Tag: Death
Illogicist – The Insight Eye Review
originally written by John Hearn Reviewing a technical death metal album is a tricky proposition for me. The musically-inclined (and attention-deficient) parts of my brain generally leave me fawning over the accomplished musicianship and complex …
Nile – Ithyphallic Review
Erik Thomas’ take: Synopsis: Nile. The name brings out the fanboys and haters like no other. I personally sit somewhere in the middle, as while I enjoy each album, I feel Nile’s Egyptian themed death metal …
Angelcorpse – Of Lucifer And Lightning Review
originally written by Jim Brandon When I first heard last year that Angelcorpse were reuniting and quickly working on new material for future albums, it was pretty exciting news. Among the warlike middle-tier blast beat …
Cephalic Carnage – Xenosapien Review
Originally written by Dan Staige. There’s a top secret room about the size of a walk-in closet in an animal testing lab. You won’t see it by taking an employee-guided tour. It’s buried behind a …
Darkest Hour – Deliver Us Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas. Synopsis: For those that don’t know, Darkest Hour were releasing At The Gates melodic styled death metal as far back as 1996, while in their teens when most current metalcore bands were in Hot …
Estuary – The Craft Of Contradiction Review
Originally written by Chris Chellis. Truly melodic DEATH metal is a nearly extinct species. Weak, diluted bands pollute our metal air with their limp, failed stabs at being “accessible” while still technically fitting the death …
Man Must Die – The Human Condition Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas. Synopsis: Personally, Man Must Die’s Debut, …Start Killing was one of the better death metal effort of the last few years, and I was curious to see how these Scot grinders would …
Becoming The Archetype – The Physics Of Fire Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas. Synopsis: My review of this band’s impressive debut, Terminate Damnation, was a lighting rod of polarity where progressive death metal stalwarts and Christianity clashed as to whether such a band belonged …