Category: Reviews
Obscura – Cosmogenesis Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Quite honestly, it’s tough to swallow another helping of technical death metal at this point. Everything from the band name (come on, guys), the computer-generated cover art, and the maddingly …
Grave Digger – Ballads Of A Hangman Review
For nearly three decades, Germany’s Grave Digger has soldiered on, (mostly) bringing us some killer epic speed metal. (They’d probably love to forget their brief departure into Bon Jovi-esque pop metal—under the abbreviated name Digger—as …
Amon Amarth – Once Sent From The Golden Hall (Reissue) Review
originally written by Chris McDonald While some may view the reissue of such a readily available album as Amon Amarth’s debut Once Sent From The Golden Hall as excessive, I for one am happy to …
Turisas – A Finnish Summer With Turisas (DVD) Review
“Happy metal” is such a dubious concept. But if it’s humanly possible to listen to Turisas and not be inspired to thrust one’s fist in the air, to move and to smile gleefully whilst doing …
Turrigenous – A Slight Amplification Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Progressive power metal is one of the arenas that American bands tend to fare extremely well in. Ball-swingin’ and crunch-centric, we Yanks tend to place just as much importance on …
Zonaria – The Cancer Empire Review
Sweden seems to churn out melodic death metal bands the way Hollywood churns out douchebags. One of the more recent products of the Swedish melodeath sweatshop is a group of early-twenty-somethings that calls itself Zonaria. …
Rose Funeral – The Resting Sonata Review
Originally written by Sasha Horn Stab stab stab. Stab chop chop stab. Punch. Stab stab swing. Chop swing chop. Stab. Fall down. On my way home from seeing the new Friday the 13th remake, I …
Suidakra – Crogacht Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas With last year’s best of/collection 13 Years of Celtic Wartunes, not only did Germany’s Suidakra put themselves back on my personal radar, they cemented the fact that they are one of folk metal’s …