Tag: Melodic

The Forsaken – Traces of the Past Review

Originally written by Ty Brookman Melodic Death Metal merchants, The Forsaken return with their followup to 2002’s Arts of Desolation. Upping the ante from a technical side of things,Traces of the Past incorporates the aggression of Manifest of Hate yet still

Naglfar – Diabolical (Reissue) Review

Naglfar. I think at some point I had listened to a used CD by this band and put it back without buying it. But I can’t say for sure – there are a shitload of

Scarve – Irradiant Review

Scarve is a french progmelothrash band, or so it says in their bio. I disagree, sort of. The melodic parts of the band are very elegantly covered by the vicious power of the songs, and

Depresy – Psychomantium Phenomenon Review

Originally written by Erik Thomas Slovakian melodic death metal band Depresy are one of those bands that all elitists, purists and collectors tag as a ‘must have’, and failure to know of the band’s existence

God Forbid – Better Days Review

Originally written by Tim Pigeon While I appreciate the gesture made by the boys of God Forbid and the label brass at Century Media, I’d much prefer to just have the new full-length, and not

The Wake – Ode To My Misery

Originally written by Erik Thomas You know McDonalds right? You know it’s processed, synthetic and blatantly disposable. But despite these facts, you enjoy a Big Mac, even though you’ve had hundreds of them? Well, The

Swallow The Sun – The Morning Never Came Review

Originally written by Ian Dreilinger. It’s always been a wonder how people can manage to stand so loyally by styles of music where bands that sound exactly the same keep putting out albums that sound

Edge Of Sanity – Crimson II Review

Originally written by Tim Pigeon In the eyes of many metalheads, it’s damn near impossible to top Edge of Sanity’s 1996 opus Crimson in terms of epic single-song albums. So, who better to try and