Tag: Death

Sol – Let There Be A Massacre Review

Originally written by Jordan Campbell An overtly misanthropic black/death/funeral doom hybrid, Sol is the twisted vision of one Emil Brahe. Let There Be A Massacre is an extremely draining, totally nihilistic labor of hate, driven by a vehement disdain

Dawn Of Demise – Hate Takes Its Form Review

Dawn Of Demise are heavy; they definitely have that going for them. This heaviness is not the heaviness born of sheer blasting force, nor of abrasive chaotic clamor. This heaviness is the heaviness of a

Ekser – Patterns Of Reprisal Review

Originally written by Jordan Campbell Alright, Ekser. This is some peppy, new-school, Americans-channeling-Sweden execution. It’s punchy, precise, and…ah, predictable; extremely predictable. In spite of their skill, this band’s straightforward, paddleslap melodic death metal attack cannot overcome a huge hurdle: 

Dismember – Dismember Review

I absolutely love Swedish death metal; I get all weird inside when I hear that dirty fuzzy guitar tone. Not weird in a creepy way, but weird in a good way, like an intoxicated way. It

Evoken – A Caress Of The Void Review

Originally written by Brady Humbert. Doom.  Any music that can drive someone to kill themselves is okay with me.  This is my way of being “green” as I think overpopulation is a massive issue that mankind

Hate Eternal – Fury And Flames Review

originally written by Jim Brandon For nearly a decade Hate Eternal have been blasting us into utter oblivion, shamelessly pushing the most extreme velocities of death metal to their limits. I’ve been paying very close

Facebreaker – Dead, Rotten And Hungry Review

Originally written by Brady Humbert. This totally caught me by surprise.  I was expecting a band called, Facebreaker, to be some kind of blend of bad Hatebreed with some horribly sung clean vocals and hackneyed Pantera breakdowns.  I also investigated the

Heaven Shall Burn – Iconoclast Part 1: The Final Resistance Review

Originally written by Brian Sweeney. Some people say that because Heaven Shall Burn use musical devices like breakdowns and blast beats they are, by the definition of the genre, metalcore.  Others say they are not metalcore at