Tag: Thrash
Melechesh – Enki Review
Because you and I both know this thing has a good chance of shooting straight the hell off the rails, I’ll frontload the critical bit: Enki is Melechesh‘s most self-assured and accomplished album to date, …
Ranger – Where Evil Dwells Review
Originally written by Chris Redar Finland’s Ranger is bound to get sued by either Id Software or Overkill for that cover art. Fucking flying skulls? Really? Sure, it fits in with the retro vibe of …
Sacral Rage – Illusions In Infinite Void Review
The easiest thing to pull off in heavy metal is being a generic time capsule band. Yet, among the hardest is being a time capsule band that actually sounds unique. Greece’s Sacral Rage manages this …
Detente – Recognize No Authority (Reissue) Review
“The word from the Kremlin today is that any hopes for détente were slim at best…” That faux-newscast intro to Détente’s “Russian Roulette” proved depressingly prophetic, at least in terms of the band’s initial impact. …
Venom – From The Very Depths Review
For a while there, Venom really was the most dangerous band in the world. Not simply because they had the balls to print statements like “we’re possessed by all that is evil. The death of …
The Crown – Death Is Not Dead Review
By this point, most are familiar with The Crown’s history and legacy. This is a band that hit an absolute bottom-of-the-ninth, game-seven-of-The-World-Series home run in 2000’s Deathrace King, a blistering fireball of rollicking death/thrash that …
Dimesland – Psychogenic Atrophy Review
Oakland’s Dimesland raised some eyebrows with their debut EP, 2012’s Creepmoon. It was a thrashing, technical mix that landed somewhere between Atheist, Voivod, Martyr, and even the more adventurous Pestilence material, pleasing a lot of …
Machine Head – Bloodstone & Diamonds Review
If you clicked the link simply looking for more reasons why Machine Head is terrible and worthy of nothing but contempt, I kindly direct you here. I’m sure any album-specific criticism still applies, as well …