Generally Impressed With Riffs
Not sure what happened for the boys in Valkyrie since 2015, but it’s pretty clear that, at some point, the blue sky gave way to gray clouds. Judging by the song titles and lyrics on Fear, the Harrisonburg, Virginia, quartet’s …
[Artwork by Adrian Stubican] Finally hauling Death Angel into the Diamonds & Rust ring and electing to award sacred gem status to an album other than The Ultra-Violence somehow feels… Unseemly? Misguided? Crazier than a snake’s armpit? The band’s debut …
The story so far: The first two Running Wild albums are the best Running Wild albums. This has made a lot of people very angry and is occasionally regarded as a bad take. Certainly, Under Jolly Roger, Port Royal, and especially Death …
Let us pause and take a moment to just bask in the glory of that album cover. Rendered in the style of After School Detention on Xerox, it resembles the more refined works of that one kid named Joel who …
Originally written by Jon Eardley With all of the line up changes that seem to plague Into Eternity at every turn, fans of the band have to wonder how they’ve been able to overcome such …
Originally written by Jason Jordan. Stonecutters – a four-piece hailing from Louisville, Kentucky – are an interesting bunch. Within their ranks they hold a former member of My Own Victim, a former member of False, a professional skateboarder, …
Originally written by Erik Thomas. Synopsis: Finally, the band fulfills and fleshes out its ‘Southern, sludgy black metal’ moniker. Review: I’ve always sort of thought Goatwhore’s previous two overrated efforts were little more than Soilent Green sprinkled with …
Originally written by Erik Thomas. Synopsis: Because sometimes I need a break from Christian metalcore….Panzerchrist is the prefect remedy… Review: Bludgeoning, brutal, blistering and blackened, Battalion Beast, the fifth album from one of Denmark’s more consistent and …
Where does one begin when discussing Wednesday 13? Well, he’s a character, that’s for sure. But, lest I repeat anything I may have said in my review of his debut solo album Transylvania 90210, I’ll …
Originally written by Erik Thomas. Synopsis: It’s Napalm Death, what are you expecting here? Review: I really enjoyed The Code is Red, Long Live the Code, but for whatever reason, Smear Campaign, despite all its classic blasting, screaming, ranting, …
Originally written by Jeremy Garner While Sweden and Finland are no stranger to the extreme metal community as a whole, I’d venture to say this is primarily because of the insanely well known close ties …
Originally written by Jeremy Garner For those of you who’ve been keeping track, this album has been sitting in my to-do pile for far too long. In a lot of ways though, I’m glad for …
