appealing about a band that makes metal clean of artifice, and Weapon are about as sincere a band as has ever been amassed. Treating their moniker as a functional directive, this …
Solstafir – Köld Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Admittedly, this album is far from a new release. In fact, it was initially released over nine months ago, on a record label that has inexplicably ceased to distribute adequate …