Category: Reviews

My Dying Bride – Songs Of Darkness, Words Of Light Review

Originally written by Ian Dreilinger. It must be the cold, there’s not really any other explanation for the amount of attention I’ve paid to the new My Dying Bride record. Walking at night with headphones on is

Melechesh – Sphynx Review

Originally written by Erik Thomas Hindsight is 20/20 of course but after seeing this album on many a year end list I picked it up and when you consider Osmose recently released Bestial Mockery and

Gorerotted – Only Tools and Corpses Review

Ahhhh, Gorerotted – a band with a name that screams “shitty death metal inside!” So imagine my surprise when I found myself enjoying their track from Relapse’s Contaminated 5.0 compilation, the humorously titled “Gagged, Shagged,

Depresy – Psychomantium Phenomenon Review

Originally written by Erik Thomas Slovakian melodic death metal band Depresy are one of those bands that all elitists, purists and collectors tag as a ‘must have’, and failure to know of the band’s existence

Leng Tch’e – Death By A Thousand Cuts Review

Originally written by Erik Thomas Yes I know this came out in 2002, and Belgian grind stalwarts have since released the excellent Manmadepredator, but The Spew is exceedingly slow, and since they sent it, I

Vintersorg – The Focusing Blur Review

Originally written by Ian Dreilinger. Being as huge an advocate for genre melding as I am, it’s rare that I find a musician with a very forward thinking mentality and enough talent to back up

King Diamond – The Puppet Master Review

Originally written by Gregory Bradley. King Diamond returns in a way that only he can, with eunuch-esque glory! The ridiculous, yet great singer of the self titled band brings us his latest effort, The Puppet Master. My

Anata – Under A Stone With No Inscription Review

Anata has been around, but have managed to demolish provinces I was not in. This is my first taste of this outfit, and I am certainly fucking glad we have finally been introduced, because they