Tag: Century Media
The Crown – Death Is Not Dead Review
By this point, most are familiar with The Crown’s history and legacy. This is a band that hit an absolute bottom-of-the-ninth, game-seven-of-The-World-Series home run in 2000’s Deathrace King, a blistering fireball of rollicking death/thrash that …
At The Gates – At War With Reality
In the eyes of many, At the Gates did it all perfectly. They rose out of a fruitful, creative scene in the very early 90s, gradually honing their cold, malevolent form of melodic death metal …
Sanctuary – The Year The Sun Died Review
I’ve been looking forward to a new Sanctuary album for a long time. It’s been twenty-five years since the last one, since 1989’s Into The Mirror Black. Mirror and its predecessor, the Dave Mustaine-produced Refuge …
Butcher Babies – Uncovered Review
You know you’ve got a winner of a record when the best thing about it is the thinly-veiled pun in the title, this one of course alluding to the fact that this band’s primary appeal …
Dark Fortress – Venereal Dawn Review
There’s a fine line between being a tourist and an accomplished jack-of-all-trades. Take the latest from Germany’s long-running blackened act Dark Fortress, Venereal Dawn. (That title, by the way, refers to the goddess Venus, not …
Entombed A.D. – Back To The Front Review
Because bands can’t think of a better way to deal with a naming conflict than just adding “A.D.” or “B.C.” to the end, we now have Entombed A.D., which is essentially just the most recent …
The Haunted – Exit Wounds Review
Despite The Haunted maintaining full time activity over recent years, many will likely view Exit Wounds, the band’s eighth full length, as a return or comeback of sorts. The reason for this is twofold. First, …
Arch Enemy – War Eternal Review
Like many others, I was hugely disappointed when Johan Liiva left (?) Arch Enemy. I hadn’t been a fan for long, but those first three albums left a strong impression on me during my second …