Category: Reviews
Light This City – Stormchaser Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Light This City – the young, Californian wielders of what’s left of the melodeath torch – lived quickly and flickered out abruptly. Stormchaser, their posthumous work of Bay Area-bred Euroshred, is easily …
Darkestrah – The Great Silk Road Review
originally written by Chris McDonald Epic black metal has gotten its fair share of underground attention recently, particularly since the 2006 release of Drudkh’s masterful Blood In Our Wells, which utilized huge, hypnotic drumbeats and …
Hooded Menace – Fulfill The Curse Review
The extreme metal scene of Finland may not be as fecund as that of neighboring Sweden but it does seem to produce acts of exceedingly high quality, such as Amorphis, Demigod, Demilich and Impaled Nazarene, …
Crowpath – One With Filth Review
Originally written by Michael Roberts. Just when I thought it was safe to lock in my top albums for 2008, along come Crowpath to throw me into a spin with this truly nasty piece of work. Like …
Lords – Fuck All Y’all Motherfuckers Review
Originally written by Doug Moore. Sometimes I wonder how the fuck touring bands do it, and I wonder about bands like Lords in particular. This is a group who rarely headlines, who spends about 1/72 of their …
Wastelander – Wardrive Review
Somewhere between Celtic Frost, Darkthrone, early Exodus, Amebix, and Sodom, Michigan’s Wastelander blend apocalyptic crust with a base of retro thrash and first-wave black metal, and damned if it doesn’t rock like hell, even if it …
Diabolical – The Gallery Of Bleeding Art Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell In the midst of a hefeweizen-induced haze, and stumbling through the litany of promos that currently clog the Metal Review queue, I thought I’d uncovered a gem. “Fucken hell!,” I exclaimed, foggy …
Trivium – Shogun Review
Originally written by Ramar Pittance In the minds of most Americans, the cultural phenomena of professional basketball and hip-hop have always been well-suited bedfellows. Superficially, it makes sense, as they share a similar external aesthetic …