Tag: Death
Mantas – Death By Metal Review
Behold the birth of Death… In 1984, future Death-mates Chuck Schuldiner, Kam Lee and Rick Rozz released the five-song Death By Metal demo under their original name of Mantas. Now, nearly thirty years later, Relapse …
Cianide – The Dying Truth (Reissue) Review
Though I’ve been a fan of Master and Death Strike for ages, I must begrudgingly admit that it was a long time before I dug much further into the Chicago scene, and in not digging …
Dehuman – Black Throne Of All Creation Review
There’s a never-ending argument, revisited ad nauseum, about the nature of originality and quality, specifically about whether a lack of originality automatically begets a lack of quality. If you’re of the narrow mindset that music …
Enthrallment – People From The Lands Of Vit Review
Originally written by Ian Chainey You’ve no doubt read the old cliché critics like to trot out to assuage a potential hatchet job: “…but, they’re probably really nice guys.” Sometimes, it’s just a shuck and …
Ne Obliviscaris – Portal of I Review
Originally written by Ramar Pittance There are two totally valid arguments to be made about Portal of I, the ambitious full length debut from Australia’s Ne Obliviscaris. There’s the one that I am pre-disposed to make. That …
Natron – Grindermeister Review
There’s one of those memes going around that relates to awkward situations. It starts “That moment when . . . “ and is followed by something potentially embarrassing. After repeated listens, it somehow felt apropos …
Gorod – A Perfect Absolution Review
It has often been remarked that technical death metal functions according to the law of diminishing returns. The first arpeggiated sweep? Awesome. The second? Pretty okay. But arpeggiated sweeps three through n? A bit like …
Ectovoid – Fractured In The Timeless Abyss Review
It must have been fate that MetalReview’s own Chris McDonald asked me to review his band Ectovoid’s debut, Fractured in the Timeless Abyss, during a time when I was trapped in my own sort of …