Category: Reviews
Velnias – Sovereign Nocturnal Review
Originally written by Brady Humbert. I’ll preface this review by explaining that this album, in fact, is primed for album of the year for me. The best piece of atmospheric metal I’ve yet to hear this …
Porkfarm – Blood Harvest Review
England’s Porkfarm unleash their Deepsend debut EP. Blood Harvest is a blistering blast of gory death/grind that blends dashes of early Gorerotted with a host of classic death metal acts and some grindcore dirtiness to boot. What …
Vader – XXV Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Vader is no longer simply a band. The name has become an institution, a stalwart symbol of determination and destruction among death metal’s pantheon. As the title of this tome suggests, …
Gigan – The Order Of The False Eye Review
Originally written by Michael Roberts. The best way I can describe Gigan’s sound is a confrontation between Floridian-styled death metal and Dillinger-esque mathcore somewhere deep in outer space. That third point is crucial, as there’s a definite …
Esoteric – The Maniacal Vale Review
Many metal fans have issues gobbling down funeral doom. In that regard, I suppose it could be considered the creamed corn of our beloved genre. Actually, that seems a bit harsh, as some of us …
Reino Ermitano – Rituales Interiores Review
I’m two for two with South American doom bands in the last few months. After the excellent surprise that was Mar de Grises‘ Draining The Waterheart, I got lucky again by running across this record, …
Caldera – Mist Through Your Consciousness Review
Originally written by Chris Chellis. I’d like to think that I keep up with most doom, whether it’s stoner, traditional, epic or whatever subdivision you want to apply to the root there. When I saw …
Leviathan – A Silhouette In Splinters (Reissue) Review
Originally written by Keith Fox. (First a Note: I don’t pretend to know anything about ambient music. But as a sincere Leviathan fan I think my opinion on this ambient record should tell black metal fans like myself …