Tag: Melodic
Hypocrisy – A Taste Of Extreme Divinity Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas Hypocrisy’s long career has been full of ups and downs. From the brutal debut, Penetralia, the classic Osculum Obscenum, the polarizing style shift of The Fourth Dimension, the alien/UFO obsession of Abducted andHypocrisy, the band’s so …
Southern Cross – Down Below Review
Southern Cross is a group of young Québécois who play power-ish progressive metal. They have managed in about five years time to move from tribute band to legitimate up-and-comers warming up for stalwarts such as …
Scar Symmetry – Dark Matter Dimensions Review
Originally written by Ross Main. It was pretty much a year ago that Scar Symmetry announced the replacement for the departed vocal talents of Christian Älvestam. Many people saw the need to hire two new singers as …
Canopy – Will And Perception Review
After two EP’s and one full length, Stockholm’s Canopy return with their second long player. Kinda. Will and Perception shares the name with their quality self-released EP, includes a complete rerecording of that release, a …
Dethklok – Dethalbum II Review
Originally written by Ross Main. Has anyone noticed that this silly animated metal band from a ridiculous cartoon has a sound that is instantly recognizable? Do you know how many bands try and achieve that? …
Insomnium – Across The Dark Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas It’s ironic that I write my review of Insomnium’s fourth album the same week that Be’lakor’s second album also gets reviewed as there are a lot of similarities between the two acts; both ply …
Shadows Fall – Retribution Review
Here is the deal with shitty vocals: they are permissible if, and only if 1) they are not the focus of the songs, 2) the music is good enough to render them inconsequential, and 3) …
Be’Lakor – Stone’s Reach Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell It’s fairly easy (lazy?) to draw parallels between Australian upstarts Be’lakor and Finnish stalwarts Insomnium. They share “it” band status within the ever-shrinking cult of melodic death aficionados, and while both bands revel …