Reviews 0 Review: Kruelty mines death metal for the best beatdowns with Untopia March 15th, 2023 at 10:37am Max Heilman In line with No Zodiac and Xibalba, Japan’s Kruelty owes their riffage to old school death/doom metal—with beatdowns for icing on the cake.
Reviews 0 Review: Full of Hell & Primitive Man Team up to Ruin Your Day with Suffocating Hallucination March 3rd, 2023 at 12:26pm Mandy Scythe This collaborative effort is as unrelenting as it is balanced.
Reviews 0 Review: Periphery V: Djent Is Not A Genre Subverts Expectations March 2nd, 2023 at 11:42am Joe Jira Periphery’s latest provides fun and undeniable heaviness throughout.
Reviews 0 Review: Enslaved’s Heimdal is a Nordic Triumph Worthy of Valhalla February 23rd, 2023 at 11:23am Bree Halmstad The kaleidoscopic Heimdal feels a bit like a drug trip in the forest culminating in the revelation of the Norse gods.
Reviews 0 Review: In Flames’ Foregone Sparks a New Fire February 8th, 2023 at 11:22am Jakk Mylde In Flames got their mojo back.
Reviews 0 Review: IX by Host is New Darkwave at Its Apex February 7th, 2023 at 1:06pm Kenny Schticky Let me say that when I first read that two […]
Reviews 0 Review: Insomnium’s Anno 1696 is One of Their Very Best February 7th, 2023 at 11:09am Kenny Schticky I’d argue that this newest LP has some of the band’s best songs they’ve ever written.
Reviews 0 Review: Sanguisugabogg’s Homicidal Ecstasy is Disgustingly Satisfying February 1st, 2023 at 10:07am Mandy Scythe To say that Sanguisugabogg have had a big impact on death metal is a massive understatement, and luckily, the new record does not disappoint.
Editorials 0 Review: …And Oceans’ As In Gardens, So In Tombs is Swimmingly Good January 23rd, 2023 at 12:22pm Kenny Schticky “This a record about struggle, energy, enlightenment and what awaits us in the beyond.”
Reviews 0 Review: Turbid North’s The Decline Sticks Quite Nicely to Past Guns, Thank You Very Much January 18th, 2023 at 12:45pm Spliff Burton Have Turbid North grown on their new album, The Decline?
Reviews 0 Review: Obituary Love Dying and Being Dead on Dying of Everything January 11th, 2023 at 11:35am Em Shadows Death metal institution Obituary are in top form on Dying of Everything.
Reviews 0 Review: Ahab scours the depths of the wretched sea with The Coral Tombs January 10th, 2023 at 9:52am Max Heilman Unique subject matter notwithstanding, The Coral Tombs works because Ahab writes atmospheric, heavy-duty funeral doom.
Reviews 0 Review: Katatonia’s Sky Void of Stars is an ‘Otherworldly Wonder’ January 9th, 2023 at 2:23pm Bree Halmstad This legendary group has created yet another masterpiece.
Reviews 0 Review: Ville Valo’s Neon Noir is Your New Go-To Album January 6th, 2023 at 12:57pm Bree Halmstad This album will steal the heart you didn’t know you had.
Reviews 0 Review: Green King’s Hidden Beyond Time is an Encouraging Debut Effort December 19th, 2022 at 2:36pm Jordan Blum Imitation is the ultimate form of flattery, but it takes too much space in this release.
Reviews 0 Review: Candlemass Take Us Back to Basics With Sweet Evil Sun November 18th, 2022 at 12:37pm Jakk Mylde Sweet Evil Sun is a step in the right direction from these doom metal giants.
Reviews 0 Review: He Is Legend furthers their resurgence with Endless Hallway November 9th, 2022 at 12:20pm Max Heilman Endless Hallway more than contends with White Bat in inspired energy, furthering the resurgence of He Is Legend.
Reviews 0 Review: Darkthrone’s Astral Fortress Is an Instant Classic October 28th, 2022 at 11:23am Bree Halmstad This latest Darkthrone record is a killer from front to back.
Reviews 0 Review: Dead Cross Gets Weird, Wild and Raw on II October 24th, 2022 at 2:20pm Max Heilman When the game plan is repackaging ‘80s underground metal and punk with an appreciation of absurdity, Dead Cross isn’t easy to get tired of.
Reviews 0 Review: Black Anvil’s Regenesis is the Sound of the Streets Stripped Down and Gussied Up October 21st, 2022 at 12:16pm Spliff Burton The sounds of NYC past and present coming together
