Category: Reviews
Psalm – Manifest Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Previously a metalcore band, Belgium’s Psalm have unveiled a new sound, a new direction on this transitional EP: blackened death metal, or something resembling blackened death metal, anyway. Given this information,Manifest sounds exactly as you’d …
Whitechapel – This Is Exile Review
For the record, up front I will say this to avoid having to defend myself later: I don’t hate deathcore. I don’t hate Whitechapel. I just find both of them to have less staying power …
Moonsorrow – Tulimyrsky EP Review
Ep-ic [ep-ik]: noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style. Ep-ic as Balls [ep-ik az bawls]: …
Mouth Of The Architect – Quietly Review
originally written by Chris McDonald I was a bit hesitant to sign up for this at first, as this is my first real experience listening to Mouth of the Architect and I’m generally not big …
Prostitute Disfigurement – Descendants Of Depravity Review
originally written by Chris McDonald Now here’s a band that’s been trending upward. While Prostitute Disfigurement’s early albums were fairly typical over-the-top gore-grind efforts, 2005’s Left In Grisly Fashion was something of a revelation for …
Bound By Entrails – For Valhall’s Sorrow Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas. Synopsis: I’m always a little leery of critiquing albums that involve folks I know, in this case former Metal Review staffer Jeremy Garner. Even more so because this album kinda sat in …
Gravehill – Metal Of Death / Advocation Of Murder And Suicide Review
As you can likely guess from the title, Metal Of Death / The Advocation Of Murder And Suicide is a compilation of sorts, a rerecording of a previous EP (Metal Of Death) with the addition …
Krisiun – Southern Storm Review
Originally written by Michael Roberts. It’s kind of a rare thing for a band to continue to improve after six or seven albums. More often than not we’ll see an act peaking somewhere between their …