Category: Reviews
Old Wainds – Death Nord Kult Review
Today’s bands are doing a lot more than simply challenging the boundaries of black metal, they’re tormenting and beating the living hell out of it. Psychedelics, dulcimers, tin whistles, ambiance, mouth harps, didgeridoo’s and even …
Ulcerate – Everything Is Fire Review
originally written by Chris McDonald As modern death metal continues to push the envelope of demanding musicianship, overbearingly complex song-structures, and pristine production, one eventually has to ask, “Where do we go from here?” What …
Crescent Shield – The Stars Of Never Seen Review
I called to the other men that the sky was clearing, and then a moment later I realized that what I had seen was not a rift in the clouds but the white crest of …
Vanmakt – Ad Luciferi Regnum Review
Think about the Haunted House attraction at the local county fair. The one where you ride herky-jerky in a little cart that clicks incessantly along a tiny train track. Every ten feet or so, some …
Assaulter – Salvation Like Destruction Review
As an Australian band playing black/thrash, Assaulter can hardly expect to avoid comparisons to Destroyer 666 just as any Australian hard rock band cannot avoid comparisons to AC/DC. The fact that Assaulter is lead by …
Ruins – Cauldron Review
Originally written by Michael Roberts. If you’ve never acquainted yourself with this Australian black metal twosome before, Cauldron is the ideal introduction. Ruins is guitarist/vocalist Alex Pope and jack-of-all-trades drummer David Haley (The Amenta, Psycroptic), and this, their second long-player …
Gnaw – This Face Review
God, what an awesome racket… And I use “awesome” there predominantly in the sense of “impressive” or “astounding” than in the sense of “kick-ass,” although Gnaw certainly kicked my ass, but more in the sense …
IXXI – Elect Darkness Review
originally written by Chris McDonald If there is one thing that can really kill a potentially strong album, it’s a failure for the band in question to establish a solid identity through their music. To …