Review: Thy Darkened Shade – Liber Lvcifer II: Mahapralaya
While the lyrics may be trope-y black metal, the music is anything but (that fretless bass)…
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.
Missed Album Review: Toxik – Dis Morta
With as many hooks as a tackle shop, Toxik play mind-bending technical thrash metal which is the best the genre has seen since Terminal Redux.
Missed Album Review: Inhalo – Sever
Alt metal gets creative.
Missed Album Review: Tiwanaku – Earth Base One
A wildly ambitious debut release results in an inconsistent album
Missed Album Review: Disillusion – Ayam
A vast, dreamlike masterpiece.
Review: Wounded Knee – 122 Lune
Italian progressive metal veterans Wounded Knee return after some time with the album 122 Lune. Not trying to break new ground, the album makes for an engaging listen but can sometimes feel a bit derivative.
Review: Sullen – Nodus Tollens – Act 2: Ascension
Do you worship The Contortionist? If so, I’ve got good news: you’re not the only one.
Review: Ashbreather – Hivemind
Mad scientists splice their brains with an extraterrestrial insect hivemind in Ashbreather’s sludgy, narrative-driven sophomore
Review: SkyThala – Boreal Despair
A bunch of guys from Tennessee wrote high modern Russian classical??