Tag: Progressive
Pagan’s Mind – Heavenly Ecstasy Review
originally written by Chris McDonald Most who heard Pagan’s Mind’s previous album, God’s Equation, know that Heavenly Ecstasy is a crucial outing in determining this band’s enduring vitality. After a string of three incredible albums, …
Ulver – Wars Of The Roses Review
Here’s the basic paint-by-numbers approach to too many Ulver reviews, in case you’d like to play along at home: Step 1: Open with something along the lines of, “If you can say one thing about …
Valborg – Barbarian Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Dissecting a Valborg release–or Valborg in general–is a daunting dask. Unquestionably, they’re one of the weirdest bands in metal; but not in that bullshit, pseudo-avant-garde, watch-us-set-ourselves-on-fire! Unexpect vein. No, Valborg deploys their oddity far more subtly, but that doesn’t …
While Heaven Wept – Fear Of Infinity Review
While Heaven Wept‘s peerless Vast Oceans Lachrymose brought a lot of new faces to the band’s doorstep back in 2009. And rightly so: the album marked a new pinnacle in terms of emotional, utterly absorbing …
Pyrrhon – An Excellent Servant, But A Terrible Master Review
Disclaimer #1: I feel it’s vitally important to get something out in the open right off the bat: A long-time member of our staff right here at Metal Review happens to be Pyrrhon‘s vocalist; and …
Artizan – Curse Of The Artizan Review
It’s really no secret that the current faction of Metal Review mostly ignores what stems from the “power” realm of heavy metal today. I suppose these sorts of things can be expected as genres fall …
Corsair – Ghosts Of Proxima Centauri Review
Why is this band still unsigned? A few years back, Virginian quartet Corsair garnered some well-deserved praise from my esteemed colleague Mr. John Ray for their debut EP Alpha Centauri, which was a stellar five-song …
Scale The Summit – Collective Review
originally written by Chris McDonald Instrumental progressive metal will likely never become a truly “hot” item in the metal and rock scenes, but Scale the Summit has certainly had a large part in bringing this …