Category: Reviews
Porcupine Tree – Nil Recurring Review
Originally written by Keith Fox. I loved Fear of a Blank Planet when it came out last spring. I still do. I find the album incredibly moving, even lyrically, and musically I think it’s wonderfully complex while being just …
Warrel Dane – Praises To The War Machine Review
Originally written by Brady Humbert. Nevermore has been a long standing favorite of mine since the beginning of my tenure as a metal-head. They have long been the crunchy, thrash-oriented Queensryche that I never had. While that is a …
Kalmah – For The Revolution Review
Originally written by Sasha Horn I have a love/extremely tame dislike relationship with Kalmah. My judgment goes impaired whenever they release something new. I always thoroughly enjoy it though, despite the fact that these ears hear the …
Velonnic Sin – Orphidious Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell The eyeliner-clad, New York based duo known as Velonnic Sin specializes in guitar-centric, warlike black metal. Armed with a serious mid-periodMarduk influence, as well as a knack for acute melody injection, the band …
Dominici – O3 A Trilogy: Part 3 Review
Three has always been a significant number: Three distinct species of the human genus; three basic planes of Geology; Asimov’s 3 Laws of Robotics; three ingredients to an Atom; Freud’s three parts to the human …
Engel – Absolute Design Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Let’s cut through the crap straight away: Absolute Design is an absolutely atrocius album, and is quite possibly one of the worst semi-major albums released thus far this year. This is simultaneously …
Helrunar – Baldr Ok Íss Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell The majority of what has been hailed as upper-echelon black metal over the past few years has been extremely challenging in nature. Not only for the listener, but for the …
Midnattsol – Nordlys Review
Originally written by Michael Roberts. It wouldn’t be the first time I’ve felt caught out like this, but I’m both grateful yet slightly ashamed for not picking up on Midnattsol prior to this album. Put simply, Nordlys is a …