Reviews

A masterful treatment of old and new.

MetalSucks contributor Crash Thompson returns with another episode of “Critical Condition.” This time he sets his targets on Coma Ecliptic, the seventh original studio album (and eight overall) by long-running North Carolina progressive metallers Between the Buried and Me.

How does Coma Ecliptic stand up against Between the Buried and Me’s most recent work? What about how it compares to their earlier classics? What’s new this time around? Watch to find out.

The instrumental outfit is back and better than ever.

A much-needed punch in the gut by a tattooed hand.

On their new album, the band’s creative risks and artistic evolution pay off.

This short, sweet package is going to stab your earholes in the right way…

They’re not gonna find a coop, they’re gonna scoop the coop, they’re not gonna blast any pigeons.

Pit up to this, and only the toothless remain, amirite?

Cleaner, lighter, and safer than the band’s previous releases.

The band otherwise (unfairly) known as “Pete from Baroness with his brother” releases their first album in seven years.

It’s impossible to match the madness of a live Weedeater show; here’s the next best thing…

Another comeback album worthy of the reunited band’s legacy.

The Australian five-piece’s Phil Anselmo-produced sophomore record brings menace and terror.

It just sounds a little too much like U2.

A coarse, brooding forty-odd minutes

The Japanese paragons of unorthodox extreme metal return.

Crash Thompson gives Six Feet Under’s latest his patented entertaining video review treatment.

No bullshit, no filler — just some serious metal with a capital M.

Alt-metal supergroup featuring members from Candiria, ISIS, Made Out Of Babies, and more, blend 90s-ish elements with richly original flavors to give us one of the best albums of the year so far…

Swedish band strips down its formerly busier songwriting approach to simpler structures, catchy hooks, dark melodic compositions, and a whole load of throaty atonal razor blade vocals…