Category: Reviews
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 …
Shadows Fall – Fallout From The War Review
Chris Chellis’ take: A smart move by Century Media Records to milk the acne-scarred, wallet-chained Hot Topic crowd of every Shadows Fall dollar it can results in a fairly decent release that will appeal not only to …
Knut – Alter Review
Originally written by Jason Jordan. Unless you’re a hardcore fan of Knut, then the remix album known as Alter isn’t going to do much for you. However, the best way to learn all about the cast of characters …
Thyrfing – Farsotstider Review
The new Thyrfing album probably deserves a better review than I’m about to give it. I’m not talking so much about specific content as I am about overall quality. Fact is, I’ve struggled with this …