Review: Oak Pantheon – The Absence
In an attempt to infuse every metal genre into one, Oak Pantheon managed to craft an okay album.
Review: Conspiracy of Zero – Ahthos Arouris
Workaday melodeath with touches of folk-tinged brilliance shining through
Missed Album Review: Downriver Dead Men Go – Ruins
An exploration of musical negative space that’s defined as much by absence as by its own content.
Review: Ramskull – Parasitic Sapiens
A progressive sludge swing and a miss.
Review: Tchornobog/Abyssal – Tchornobog/Abyssal
The dream team (Andy and Zach obviously) is back at it again to review the new monstrous split full length between two experimental death metal powerhouses.
Review: Sympuls-E – Immensity
Sympuls-E blends memorable metalcore choruses with soul-stirring stringed arrangements and zealous synth work.
Review: Fliege – One Day They’ll Wonder What Happened Here
“I dunno what the hell’s in there, but it’s weird and pissed off, whatever it is.”
Review: Hexed – Pagans Rising
Bog-standard symphonic metal with excellent vocals and decent production.
Review: Numento – The Vile Entity
A talented band who play it a little too safe
Review: Condemned-AD – Follow a Failing Leader
Condemned-AD delivers an energetic thrash metal ride that certainly entertains, but that teases a measure of complexity it fails to ever really develop.