Category: Reviews
While Heaven Wept – Vast Oceans Lachrymose Review
Little can compare to the feeling of being truly leveled by the work of a great artist, whatever the medium may be. The sweep of Vermeer’s brush, the flow of a Gehry building, or the …
Pestilential Shadows – In Memoriam, Ill Omen Review
originally written by Jim Brandon With three-fifths of the band also making up the somewhat obnoxious Nazxul, I’ve been a little hesitant to tackle In Memoriam, Ill Omen, from Australia’s Pestilential Shadows. Thankfully, a few …
Green Jelly – Musick To Insult Your Intelligence By Review
With an album title like that, I’m not certain one can expect a review more favorable than this… Some fifteen years since their last release, comedy metal troupe Green Jelly returns with a new record, this …
Southern Cross – Down Below Review
Southern Cross is a group of young Québécois who play power-ish progressive metal. They have managed in about five years time to move from tribute band to legitimate up-and-comers warming up for stalwarts such as …
Gravehill – Rites Of The Pentagram Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Gravehill are one of those beer-can-crushing, fake-blood-gushing, we’re-so-metal-it’s-absurd type of bands. Additionally, they also happen to sound alot like God Dethroned, though that’s probably purely accidental. Regardless, after researching their personnel (among their ranks: …
Scar Symmetry – Dark Matter Dimensions Review
Originally written by Ross Main. It was pretty much a year ago that Scar Symmetry announced the replacement for the departed vocal talents of Christian Älvestam. Many people saw the need to hire two new singers as …
Shrinebuilder – Shrinebuilder Review
To be perfectly honest, I’ve always liked the idea of supergroups better than the real deal. It’s certainly something that’s fun to speculate about with friends, but more often than not, expectations seem to outweigh …
Canopy – Will And Perception Review
After two EP’s and one full length, Stockholm’s Canopy return with their second long player. Kinda. Will and Perception shares the name with their quality self-released EP, includes a complete rerecording of that release, a …