Review: Pressure Points – The Island
I’m coining a new subgenre: neo-progressive death metal.
Review: Conspiracy of Zero – Ahthos Arouris
Workaday melodeath with touches of folk-tinged brilliance shining through
Missed Album Review: Disillusion – Ayam
A vast, dreamlike masterpiece.
Review: Sympuls-E – Immensity
Sympuls-E blends memorable metalcore choruses with soul-stirring stringed arrangements and zealous synth work.
Review: Numento – The Vile Entity
A talented band who play it a little too safe
Lost in Time: Disillusion – Back to Times of Splendor
Back to Times of a melodeath masterpiece.
Review: Parthian – Desolation of a Ceaseless Dawn
Parthian exceed superficial expectations with their level of songwriting coherency and proficiency, establishing a Lovecraftian narrative and hitting home with excellent, diverse compositional material.
Review: Aeternam – Heir of the Rising Sun
The rise and fall of empires is no easy topic to tackle, yet Aeternam write of the rise of the Ottomans with aplomb and ceaseless heart-stopping moments.
Review: An Abstract Illusion – Woe
A sophomore album so massive it took two reviewers to conquer it!
Review: Zemeth – Loneliness
Another day, another underrated Japanese guitar god slinging out hot neo-romantic solos. It’s like if Galneryus were high on caffeine and had harsh vocals.