Tag: Death
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 …
Sculptured – Embodiment Review
Originally written by Jason Jordan. One of The End’s most anticipated 2008 releases is none other than Embodiment from Seattle-based supergroup Sculptured, consisting of Don Anderson (Agalloch) on guitars and vocals, JWW (Agalloch, Especially Likely Sloth, Nothing, ex-Subterranean Masquerade) on bass, …