Tag: Death

Gorguts – Colored Sands Review

It has been 12 years since Gorguts last released an album. It has been a full 15 years since they dropped The Album That Changed Everything. But it has only been about half of that

Venus Star – Nigredo Expulsion Review

Artistic minimalism can be a tough act to pull off convincingly. When it’s done well, the end result can be courageously focused and direct, clearly unwilling to allow anything extraneous to blur the edges of

Autopsy – The Headless Ritual Review

By my count, The Headless Ritual took exactly twenty-five seconds to make its argument for being a supremely ass-kicking album. The remaining forty-four minutes or so? Just a victory lap. Autopsy has never seen nearly

Svart Crown – Profane Review

Better late than never, as they say. Despite Profane being released a few months ago, I couldn’t in good conscience let the third album by the kings of French blackened death metal Svart Crown go

Orphaned Land – All Is One Review

Originally written by Chris Redar Let’s get this out of the way: I’m not a folk metal guy. It’s not that it’s poison to my ears or anything, but I was weaned on the more

Pith – Baptisms Along The Acheron Review

Originally written by Matt Longo How many of you have heard/read music journalists complain about the influx of releases we receive? Everyone bitches about it at some point, because it really is bloody staggering. No

Amon Amarth – Deceiver Of The Gods Review

Originally written by Chris Redar Time to dust off your leather wristbands and fill those steins high with the mightiest of mead: Amon Amarth is back with another ten tales of bloodshed and war! That’s probably how

Immolation – Kingdom Of Conspiracy Review

If we’re being honest, Immolation’s days as a ground-breaking death metal band are long past. The band has not really pushed the envelope of death metal or even its own sound in over a decade.