Tag: Progressive
Echidna – …This Suffering Review
originally written by Jim Brandon Echidna is a band you need to know about. This goes out to fans, other reviewers, major metal labels, fanzines, all of you. To my knowledge (and yes I did …
Hammers of Misfortune – The Locust Years Review
Although it seemed foolish to bet against them, at the same time, it also felt perhaps unreasonably optimistic to believe that Hammers of Misfortune could maintain their elite, jaw dropping form for yet a third album. You …
Dir En Grey – Withering To Death Review
Golly. It starts all heavy and cool, massive and voluminous, but then the singer starts singing and some confusion sets in. Japanese accents are harder even than Northern European to get used to, as their …
Tool – 10,000 Days Review
Matthew Cooper’s take: I’ll make two things clear. First, in certain cases the most helpful thing a reviewer can do is to make his opinions on a band’s prior work as clear as his thoughts …
Enslaved – Ruun Review
Matthew Cooper’s take: More often than not, the word “progressive” is used as a locator, a sonic line of demarcation, rather than an actual meaningful descriptor. The word is tailor made for Enslaved, a band …
Ihsahn – The Adversary Review
Originally written by Harley Carlson. As one of Norway’s most notable talents, Ihsahn’s hell-fueled contributions to metal, or otherwise, are evidence of nothing less than his incontestable genius. From raw epic black metal of early Emperor to the …
Oxbow – Love That’s Last Review
Originally written by Doug Moore. It’s hard to believe that Oxbow has been around for nearly twenty years now. It’d be hard to believe that anything as stubbornly atypical and unfriendly as these Californian lunatics could last …
Sepultura – Dante XXI Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas Ill admit it; I have not heard a single album beyond the seminal Roots and I have never even heard a single note from Derrick Green since he replaced Max Cavalera; Against, Nation and Roorback. Never …