Tag: I Hate Records
Subrosa – Strega Review
From the metal as hell I Hate comes the, uh, so not metal as hell second album from Salt Lake City’s SubRosa. Don’t get me wrong, there’s a distinctly arid, desert-doom quality to this album, but if I …
Jex Thoth – Jex Thoth Review
Originally written by Keith Fox. Alchemical doom. That’s the tag I read the lead vocalist use to describe California-based Jex Thoth’s sound in a Decibel Magazine piece on the band. Sounds about right. I don’t love genre tags, but this band …
Evoken – A Caress Of The Void Review
Originally written by Brady Humbert. Doom. Any music that can drive someone to kill themselves is okay with me. This is my way of being “green” as I think overpopulation is a massive issue that mankind …
Hellish Crossfire – Slaves Of The Burning Pentagram Review
Part 2 of my journey into retro-metal side-projects is Hellish Crossfire. (Part 1 was my Zwartketterij review, and I enjoyed that part of the trip, so let’s hope my luck holds up here.) Tracking down …
Centurion’s Ghost – The Great Work Review
Originally written by Sasha Horn Whiskey soaked. Boozy and bearded. Hammond B3 organ driving from the back seat. Sloppy Cathedral-esque death/doom with a penchant for the wolverine blues. So I’m probably not supposed to make flattering reference to the …
Serpentcult – Trident Nor Fire Review
Originally written by Jon Eardley After the shocking and disturbing events surrounding the frontman of Belgian sludgy doom troopers Thee Plague of Gentlemen in the middle part of 2006, it would have been easy for …
Pale Divine – Cemetery Earth Review
With an impressive catalogue of releases already tendered, and an ever-growing pile of exceptional bands constantly being added to their roster, Sweden’s I HATE Records has earned themselves a stately position amongst few others as …
Jex Thoth – Totem Review
It has only taken a mere three tracks for Nashville’s Totem to make a name for itself as doom debutantes of enormous potential. Er, except that it seems that Totem isn’t the name to watch after all, as the band …