Generally Impressed With Riffs
After three years and a guitarist change, Quebecois old-school death metal outfit Outre-Tombe has returned with its sophomore record Nécrovortex. While this author is only passingly familiar with the group’s debut Répurgation, Nécrovortex manages to conjure quite a different vibe …
One of the tricky things about describing music is choosing exactly how deep to go when picking points of comparison. This is particularly true for anything existing outside of normal bounds. Stay too general, and you risk not adequately describing …
There was no saving the film. Too much blood had seeped its way over the cells and dried to a dark brown crust. Besides, who has a reel-to-reel projector anymore? Luckily, the audio accompaniment was intact on an old but …
50 Forts Along the Ryan: Sometimes a release comes to the attention of Last Rites that just screams “Death Metal Dossier,” so naturally the first thing to do is tell Manny to get his ass in gear for some filthy …
Originally written by Tim Pigeon After many, many months, the US is finally treated to the newest album by Danish thrashers Hatesphere, thanks to their signing with Century Media. Since hearing it, I’m pretty disappointed …
Originally written by Tim Pigeon With Darkest Hour’s new release, Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation, I hope that the whole “are they metal or hardcore?” debate can finally be put to rest. One listen …
Originally written by Tim Pigeon Omnium Gatherum have released a winner of an album that manages to breath life into the melodic death genre. It’s exhilarating to see a band bring a fresh perspective to …
Originally written by Ryan Plunkett Type O Negative is a band that I’ve been a long time fan of, and needless to say, I couldn’t wait to hear their new album, Life is Killing Me. …
Originally written by Ryan Plunkett Once a band very relevant to the underground scene, Bathory had fallen on the back burner nearly a decade ago. They have influenced countless black metal bands with their early …
Originally written by Russ Wallin. The Gathering is an eclectic sort of group that have brought various combinations of musical styles to a mainstream audience. The Gathering has been releasing albums for over ten years …
Originally written by Ryan Plunkett It seems like just yesterday Enslaved released Monumension, and yet here I sit with a copy of their latest Viking Black Metal effort in my hands, Below the Lights. Unfortunately, …
Originally written by Gregory Bradley. Pure old-school death metal. No frills, no bullshit, just a pure, unrelenting quasi-blackened death metal assault. Aeternus is this to a T. There is no ambience, no cheap tricks to …
