Category: Reviews
Saxon – The Eagle Has Landed Vol. 3 Review
What can you say about a band like Saxon, critically? Especially in reference to a live album? What are the odds a band that has been in business for nearly three decades is going to fuck …
Sinister – Afterburner Review
Hard to fault a band for playing straight forward death metal, especially with all the pretentious bullshit dripping from the walls of metal these days. And harder still to find fault with a band that …
Merrimack – Of Entropy And Life Denial Review
originally written by Jim Brandon Merrimack is a tricky band to pin down to one style entirely, which almost seems to be a goal among extreme metal bands these days. It isn’t hard to notice …
Jungle Rot – War Zone Review
originally written by Jim Brandon I think most of us can still appreciate the simpler things in life. Plain blue jeans, cheese, well-filmed adult entertainment, and no-bullshit thrash metal. Hell, fit all that into a …
Elvenking – The Winter Wake Review
Originally written by Chris Chellis. Tis the season for folk metal, with recent releases from Korpiklaani, Ensiferum (EP), and Trollfest, and this Italian quintet gives the genre enough of a power boost that anyone turned on by ancient tales …
Cult of Luna – Somewhere Along the Highway Review
Originally written by Ramar Pittance So, what does “heavy” mean anyway? This term, which was the requisite prefix to metal during the genre’s formative years, has been stripped of its context and shifted about the …
Zyklon – Disintegrate Review
Originally written by Jeremy Garner Closely following the March release of their live DVD Storm Detonation, Zyklon have brought us Disintegrate, their highly anticipated third full length and follow-up album to 2003’s Aeon, one that undeniably …
Atakhama – Existence Indifferent Review
The separator is so obvious, so blatant I honestly – HONESTLY – do not understand how everyone doesn’t see it and agree. It’s like sex. How can one not enjoy great sex? It goes against …