Tag: Death

Noumena – Anatomy Of Life Review

Originally written by Erik Thomas. Synopsis: Yet another excellent Finnish band vying for Amorphis’s throne…. Reviews: Last year, Noumena’s Absence crept onto my year end list, and while most are rightly lauding Insomnium’s Above the Weeping World, Noumena’s fantastic third album is also

Devourment – Butcher The Weak Review

Originally written by Jeremy Garner I’ve always been a big fan of brutal death metal, but the particulars always seem to come down to the fine print of the exact style the band plays. I’m

Arsis – United In Regret Review

Ramar Pittance’s take: When Arsis released A Celebration of Guilt in 2004, I bit so hard I nearly shattered every tooth in my mouth and liquefied my gums. With melodeath a long dead horse still

Martriden – Martriden Review

Originally written by Jon Eardley Martriden were spawned from the relatively ‘metal quiet’ state we know as Montana, yet the state’s lack of metallic offspring hasn’t stopped the members from taking their years of love

God Dethroned – The Toxic Touch Review

Originally written by Erik Thomas. God Dethroned’s second album, The Grand Grimoire, has always hovered around my by top 20 death metal albums of all time, but subsequent releases have never reached that level and to be

Ablaze In Hatred – Deceptive Awareness Review

Originally written by Erik Thomas. Synopsis: Yet another superb addition to Finland’s (and Firebox’s) legacy of rending, emotion laced death death/doom in the vein of Swallow the Sun and Shape of Despair. Review: If you are a fan

Belphegor – Pestapokalypse VI Review

Originally written by Jeremy Garner Well damn, it hasn’t even been two years yet and Austria’s Belphegor have returned triumphantly with their sixth-full length release and follow up to their monumental Goatreich – Fleshcult. While the

Insomnium – Above The Weeping World Review

originally written by Jim Brandon I’ve only been able to briefly hear Insomnium’s In The Halls Of Awaiting and Since The Day It All Came Down until fairly recently, and after more concentrated listening I