Category: Reviews
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 …
Subrosa – Strega Review
From the metal as hell I Hate comes the, uh, so not metal as hell second album from Salt Lake City’s SubRosa. Don’t get me wrong, there’s a distinctly arid, desert-doom quality to this album, but if I …
Jex Thoth – Jex Thoth Review
Originally written by Keith Fox. Alchemical doom. That’s the tag I read the lead vocalist use to describe California-based Jex Thoth’s sound in a Decibel Magazine piece on the band. Sounds about right. I don’t love genre tags, but this band …
Belphegor – Bondage Goat Zombie Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas. Synopsis: Austria’s Belphegor have slowly become the Amon Amarth/Dismember/Bolt Thrower of their chosen goat obsessed black/death metal with seven albums of blistering if similar fury to their name and album number seven does not disappoint. Review: …
Testament – The Formation Of Damnation Review
Madman’s take: What a long strange trip it’s been for Testament to get to this point. It started back in 1999 with the release of The Gathering, a snarling beast of a thrash album that was …