Tag: Progressive
Vreid – V Review
Round about a decade or so ago a boldly-titled comp called True Kings of Norway was released on Spikefarm Records. Featured were embryonic early works by Emperor, Immortal, Arcturus, Dimmu Borgir, and Ancient, obviously slapped …
Evergrey – Glorious Collision Review
Modern Evergrey presents something of a conundrum – they are several things, and yet they are none of them. They are a progressive metal band that has completely stopped progressing, has, in the eyes of …
Augury – Concealed (Reissue) Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas Despite being familiar with Patrick Loisel’s previous project Kralizec via their mind-bending 1999 album Origin (for which I’m willing to pay a decent amount if anyone has a copy — I …
Everygrey Is Nevergrey: Optimism With Mr. Englund
Originally written by Sasha Horn Tom S. Englund emailed me about three months ago, out of the blue. Could this be a belated rockstar-hate-mail response to a couple of jabs I took in my review …
Grayceon – All We Destroy Review
There’s a lot to love about the San Francisco/Bay Area, but if I had to choose one element that tops the list, I’d go with that region’s inclination for stubborn open-mindedness that stretches across nearly …
Todtgelichter – Angst Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas Even though I was unfamiliar with Todtgelichter, I’m a fan of avant-garde German black metal like Secrets of the Moon and most of Aural Music/Code 666’s releases, so Angst was a …
The 25th Hour – Monsters Review
The 25th Hour is an experimental outfit hailing from San Diego, California…with no vocalist. Although it’s becoming more and more common for musicians to release all-instrumental albums, it’s still quite a bold statement when they …
Ironwood – Storm Over Sea Review
If you’re one who commonly clicks on a review and exits out after seeing a not so pleasant score, hopefully you’ll skim over this sentence and continue reading, because the album is FREE. Storm Over …