Category: Reviews
Byzantine – The Fundamental Component Review
Originally written by Tim Pigeon What’s up with all these young bands going retro? The recent resurgence of metal seems to be coupled with a revival of metal bands and metal sounds of years past. …
Finntroll – Nattfodd Review
Originally written by Gregory Bradley. A young goblin boy’s bar mitzvah. A polka party for a troll pirate captain. The soundtrack for two orc children ceremonially bowling human heads into a poisonous bog. All of …
Mayhem – Chimera Review
Originally written by Ryan Plunkett Mayhem is a band whose career has spanned 20 years now, although you’d never know it by looking at their discography. With Chimera being only their sixth real studio release, …
Clutch – Blast Tyrant Review
Originally written by Ian Dreilinger. It’s been over a decade since Clutch first made their way into the stoner rock/metal scene, and it’s been an inconsistent career, to say the least. There have been some great records …
Threshold – Critical Energy Review
Jesus H Christ…Now THIS is anachrometal done right! Start with songs that, while seemingly simple, leave a lot of room for individual movement by the various players. Add a clean singer that seems to understand …
In The Woods – Heart Of The Ages Review
Apparently I was fortunate enough to see In The Woods at their first, last, and only U.S. appearance at November to Dismember 2000 (the band broke up shortly after). I didn’t know who they were, …
Eyes Of Fire – Ashes To Embers Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas Without boring you too much with band history, basically Eyes of Fire is the new project of former Mindrot/Shiva members Dan Kauffman and Matt Fisher (I highly recommend Mindrot to …
Pain Of Salvation – 12:5 Review
Pain of Salvation is another one of the million bands I have heard about but never heard, at least not to where it stuck in my mind. So this is my POS baptism: an Unplugged …