Tag: Death
Polyptych – Illusorium Review
Look, I love the bestial black/death symposium that’s in full swing right now as much as the next guy, but it’s gotten to the point where the blowout is stacked to the rafters with enough …
Voices – London Review
Originally written by K. Scott Ross. The Concept Album is a tricky beast. On the one hand, having a unified theme or story for an album can take already mighty music to the next level …
Atomic Aggressor – Sights Of Suffering Review
Friends, I have gone on record as a doofus, and I do not intend to recant. Generally speaking, I am no great defender of musical orthodoxies: I like folk in my doom, ambient in my …
Napalm Death – Apex Predator – Easy Meat Review
There are days when I think Napalm Death is my favorite band. Realistically, I know this to be untrue: I’ve known since I was a teen that Queen is both my favorite band and The …
Dwell – Vermin And Ashes Review
Despite Vermin and Ashes being the full length debut from Denmark’s dastardly doom/deathers Dwell, the band brings with it a curious type of minor underground pedigree. Among their ranks are members of such bands as …
StarGazer – A Merging To The Boundless Review
It’s been four years since StarGazer released A Great Work of Ages, and the CD still hasn’t left my truck. Granted, there are a lot of CDs in my truck, but A Great Work of Ages has, …
Ne Obliviscaris – Citadel Review
By all reasonable metrics, I ought to love this album. I own every single Dream Theater album – even the shitty ones. I own every single Cradle of Filth album – even the shitty ones. …
The Crown – Death Is Not Dead Review
By this point, most are familiar with The Crown’s history and legacy. This is a band that hit an absolute bottom-of-the-ninth, game-seven-of-The-World-Series home run in 2000’s Deathrace King, a blistering fireball of rollicking death/thrash that …