Tag: Candlelight
Gorgoroth – Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam Review
Captain’s take: What’s On Tap: Shelve your pitchforks and torches Gorgoroth haters – Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam is an excellent example of some seriously abusive Norwegian extreme metal. This record is mean as hell and …
Keep Of Kalessin – Armada Review
Originally written by Jeremy Garner I’ll spare you, dear reader, with the majority of the history lesson concerning Keep of Kalessin… but we’ll let it suffice to say that the past and present involvement of …
Sinister – Afterburner Review
Hard to fault a band for playing straight forward death metal, especially with all the pretentious bullshit dripping from the walls of metal these days. And harder still to find fault with a band that …
Elvenking – The Winter Wake Review
Originally written by Chris Chellis. Tis the season for folk metal, with recent releases from Korpiklaani, Ensiferum (EP), and Trollfest, and this Italian quintet gives the genre enough of a power boost that anyone turned on by ancient tales …
Zyklon – Disintegrate Review
Originally written by Jeremy Garner Closely following the March release of their live DVD Storm Detonation, Zyklon have brought us Disintegrate, their highly anticipated third full length and follow-up album to 2003’s Aeon, one that undeniably …
Thyrfing – Farsotstider Review
The new Thyrfing album probably deserves a better review than I’m about to give it. I’m not talking so much about specific content as I am about overall quality. Fact is, I’ve struggled with this …
She Said Destroy – Time Like Vines Review
Originally written by Jeremy Garner Only six years from their inception, and Oslo Norway extreme metal outfit She Said Destroy are amassing some well deserved press within the metal scene over their peculiar amalgam of …
Bal-Sagoth – The Chthonic Chronicles Review
The best thing about heavy metal is the emphasis it places on bad storytelling, orchestras and weak assed keyboards, really. It’s why, out of all the various musical styles I might get involved with as …