Category: Reviews
Atrocity – Contaminated Review
Originally written by David Ochoa. Metal has become a busy, busy market, and no doubt the recently reunited Atrocity are aware of that fact as we consider Contaminated, an eighteen minute taster EP of ten reworked grindin’ death …
Ensiferum – Victory Songs Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas. 2006 was a pretty dry year for mail clad, folk, pagan metal, yet already in 2007 we have albums from the genre’s mainstays: Moonsorrow, Finntroll and Ensiferum, with Turisas on slate for a 2007 album also. …
Arcana Coelestia – Ubi Secreta Colunt Review
Alchemy, mysticism, paranoia, neuroticism, and human suffering: all choice elements found within the scrawlings of a book entitled Inferno – courtesy of Sweden’s premiere author/playwright/chemist/chemical dabbler of yore, Johan August Strindberg – and also the …
Walpurgisnacht – Die Derwaert Gaen En Keeren Niet Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas. Synopsis: I gotta tell you, I may not be a black metal expert or aficionado, but I can tell you one thing: This is how I like my black metal. Review: Grim, …
Sevendust – Alpha Review
originally written by Jim Brandon Of all the bands who were birthed in the early/mid- 90’s and enjoy a comfortable level of mainstream success, for some reason Sevendust has been spared much of the unmitigated …
Amber Tears – Revelation Of Renounced Review
I recently made an observation in one of my reviews about how infrequently I hear mention of our friends across the pond in Russia when it comes to metalheads jawin’ about noteworthy newcomers in our …
Alabama Thunderpussy – Open Fire Review
originally written by Jim Brandon Even though I find southern-tinged metal and hard rock to be only marginally appealing for being a niche style, most of it drives me up the wall. All that thump-n’-twang …
Edenbridge – The Grand Design Review
Originally written by Chris Chellis. Taking a complex but ultimately positive lyrical approach to life’s Grand Design, Austria’s uber-symphonic power metal foursome Edenbridge adhere to a strict concept throughout but the music itself serves as the album’s greatest …