Generally Impressed With Riffs
[Artwork by Caroline Harrison] “Nonsense” opens with a slow fade-in of distorted guitars and seismic drums — the chaos before the swarm. It’s a trick of the trade, the extreme metal equivalent of a camera operator calling out “speed” before …
[Cover artwork by Luca “Zeero” Zironi] There was always something uniquely charming about Konquest’s brand of traditional heavy metal—an almost whimsical breeziness that still felt like a near perfect balance of playful and substantive. A long-lost Italian cousin to Sweden’s …
[Cover art by Beyond Art] There are bad musical moods, and then there’s Mylingar. Over the course of the last decade this group of anonymous Swedes has concocted the type of ill-meaning black/death that makes Diocletian seem like a Care …
[Cover artwork by Subhuman at Desert Dungeon] Let’s talk about our love for quirky metal. Okay, sure, any definable level of ‘quirk’ is obviously subjective, but I’m guessing you know we’re not talking about the guy who loves The Black …
originally written by Chris McDonald Primordial are a band who need no introduction. I’m sure you’ve read that in plenty of reviews, but I can’t think of a better candidate to which that statement applies …
Even if you’ve never owned a dog, you know the picture: Rover has spent a long day cooped up at home, dreaming of high octane cat chases and vast expanses of lush green fields, anticipating …
Originally written by Ross Main. There is much hype surrounding the strong numbers of young death metal bands cropping up here in Britain. But traditionally, us Brits have been known to use hype as a …
Originally written by Sasha Horn Oh, the wrath of the math! How much of the Daath that you’ve come to know, can you subtract from this newest album which bears that name, and still call …
Hello – my name is Dave, and I’m a thrashoholic. I just can’t get enough thrash. It’s easily my favorite subgenre of metal, and after unsuccessfully attempting to write this review with my fanboyish tendencies …
Originally written by Jordan Campbell As little as 5 years ago, The Funeral Pyre was a name bandied about in the same breath as Light This City and Arsis as potential sparkplugs in the melodic death metal engine. Interestingly, the Stateside …
2009 has been good to me so far. Behind the February offering of Napalm Death‘s monstrous Time Waits For No Slave and the April release of Brutal Truth‘s return, I also belatedly stumbled across this …
Some albums demand that the bottom line of a review be introduced early because there is something so unique about it that it will instantly make or break the album for new listeners. :Fire:Water:Ash: is …
