Category: Reviews
Thurisaz – Circadian Rhythm Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas. Synopsis: The last time I dealt with Belgium’s Thurisaz was their self released Scent of a Dream effort, which was a vaguely folk/pagan mishmash of gothic metal, black metal and melodic death metal. It …
Om – Pilgrimage Review
It would have been hard to believe that the demise of doom titans Sleep would eventually pay major dividends to fans, but here we are, gifted with two of the year’s best albums, within less than a …
Vestigial – Aeon Review
Originally written by Ian Chainey I’ll split this one into two for easy readin‘/skippin‘. The “Just the Facts, Jack“ Review: Vestigial’s Aeon is a beautifully packaged dark ambient album that brings together mostly beatless industrial-tinged …
Between the Buried and Me – Colors Review
Originally written by Ramar Pittance To say the least, Alaska was not the kind of Between the Buried and Mealbum I was hoping for in 2005. That’s not to say I ever bought into the conventional wisdom that this …
Himsa – Summon In Thunder Review
Originally written by Jason Jordan. Because each Himsa installment is superior to its forebears, it would seem that the game of label hopscotch has only worked in their favor. Coincidentally, Summon in Thunder – their inaugural outing for Century Media – is a …
Defeated Sanity – Psalms Of The Moribund Review
Originally written by Michael Roberts. What we have here is technical death/grind falling somewhere between early Suffocation, Barnes-era Cannibal Corpse and Cryptopsy. Defeated Sanity are high on the speed and brutality but low on subtlety and dynamics, so if you can’t …
Oakhelm – Betwixt And Between Review
New to the pagan/Viking-inspired scene but certainly no greenhorns to metal, Portland, Oregon’s Oakhelm features two guitarists and a drummer from black/death metal troupe, Fall of the Bastards, and one-time Assück (Anticapital), current Wormwood champ, …
Down – III: Over the Under Review
To say that a lot has happened since we last heard from Down doesn’t even begin to cover it. The years of drug addiction and recovery, debilitating health conditions, and the twin horrors of Hurricane Katrina and …