Tag: Avant-garde
Solefald – Black for Death: An Icelandic Odyssey, Pt. II Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas. Synopsis: Lazare and Cornelius return for part two of their Icelandic Odyssey and it basically is on par with the high quality of part one, Red For Fire. Review: Though I often think …
Negură Bunget – OM Review
Originally written by Jeremy Garner I’ve been taking my time with this one, but no matter how much time I give myself or how many times I’ve tried to capture this album with words, I …
Unexpect – In A Flesh Aquarium Review
Originally written by Jeremy Garner It finally happened. With as much experience as I’ve had with extreme metal, with as many bands as I’ve heard and as many albums I own, I’ve finally found a …
Estradasphere – Palace Of Mirrors Review
Originally written by Jason Jordan. Since Palace of Mirrors calls The End its home, was there any doubt it’d be good but out of left field? Similar to Wormfood and labelmates Unexpect, Estradasphere play a brand of avant-garde that mixes various genres/subgenres, incorporates a …
Dir En Grey – Withering To Death Review
Golly. It starts all heavy and cool, massive and voluminous, but then the singer starts singing and some confusion sets in. Japanese accents are harder even than Northern European to get used to, as their …
Celtic Frost – Monotheist Review
“Now I’m not the expert on Celtic Frost that I probably should be, but please, say it ain’t so. Tell me there was an error at the pressing plant that pressed certain tracks to disc more …
Age Of Silence – Complications – Trilogy Of Intricacy Review
Originally written by Jason Jordan. Acceleration was my favorite album of 2004, which means that I was the obvious choice to review the latest incarnation from the supergroup Age of Silence. A little over a year since …
Peccatum – The Moribund People Review
Originally written by Harley Carlson. At and around the time period just before the conception of IX Equilibrium, Emperor frontman Ihsahn found experimental escape through his then new side project, Peccatum. However, upon the release of IX Equilibrium, it was …