Category: Reviews
Lazarus A.D. – The Onslaught Review
Hello – my name is Dave, and I’m a thrashoholic. I just can’t get enough thrash. It’s easily my favorite subgenre of metal, and after unsuccessfully attempting to write this review with my fanboyish tendencies …
The Funeral Pyre – December Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell As little as 5 years ago, The Funeral Pyre was a name bandied about in the same breath as Light This City and Arsis as potential sparkplugs in the melodic death metal engine. Interestingly, the Stateside …
Captain Cleanoff – Symphonies Of Slackness Review
2009 has been good to me so far. Behind the February offering of Napalm Death‘s monstrous Time Waits For No Slave and the April release of Brutal Truth‘s return, I also belatedly stumbled across this …
Ironwood – :Fire:Water:Ash: Review
Some albums demand that the bottom line of a review be introduced early because there is something so unique about it that it will instantly make or break the album for new listeners. :Fire:Water:Ash: is …
Orcustus – Orcustus Review
originally written by Chris McDonald Orcustus. The name just sounds so slippery and unclean. Diseased, even. “Orcuuuuustusssss.” Like a snake was meant to say it, or maybe a diabolical wizard perched atop his throne and …
Thyrfing – Hels Vite Review
originally written by Chris McDonald Spending most of their career as another quality Scandinavian folk metal band, Sweden’s Thyrfing have completed their progression into something leaner, heavier, and darker with Hels Vite. Eschewing much of …
Birdflesh – The Farmers’ Wrath Review
Originally written by Ross Main. I don’t care for grindcore. In fact, when I applied to be a writer for Metal Review I specifically mentioned that I don’t care for grindcore, and I remember it well because …
Pestilence – Resurrection Macabre Review
Sasha Horn’s take: “Resurrected to rot once more….” ‘Nuff said. “Singer”/Guitarist and all-around Pestilence owner, Patrick Mameli, sums it up best when phlegming out this first line in the title track, and to me that …