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[Cover Art by Daniel Karlsson] Februus is a one-man project driven by the prodigious and still developing talents of Sweden’s Andreas Karlsson. His latest, Construction of Conflict, delivers 40 minutes of guitar-centric death metal that, despite being packed to the …
There’s much more than this plane of existence. Are you willing to listen? A few years ago, one of the more obscure bands on my year-end list happened to be Germany’s Ch’ahom and their debut full-length LP Knots of Abhorrence. …
In an effort to spare the impatientest of you fine people, let’s proclaim right at the start that Reminiscence, the second album from Italy’s Miscreance, is a frankly incredible album of technical death/thrash that should speak just as legibly to …
[Cover art by Joanna Maeyens] Have you ever seen a storm roll in over a lake? Even better, one rolling in over a lake at sunset? Seeing a wall of pouring drops appear on the other side of a body …
originally written by Jim Brandon I wouldn’t be surprised if more than three of you out there have thrown these guys into your listening queue and hit shuffle alongside acts like Crowpath, Ion Dissonance, Despised …
Originally written by Erik Thomas. Synopsis: I have actually owned this album for quite some time now, and even still I have a hard time reviewing it and putting its depressive majesty into words. Review: Consisting of …
originally written by Chris McDonald It’s albums like Serbian outfit The Stone’s Magla that make it great to not only be a metal reviewer, but a metal fan as well. I could easily have gone my entire life …
Originally written by Ian Chainey Writing about Eyehategod has always been a difficult proposition for this reviewer because so much of what EHG does, so much of their appeal, is based on the mood they’re …
Originally written by Tim Pigeon When reviewing debut death metal albums, we always run the risk of hearing something that is more ambition than ability, and more aggression than aptitude. Luckily this is not the …
Originally written by Jason Jordan. Released the same year as Carcass’s Swansong, Arch Enemy’s 1996 debut Black Earth is a solid outing of melodic death metal with each member in fine form. The brothers Amott turn in excellent performances as …
Originally written by Ramar Pittance Immolation’s 2005 offering, Harnessing Ruin, was met with mixed reviews by the metal community. While nobody outright slagged the band’s first effort in three years after the mighty Unholy Cult, it seemed even …
Originally written by Jeremy Garner Obviously this review is a bit late getting out the door, partly because of when it was sent in and partly because of my own failure, but whatever you think, don’t …
