Category: Reviews
Revocation – Existence Is Futile Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas Considering a lot of early classic thrash (Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer, Dark Angel, Toranaga, Xentrix, Onslaught, Kreator etc.) was much of my indoctrination to metal at a young impressionable age, it’s a …
Beyond Dawn – Bygones Review
Norwegian avant-garde metal-turned-self-proclaimed-“traumatic electronic” band Beyond Dawn gets some love from certain segments of the underground, seemingly perpetually cited for “defying convention,” but in listening to this compilation of their earliest works, it would likely be difficult …
Ihsahn – After Review
Vegard Sverre Tveitan has been a mainstay of the vast metal underground for over 15 years. At the ripe age of 17, he helped to write and record the groundbreaking self-titled EP with Emperor, a …
Destruction – The Curse Of The Antichrist – Live In Agony Review
To quote the source, “Destruction strikes back… A devastating thrash attack…” As a partner in the holy trinity of German thrash alongside Kreator and Sodom, Destruction‘s career arc has followed that of their brothers. Like both …
Between The Buried And Me – The Great Misdirect Review
Quite a few people are all fired up about Between the Buried and Me for very different reasons. Again. For many, the quintet’s fifth album proper, The Great Misdirect, represents the latest gospel from on …
Black Breath – Razor To Oblivion Review
[RapidFire]Do you like Kill ‘Em All? Do you like the first Bathory album? Do you like Discharge? Do you like to break shit? If you answered yes to any of the above, I have a …
No Remorse No Retreat – Warbringer Review
Originally written by Ross Main. By the fourth repeat of the phrase “will of iron,” ten seconds into the opening track “Will of Iron,” one can’t help but become irrationally impatient with this record. After …
Impetuous Ritual – Relentless Execution Of Ceremonial Excrescence Review
originally written by Jim Brandon It’s the cheap, gut-rotting whiskey that eats away at your stomach and scours your liver, or the scabby sex partner you’ll never, ever let yourself live down having unprotected intercourse …