Category: Reviews
Satan’s Host – Burning The Born Again… (A New Philosophy) Review
Originally written by Ian Duncan-Brown. Satan’s Host play pretty average old school death metal with occasional power metal touches, though they classify themselves as black metal. If you poke around a bit on their website, you’ll …
Drudkh – The Swan Road Review
Originally written by Ramar Pittance Few black metal bands since the peak of the second wave have possessed the ability to express ideology through music as eloquently as Drudkh. The Swan Road is their third …
Jello Biafra & The Melvins – Sieg Howdy! Review
Originally written by Chris Chellis. I am not going to argue that describing this conglomeration of politically like-minded individuals is difficult. In fact, I’ll admit that it’s pretty damn easy. Look at the name; Jello Biafra …
Soulfly – Dark Ages Review
The last time I reviewed a Soulfly album, last year’s Prophecy, I praised it as a strong album but was none too thrilled with Max Cavalera’s employment of the band’s trademark multi-instrumentation, oftentimes hopelessly misplaced …
Cave In – Perfect Pitch Black Review
Originally written by Drew Ailes Perfect Pitch Black sounds like the result of the best parts of their ethereal and well-received release, Antenna, smashed together with their near-timeless harder and aggressive material. For those of us who …
Withered – Memento Mori Review
Originally written by Doug Moore. A word of advice for young bands: melodic metal bands that do without choppy Gothenburg thrash and clean vocals are a commodity these days. If your basement unit is looking …
Hypocrisy – Virus Review
Originally written by Patrick Dawson If you’re anything like me, Hypocrisy hold a special place in your heart as one of the first bands that got you into the more fruitful side of metal. You …
Stratovarius – Stratovarius Review
Originally written by Chris Chellis. I know what these guys are thinking: “We can’t win. We play power metal, and they say it’s cheesy. We play rock, and they call it lame.” Well, someone has …