Category: Reviews
The Gathering – Home Review
Originally written by Jeremy Garner I’ve always got a kick out of pulling some of my records of The Gathering around my friends and watching their puzzled slack jawed expressions as their light tones floated through …
Celestiial – Desolate North Review
If I say heavy metal to you and you think of abstract and hollow soundscapes that drag on for ten minutes without getting anywhere, I think we may be unable to communicate at all. Yes, …
Cathedral – The Garden Of Unearthly Delights Review
I love Cathedral. I have ever since 1994’s The Ethereal Mirror. I’m probably the only fan I know of that even found redeeming qualities in 1999’s poorly received Caravan Beyond Redemption. After a return to …
Sepultura – Dante XXI Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas Ill admit it; I have not heard a single album beyond the seminal Roots and I have never even heard a single note from Derrick Green since he replaced Max Cavalera; Against, Nation and Roorback. Never …
Witchery – Don’t Fear the Reaper Review
Three years ago, I risked my entire welfare on this album, or at least, the promise of it. That was when I took a job with Necropolis Records. I had two primary objectives in mind: …
Vanden Plas – Christ 0 Review
“Flash…AAA-AAAHHHH, he’ll save every one of us.” Yep, first thing through my head was the song that deconstructed all of Queen’s fantastic work through the seventies and heralded their decline into an anachronistic shambling bathhouse …
Evergrey – Monday Morning Apocalypse Review
Originally written by Chris Chellis. If collaborating with a pop producer resulted in anything, it was a greater attention to catchy choruses. Monday Morning Apocalypse is so full of catchy choruses that I can’t help but proclaim …
Place Of Skulls – The Black Is Never Far Review
Originally written by Chris Chellis. Unfamiliar with this doom outfit, I could only assume through its lineup that what was to follow consisted of music of the highest quality, and what I found on The Black …