Tag: Traditional

Christian Mistress – To Your Death Review

Interrogate yourself: love and hate are easy, but tepid enjoyment or moderate disappointment? Your book club doesn’t give a shit about that kind of weak sauce. Point being, it’s a hell of a lot simpler

Queensryche – Condition Human Review

I remember now… I was somewhere around twelve or thirteen; on Headbanger’s Ball, a video from a band with a name I had no idea how to pronounce… I remember how it started… With the

Vhöl – Deeper Than Sky Review

The phrase “whether it’s intentional or not” is as crucial to a music writer as “no offense, but” is to the general population. Both are expressions that allow someone to introduce a controversial or perhaps

Satan – Atom By Atom Review

What happened in 2013 was not supposed to happen. The script never reads like this: “Long defunct band from great era of music reforms better than ever, topping their long-beloved classic material.” Typically, we are

Sabbath Assembly – Sabbath Assembly Review

So after taking it “easy” the past couple of times out, tackling new releases from familiar acts like Lamb of God and Fear Factory, I thought it would be good to step out of that

W.A.S.P. – Golgotha Review

Of all W.A.S.P.’s controversial antics throughout the years, Blackie Lawless’ fairly recent conversion to Christianity is probably the most shocking. This is the man who brought us classics like “Don’t Cry (Just Suck),” “Kill Fuck

Iron Maiden – The Book Of Souls Review

At this point, the most troublesome thing about covering new music from Iron Maiden deals with the fact that, clear to their most ardent fans, the band does not really write with immediacy as a

Motorhead – Bad Magic Review

Impermanence is the nature of things. Iron corrodes; fire burns out; stone erodes; everything proceeds at its own pace towards nothingness. Bodies break and people die, but legends live on as long as there are