Category: Reviews
Amorphis – Halo Review
[Cover artwork by Jean-Emmanuel “Valnoir” Simoulin] Comfort is an underrated and often unexpected trait of heavy metal that’s largely eclipsed by the conventional “brutal,” “crushing,” “razored,” “evil” et al. that largely dominates the lexicon of …
The Mist From The Mountains – Monumental – The Temple Of Twilight Review
With a nifty logo, nature-based cover art, and winter timeliness on their side, Finland’s The Mist From The Mountains release their first full-length of melodic black metal, Monumental – The Temple of Twilight. Monumental – …
Gore Brigade – Gore Brigade Review
Gore Brigade hides nothing. From the decomposed, hanging, and skin-stretched body on the cover art to song titles such as “Show Me the Gore” and “The Rot Becomes You,” the band’s first, self-titled EP keeps …
Tormentor Tyrant – Tormentor Tyrant Review
About 70% of the OSDM revival that has overtaken our beloved scene over the last few years falls into two main camps: Hideous thick riffage that often lurches as much as it pummels and gets …
Traffic Death – Judas Curse Of The Iron Sabbath Review
This one’s a month or so old now… or it’s not even out yet, depending on how you want to look at it. These damned supply chain issues today, amirite? What I mean by that …
Bludgeoned ‒ Summary Execution Review
Bludgeoned is a new brutal death metal band out of Washington State and, wait a sec… The brutal variety of death metal has been around since Suffocation unleashed Human Waste on mankind over 30 years …
Druid Lord – Relics Of The Dead Review
Horror and metal have intertwined all the way back to the moment Black Sabbath saw the marquee for Mario Bava’s Black Sabbath. Countless bands since have turned to horror–both fiction and non–for inspiration. While the inspiration manifests …
Blast Rites #1: Nak’ay / Hate For Humanity – Split 12″ Review
Blast Rites: because grindcore rules. Author’s Note: Hey, look at that, will ya? I’m trying something new here, taking our established Fast Rites short-form review concept and applying it to my obsession with all things …