Tag: Metal Blade
Primordial – Redemption at the Puritans Hand Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Album number seven: Most bands limp to this landmark, bleeding and barely breathing, as their longtime fans silently beg for a mercy kill. Not Primordial. After hitting a stride with 2000’s Spirit …
Believer – Transhuman Review
originally written by Jim Brandon Back when compilation albums actually mattered, the 1990 release of At Death’s Door, Volume I was quite the revelation for many of us. Although focused mostly on the rapidly rising stars …
Assaulter – Boundless Review
I was quite taken with Assaulter’s debut, Salvation Like Destruction. The band’s gritty black/thrash provided a more-than-adequate stop-gap while I anxiously awaited the next release by Assaulter’s countrymen Destroyer 666. Thus, when Metal Blade made …
Pentagram – Last Rites Review
The prospect of reviewing what stands as the most widely anticipated doom release in the last decade is really rather silly, considering interested parties will likely pick up Last Rites regardless of what words get …
Amon Amarth – Surtur Rising Review
posted on 3/2011 By: Erik Thomas Above death and taxes, there are a few unwavering certainties for me in life: I will always love blowjobs, I will always love the New Orleans Saints, and I will always …
40 Watt Sun – The Inside Room Review
The better part of seven years as a staffer at MetalReview has given me lots of occasions for regret. Just for starters, there’s botched reviews, missed opportunities… And near the top of the list is this: I …
Primordial – Storm Before Calm (Reissue) Review
Originally written by Jon Eardley If you’ve been hanging around this site long enough, then Primordial is a band you’d better have heard of by now. The reasoning behind this is simple. There hasn’t been …
Darkest Era – The Last Caress Of Light Review
Sometimes being a little derivative on the surface is a good thing. It certainly helped the cause of Darkest Era, a newish act out of Northern Ireland presenting in their full-length debut The Last Caress Of …