Tag: Death
Atrocity – Okkult Review
Experimentation is a double-edged sword – on the one hand, it’s a trait most often praised by critics, if not always loved by fans, and its converse, static repetition, is as sometimes decried by both …
Amorphis – Circle Review
The Joutsen-fronted era of Amorphis is certainly consistent, even if these Finns haven’t released anything that truly captures the groundbreaking and game-changing magic of Elegy since… well, Elegy. After swapping Pasi for Tomi some eight …
Hypocrisy – End Of Disclosure Review
We are all doomed to repeat ourselves right? Yeah, sure… but that’s hardly a fitting intro for a review of a new Hypocrisy album, as they’ve most assuredly repeated themselves over their long career. There …
Tribulation – The Formulas Of Death Review
Imagine for a moment that Entombed, instead of following up Left Hand Path with Clandestine, followed it up with Necros Christos’s Doom of the Occult (except that it wasn’t bloated and terrible like the real …
Cerekloth – In The Midst Of Life We Are In Death Review
It’s easier to sway minds if you can first move bodies. Cerekloth understands this, and deploys an arsenal of hugely tactile, physical riffs throughout its debut full-length In the Midst of Life We Are in …
Megascavenger – Descent Of Yuggoth Review
I’m a big enough man to almost admit when I’m almost wrong. Last year, I reviewed the two-track teaser EP by this latest of Rogga Johansson’s myriad projects, and I wasn’t really blown away. Given …
Vorum – Poisoned Void Review
Since I am pretty much out of interesting angles on old-school death metal, I will just get down to business with this review. Poisoned Void is the debut from Finnish death metal act Vorum. Though …
Septic Flesh – Mystic Places Of Dawn Review
In its roughly two-decades’-long existence, Greece’s Septic Flesh has been unusually restless. The core has (nearly) always been a heavily atmospheric style of death metal, but listening to this reissue of the band’s 1994 debut, …