Category: Reviews
Alestorm – Captain Morgan’s Revenge Review
Scottish pirate metal? Awesome. It’s been interesting to see Running Wild get some competition in the pirate metal realm over the past couple of years, first with U.S.-based Swashbuckle and now Alestorm. This is still …
Bury Your Dead – Bury Your Dead Review
Originally written by Dan Staige. Bury Your Dead have been a guilty pleasure of mine since I heard a few samples off of Beauty & The Breakdown. I didn’t hear technical mastery or airtight speed, but what …
Apocalyptica – Worlds Collide Review
Originally written by Sasha Horn So I’ve been written off as a repeated sixual offender. I have been throwing them around, true, but carefully. Catching them, cushioning their fall, and yes, planning on giving them a good …
Boris – Smile Review
Originally written by Brady Humbert. My first contender for a top ten album of the year: Boris’ Smile. Boris is an experimental post-rock outfit from Japan. The band is a mish-mash of styles, more or less lumped together to create …
Vale Of Pnath – Vale Of Pnath Review
Originally written by Tyler Wagnon. Holy Hell! This is an absolutely scorching debut self-financed EP from Denver’s Vale of Pnath. The band formed in 2005 and apparently spent a lot of time perfecting the four songs …
Heidevolk – Walhalla Wacht Review
Heidevolk hails from Holland (or, if you prefer geographical nomenclatures that sound like polite references to your genitalia, “The Netherlands”). Their first record, 2005’s De Strijdlust Is Geboren, garnered some positive interest, although I myself …
Endstille – Endstilles Reich Review
Originally written by Chris Chellis. Progression is a dicey term, but no matter how one comes to define it, I think we can all agree that it can have negative connotations. In the context of …
Genocide – Apocalyptic Visions Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell No, this isn’t a reissue of a long-lost, proto-Arghoslent demo from 1990. This, unfortunately, is a novice black metal band. Despite the fact that at least two bands in their home country …