Category: Reviews
Absu – Self Titled Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas When influential or legendary bands return from a lengthy hiatus, the results can either be positive as heard on Gorefest’s La Muerte, Grave’s Back From the Grave and Celtic Frost’s Monotheist for example. Or they can be somewhat …
The Prophecy – Into The Light Review
Good doom-death metal is depressing. That’s the point. Life can be bleak and it often burdens us with pain so heavy it challenges our very right to exist. The best bands in the genre have …
The Faceless – Planetary Duality Review
Some other reviews will say a lot about The Faceless’ previous -core leanings and make a big deal about this album’s movement away from that style and toward a stricter technical death metal approach. The …
Elite – We Own The Mountains Review
Elite hail from Mo I Rana, Norway, which is about a stone’s throw from the Arctic friggin’ Circle; so far north that they get virtually no sunlight for most of the winter, during which temperatures …
Blut Aus Nord – Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue With The Stars Review
originally written by Chris McDonald Blut Aus Nord has taken the underground metal scene by veritable storm since the world heard The Work Which Transforms God in 2003, with each subsequent release garnering fevered anticipation …
Cannibal Corpse – Evisceration Plague Review
I could fill a couple of paragraphs with random Cannibal Corpse musings, but who really cares? Instead, here are the facts as I see them. Chris Barnes’ departure during the recording for Vile was the …
Cattle Decapitation – The Harvest Floor Review
Originally written by Kris Yancey At long last, Cattle Decapitation has done it. They’ve made an album where the songwriting lives up to the ebulliently grotesque image and vivicidal (decidedly anti-human) lyricism. And perhaps they’re not entirely …
Mictlantecuhtli – Warriors Of The Black Sun Review
originally written by Chris McDonald When one thinks of metal bands that write songs about Aztec mythology, fantastic Mexican death metal outfit The Chasm tends to comes to mind immediately. While this particular band happens …