Tag: Death
The Prophecy – Into The Light Review
Good doom-death metal is depressing. That’s the point. Life can be bleak and it often burdens us with pain so heavy it challenges our very right to exist. The best bands in the genre have …
The Faceless – Planetary Duality Review
Some other reviews will say a lot about The Faceless’ previous -core leanings and make a big deal about this album’s movement away from that style and toward a stricter technical death metal approach. The …
Cannibal Corpse – Evisceration Plague Review
I could fill a couple of paragraphs with random Cannibal Corpse musings, but who really cares? Instead, here are the facts as I see them. Chris Barnes’ departure during the recording for Vile was the …
Cattle Decapitation – The Harvest Floor Review
Originally written by Kris Yancey At long last, Cattle Decapitation has done it. They’ve made an album where the songwriting lives up to the ebulliently grotesque image and vivicidal (decidedly anti-human) lyricism. And perhaps they’re not entirely …
Mictlantecuhtli – Warriors Of The Black Sun Review
originally written by Chris McDonald When one thinks of metal bands that write songs about Aztec mythology, fantastic Mexican death metal outfit The Chasm tends to comes to mind immediately. While this particular band happens …
Napalm Death – Time Waits For No Slave Review
It’s neither a secret nor an uncommon opinion that Napalm Death has been on the upswing in the new millennium, starting with the blistering Enemy Of The Music Business back in 2001 and not really …
Acid Witch – Witchtanic Hellucinations Review
When it comes to non-King Diamond b-movie-themed horror metal, one never needs to look much further than Razorback Records. Mr. Nocera and company have made a stellar name for themselves with (ahem) a killer batch …
Crypticus – They Called Me Mad! Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas They Called Me Mad! is a frustrating album. On one hand, at times it delivers a crusty Stockholm-ish take on old school death metal with a robust, rough guitar tone and pacing …