Category: Reviews
Cryptopsy – Once Was Not Review
Originally written by Doug Moore. Cryptopsy. I’m willing to bet this is a name you’ve all heard. If a genre as deliberately obscurist and inaccessible as technical death metal can have a public face, this …
Old Man’s Child – Vermin Review
Originally written by Jason Jordan. The members of Old Man’s Child and Dimmu Borgir are so incestuous it’s astounding. Plus, I’ve always thought that the two aforementioned bands share so many characteristics that they practically walk hand-in-hand with one …
King’s X – Ogre Tones Review
Originally written by Ramar Pittance It’s an unsettling sort of honor to review a King’s X album. While I’m not entirely familiar with their catalog, I’ve heard enough to develop a healthy reverence for this …
Age Of Silence – Complications – Trilogy Of Intricacy Review
Originally written by Jason Jordan. Acceleration was my favorite album of 2004, which means that I was the obvious choice to review the latest incarnation from the supergroup Age of Silence. A little over a year since …
Exodus – Shovel Headed Kill Machine Review
Clay Moore’s take: You’d think that after Exodus unleashed the expectation decimating Tempo of the Damned that the faith of the metal community would be squarely in the band’s corner. Instead, some have voiced doubts about whether the band …
God Forbid – IV: Constitution of Treason Review
Originally written by Tim Pigeon It seems like this has been a quiet year so far for the NWOAHM sound, considering that most of the genre’s stalwarts released albums last year. So with that said, …
Arcturus – Sideshow Symphonies Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas How do you follow up landmark albums like La Masquerade Infernale andThe Sham Mirrors? I mean, seriously. Well in the case of Arcturus, you don’t. You just bring in the only other voice in …
Bullet For My Valentine – Hand of Blood Review
Originally written by Drew Ailes Oh, so…Bullet For My Valentine, right? Yeah, I guess so. Ever go to the video store and just choose something based upon the name and it ends up just…not being …