Tag: Death
Obituary – Inked In Blood Review
It has been over five years since the last Obituary album, 2009’s Darkest Day, and the band has gone through many changes in that time. Long-time bassist Frank Watkins experienced some kind of mid-life crisis …
At The Gates – At War With Reality
In the eyes of many, At the Gates did it all perfectly. They rose out of a fruitful, creative scene in the very early 90s, gradually honing their cold, malevolent form of melodic death metal …
Rigor Mortis – Slaves To The Grave Review
The death of Mike Scaccia in late 2012 was a terrible loss, for multiple reasons. Amid the obvious myriad personal tragedies attached to someone’s death, one of those reasons was that the classic line-up of …
Swallowed – Lunarterial Review
<a href=”http://swallowed.bandcamp.com/album/lunarterial” data-mce-href=”http://swallowed.bandcamp.com/album/lunarterial”>Lunarterial by Swallowed</a>
Stench – Venture Review
Sweden’s Stench offer a bit of a conundrum with Venture, their second full length and fourth release overall. It is that rare album that is instantly likable and appealing, yet falls outside of easy categorization …
Execration – Morbid Dimensions Review
As it was in the past, so it is again: something foul is creeping from the heart of Scandinavia. Morbid Dimensions is the Norwegian band Execration’s third album, and it emerges at an opportune time. …
Septycal Gorge – Scourge Of The Formless Breed Review
Originally written by Chris Redar This is the toughest type of album to review. Blatantly shitty albums are notoriously easy to drag through the mud, hose off, and then drag again. Good writers tend to …
Lago – Tyranny Review
A solid entry in the regular-assed death metal category is Tyranny, the debut full-length from Phoenix Arizona’s Lago. Lago eschew both the processed-to-shit trappings of modern tech-death and the ever-popular, retro-as-fuck, early-nineties death metal sound. …