Category: Reviews
Misery Index – Discordia Review
Originally written by Ian Duncan-Brown. The new Misery Index album is impressive, to say the least. Though I enjoyed the band’s energetic performance when I last saw them, I have been consistently underwhelmed by their recorded output. …
Nachtmystium – Instinct : Decay Review
originally written by Jimmy Brandon One of the things I love about metal, among others, is when a band or artist can take something generally considered ugly, and make it somewhat beautiful without having to …
Loudness – Rockshocks Review
LOUDNESS! ROUDLESS! I saw these motherfuckers in high school at a terrible little cowpalace in the Utah State Fairgrounds. I saw quite a few bands there, and Loudness was the only one that sounded decent. …
Novembre – Materia Review
I been listnin to hevy gat dam medl for almost thirdy gat damd yeers. You would think I could hear anything and make at least a preliminary judgment about its quality without too much fucking …
Celtic Frost – Monotheist Review
“Now I’m not the expert on Celtic Frost that I probably should be, but please, say it ain’t so. Tell me there was an error at the pressing plant that pressed certain tracks to disc more …
Satyricon – Now, Diabolical Review
Chris Sessions’ take: Satyricon is a well known black metal band and they write pretty interesting black metal songs, but the method of recording these songs is somewhat limp. Which is unfortunate, but not a …
Bal-Sagoth – The Chthonic Chronicles Review
The best thing about heavy metal is the emphasis it places on bad storytelling, orchestras and weak assed keyboards, really. It’s why, out of all the various musical styles I might get involved with as …
Darkthrone – The Cult Is Alive Review
Apart from the occasional guest now and again, guitarist/bassist/principal vocalist Nocturno Culto and drummer/occasional vocalist Fenriz have been the sole contributing members of Darkthrone since their seminal 1994 release, Transylvanian Hunger. Since that landmark record, …