Category: Reviews
Insomnium – Across The Dark Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas It’s ironic that I write my review of Insomnium’s fourth album the same week that Be’lakor’s second album also gets reviewed as there are a lot of similarities between the two acts; both ply …
Sanctification – Black Reign Review
Sanctification shares members past and present with Dark Funeral, and despite that they play a totally different style of metal, they share some similarities with their better-known blackened brethren. Like Funeral, Sanctification is an energetic, …
Arch Enemy – The Root Of All Evil Review
Originally written by Ross Main. Only the most old school and knowledgeable vinyl-lover will be able to give you a technical explanation to why they think vinyl sounds better than CD. For most vinylers though, …
The Gates Of Slumber – Hymns Of Blood And Thunder Review
The Gates of Slumber’s last album Conqueror was by all accounts a triumph, and hailed by many as the band’s best work to date. The downside to releasing such a successful album is that the …
U.D.O. – Dominator Review
Although his name will be rightfully forever prefaced with “former Accept vocalist,” metal veteran and Elmer Fudd lookalike Udo Dirkschneider has fronted this eponymous outfit since the late 1980s. With this twelfth record, he’s now …
Shadows Fall – Retribution Review
Here is the deal with shitty vocals: they are permissible if, and only if 1) they are not the focus of the songs, 2) the music is good enough to render them inconsequential, and 3) …
Minethorn – Junk Hive Noir Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell While certainly not flamboyant in displaying their mediocrity, UK industrial metal outfit Minethorn don’t do much to cloak it, either. Junk Hive Noir, the band’s debut full-length, has been in the works for …
3 Inches Of Blood – Here Waits Thy Doom Review
In the case of The People vs. 3 Inches Of Blood for crimes against metallic credibility and musical decency, I side with the band’s defense. In fact, I’ve never quite understood why 3IOB rubs so …