Tag: Traditional

Night Demon – Night Demon Review

You can go ahead and place Night Demon in the file labeled “Stuff that Will Not Be Reviewed on Stereogum in 2013.” Ain’t gonna happen. No way, no how, fuhgeddaboudit. Not only would readers of

Queensryche – Queensryche Review

It’s no grand revelation that an established band changing singers is a daunting task. For every Bon-to-Brian smooth transition, there’s a Dave-to-Sammy changeover that alienates fans, or worse, a Sammy-to-Gary trainwreck that alienates everyone. A

Civil War – The Killer Angels Review

In the interest of full disclosure, it must be stated that I had about zero interest in really giving the subject of this review much of a chance. After all, an album named The Killer

Age Of Taurus – Desperate Souls Of Tortured Times

Ask just about any young band what they believe to be a principle advantage to knocking about in our current era and they’ll likely concede that it centers around the fact that it’s a hell

Magister Templi – Lucifer Leviathan Logos Review

It might seem like a ludicrous notion, but a band can in fact sound completely unique without necessarily doing anything original. Some of the best restaurants might not have one original dish on the menu,

Vhol – Vhol Review

VHOL‘s debut is less than a month old, yet the fields already seem armpit-high with glowing reviews from critics and fans alike. It’s admittedly pretty tough not to have an itchy finger on the happy

Enforcer – Death By Fire Review

You’ve felt something in the air lately, too, right? A relapse into old habits. The easy comfort of settling down in a worn couch groove. New bands, old sounds – that’s the thing. One hundred

Saxon – Sacrifice Review

It may well be true that you can’t teach old dogs new tricks, but it’s equally true that practice makes perfect, so it would stand to reason that old dogs can certainly perform what tricks