Tag: Death
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. …
Dark Tranquillity – Construct Review
Originally written by Rae Amitay Dark Tranquillity are melodeath legends and juggernauts of the original Gothenburg scene, but they’d grown weak and predictable after consuming too much of their own watered-down formula. Damage Done, Character, …
The Monolith Deathcult – Tetragrammaton Review
Originally written by Chris Redar Every once in a great while, an album comes along that changes the way you think. It changes the way you think not just about music, but how you view …
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 …