Category: Reviews
Kataklysm – Serenity In Fire Review
Originally written by Dan Staige. I’ve bobbed my head to Kataklysm for quite awhile now, since The Prophecy (Stigmata of the Immaculate) to be exact. But for some reason, I never really took them too seriously for several reasons. …
The Forsaken – Traces of the Past Review
Originally written by Ty Brookman Melodic Death Metal merchants, The Forsaken return with their followup to 2002’s Arts of Desolation. Upping the ante from a technical side of things,Traces of the Past incorporates the aggression of Manifest of Hate yet still …
Hypocrisy – The Arrival Review
Originally written by Ty Brookman Due to the absolute lukewarm reception of Hypocrisy’s last effort, it seems as if Tägtgren and company have decided to go with the publicity ridden “return to form” campaign for The Arrival. In …
Primal Fear – Devil’s Ground Review
Originally written by Gregory Bradley. There are singers who surprise you by being amazingly small but belting out a huge amount of sound, like Ronnie James Dio (Dio) and Glen Danzig (The Misfits, Danzig). Then …
Fear Factory – Archetype Review
Originally written by Ian Dreilinger. Fear Factory was smart to break up when they did, though they’d have been even smarter had they called it quits prior to releasing the atrocious Digimortal. My own disappointment in that …
Swarm Of the Lotus – When White Becomes Black Review
In my last review I made a prediction about “the next big thing”…singsongy metalcorish rock in the vein of cleanly sung Killswitch Engage, and how I felt like I was already tired of it even …
Probot – Probot Review
Ahhh, Probot. The name of Dave Grohl’s metal project has been sending ripples throughout the music scene for years. The list of announced guest vocalists was a veritable who’s-who from metal’s golden era. Anticipation, and …
Falkenbach – Ok Nefna Tysvar Ty Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas Slithering in like a Longship amid the fog to the ill fated isle of Lindisfarne, Falkenbach somehow escaped my Viking/folk metal radar, sneaking by 2 albums before I finally laid …