Category: Reviews
Amorphis – Skyforger Review
In the near 20 year existence of Amorphis, their fans have become split into so many camps it’s not even funny anymore. Some wish the band still played death metal. Others just want Elegy made …
DevilDriver – Pray For Villains Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell On at least one level, Pray For Villains is a tasty record. Juicy, meaty, and fleetingly addicting, this is the kind of record that you’ll spin six times in a row right …
Alestorm – Black Sails At Midnight Review
Originally written by Ross Main. We Scots have given the world some pretty awesome stuff actually; fine whiskeys, mythological beast sightings, the television set, rain and some pretty entertaining stereotypes. However, our crowning glory and …
Job For A Cowboy – Ruination Review
Originally written by Sasha Horn Ruination is not your little sister’s Job For A Cowboy. But there’s just no pleasing some of you, and for alot of us, we don’t even have little sisters, so …
Firebird – Grand Union Review
In the last three decades, Firebird guitarist / vocalist / mastermind Bill Steer has been a part of two bands that forever changed the face of extreme music. Firebird isn’t one of them. Not that Firebird …
Valborg – Glorification Of Pain Review
Every once in a while an album comes along that isn’t necessarily groundbreaking, but also doesn’t conveniently fit into any particular genre or sub-genre. A good example of this was Gojira’s From Mars to Sirius, which …
Archgoat – The Light-Devouring Darkness Review
The Light-Devouring Darkness is thirty minutes of pure fucking ugly. Archgoat has no use for melody, no time for harmony and no tolerance for catchiness. Lord Angelslayer’s vocals are so gutturally deep as to be …
Artillery – When Death Comes Review
Next up in the cavalcade of thrash revivals: Artillery. If you don’t know, the Danish thrashers released a couple of good albums in the 80’s that borrowed a bit from the happening scenes of the …