Tag: Relapse
Call Of The Void – Dragged Down A Dead End Path Review
Originally written by Chris Redar Those little ‘flyers’ that come at the top of Relapse albums are always so misleading. Call of the Void’s placard would have you believe that the band seamlessly merges Pig Destroyer and Napalm Death. …
Blockheads – This World Is Dead Review
To my knowledge, Blockheads is the only French grindcore band whose name doubles as a Charlie Brown insult. But that’s the only thing silly about this. Formed way back in 1992, not too long after …
Rotten Sound – Species At War Review
Species At War is eight minutes of rapid-fire, rabid, and fiery grinding, a six-song stopgap to fan the flames before the next full-length firestorm from a band that’s currently at the top of the grindcore …
Death – Spiritual Healing (Reissue) Review
Relapse’s exhaustive re-issues of the Death catalog continues with this three-disc version of 1990’s Spiritual Healing. So far, these sets have been textbook examples of how to properly re-issue iconic records, with each new version …
Hooded Menace – Effigies Of Evil Review
I was quite taken with Hooded Menace’s debut, Fulfill the Curse, when I reviewed it some years ago. The band’s mixture of Candlemass, early Cathedral and Asphyx hit the right spots for me. Despite adhering …
Pig Destroyer – Book Burner Review
The first few times I sat down to try and write about this new Pig Destroyer album, I will admit, friends, that I had a bad attitude. I had already formulated a number of critiques …
Weapon – Embers And Revelations Review
Embers and Revelations opens on a deep, subterranean drone, an ominous calm that gradually twists and shimmers through various introductory motifs and teasing riff-fragments. Weapon’s founder, guitarist, and mouthpiece Vetis Monarch sounds positively gleeful as …
Serpentine Path – Serpentine Path Review
Sound can get you a hell of a long way. Nail a particular tone, and you might just get the listener in a forgiving state of mind where other shortcomings are concerned. And you know …