Tag: Death
Deceptionist – Initializing Irreversible Process Review
OK. OK. So…OK. I have spent the last week picking myself up from the floor of my car, my room, my place in the universe and time, my soul, and my mind. Deceptionist has released …
Gruesome – Dimensions Of Horror Review
If nothing else, the Dimensions of Horror EP, the latest release from the Matt Harvey-led semi-super group/Death tribute act Gruesome, proves that Savage Land was not a one-off affair. Is Gruesome going to be a …
Hemotoxin – Biological Enslavement Review
The second thrash explosion of the last decade or so has been interesting to me who lived through the original. Back then I was initially drawn in by songs, such as Accept’s “Fast as a Shark” …
Gorguts – Pleiades’ Dust Review
Luc Lemay is dismayed. At least, one can assume so. The Gorguts leader possesses one of the greatest minds in heavy metal’s storied history, but much of what he sees around him — both within …
Murder Made God – Enslaved Review
I am a giant homer for death metal; no regrets, no apologies. If a death metal band is just OK, I am in. I love it all. I love old school, new school, blackened, doomened, …
Zealotry – The Last Witness Review
Aside from a child quietly gestating inside the warm confines of its mother’s womb, it would be hard to say anyone, or anything, has had a better nine months than Phillipe Tougas (aka Pat Tougas). …
First Fragment – Dasein Review
Given the untamable diversity of styles that the term conveys, there’s almost nothing one can say accurately about heavy metal as a whole that isn’t so generic as to be hopelessly vague. Nevertheless, here’s a …
Polyptych – Defying The Metastasis Review
Chicago’s Polyptych is an ideal representation of what’s very right and wrong with metal in 2016. Thankfully, what’s amiss isn’t actually a result of something the band has done, and it’s very fixable. First, let’s …