Generally Impressed With Riffs
[Cover art by Mars Triumph] Petrichor, the sixth full length album from Greece’s epic metal stalwarts Battlelore, commences with the sound of rain and an invitation to reflect. That word, “petrichor,” is a relatively new one (coined by scientists in …
To start, let’s acknowledge that you and I don’t really know each other. This means, among other things, that I can’t say what “war metal” means to you. To some extent, maybe you just throw your hands in the air …
Kia ora, compadres. Welcome to the latest edition of In Crust We Trust. Below you’ll find a bunch of ear-wrecking noise to help you process and/or drown out the 24/7 horror show currently occupying our screens. Wherever you are, and …
Cryptworm’s third LP, Infectious Pathological Waste, quite charmingly arrives at the perfect time for yours truly; the deeper, choppier musical waters I’ve been swimming in the past few weeks have made for an often rewarding but exhaustingly challenging adventure. Conversely, …
Originally written by Nin Chan Here’s a memo from yours truly: black metal bands, take notes from Inquisition. This is what black metal SHOULD sound like now, and always. Cold, disaffected, unearthly, trancelike, ritualistic, totally …
Originally written by Drew Ailes I’m going to do everyone a favor and be brutally honest from start to finish. I’ve done fifteen reviews this month. At least half of them haven’t been too good. …
Originally written by Nin Chan The Noo Yawk blasphemer known as Ryan Lipynsky is apparently a man of many moods – while his main focus, Unearthly Trance, comfortably reside amongst the upper echelon of today’s …
Originally written by Erik Thomas This is the swan song release from this short-lived and forgetful if rather cool named spazz/noise/grind/powercore/punk band formed by members of Orchid and the equally unimpressive Transistor, Transistor. Twelve short spurts of brittle, dissonant …
Originally written by Nin Chan Acid King have always kicked your hiney. To longstanding admirers of this frighteningly dense, heavy outfit, this truth has always been as irrefutable as gravity, the power trio searing paths …
Running Wild is one of the last of a dying breed – a band that keeps on chugging solely on the support of their fans. No big concert tours, no multi-page spreads in major magazines, …
Originally written by Erik Thomas In a concerted effort to bring the “metal” back to MetalReview (according to you, the readers), I give you Cobalt, just what you all need to recover from the System of a …
Originally written by Nin Chan Do you recall the days before you became a full-fledged metal aficionado, before you became a know-it-all with a sizeable amount of disposable income (and/or an expansive disc drive)? When …
