Tag: Season Of Mist

Cynic – Re-Traced Review

Originally written by Ian Chainey Somewhere on the 210 freeway, I realized that I was never going back to my old life. Even if you’re Brad Pitt in True Romance, spending your days sucking kush

Watain – Lawless Darkness Review

originally written by Erik Thomas With this record as arguably one of the more anticipated black metal releases of the year, Sweden’s Watain has a pretty monumental task following both the highly regarded Sworn to the Dark (an album

Rotting Christ – Aealo Review

originally written by Erik Thomas First off, I need to apologize.  My first and last experience with Greece’s long-running Rotting Christ was 1996’s Triarchy of Lost Lovers. I had their logo emblazoned on my denim jacket in High

Shining – VI Klagopsalmer Review

originally written by Jim Brandon Shining is never an easy band to sit through, which I imagine is entirely the point most of the time. Besides select moments of IV: The Eerie Cold, I can’t

Imperium Dekadenz – Procella Vadens Review

Imperium Dekadenz hail from the Black Forest region in southwestern Germany, bringing you a very clear case of DO judge a book by its cover. Their particular form of black metal is slow, foreboding, ominous,

Urgehal – Ikonoklast Review

Those who know me know that it’s a rare black metal record that I enjoy these days, but there was a time when icy blackness didn’t leave me cold. Like most everyone else with ears

Genitorturers – Blackheart Revolution Review

Originally written by Ross Main. Although sex and metal are far more powerful and exhilarating activities when indulged individually, Floridian filth-merchants Genitorturers *wince* aren’t afraid to combine both at face value to create a fairly intriguing industrial

Rimfrost – Veraldar Nagli Review

Obvious anus jokes aside, a name like Rimfrost at least lets you know pretty clearly what you’re going to get. The band call it Scandinavian black metal. Because that’s where they’re from and that’s what