Reviews 8/9

Jul 7, 2019

Untamed By Time: False - Portent Review

Five Minnesotans take us on a ride into the abyss on an unpredictable hound from hell. How many groups can claim to be the heir apparent...

Jun 27, 2019

History Spurned: Falls of Rauros - Patterns in Mythology Review

The Portland quartet return with a Black Metal benchmark that brings the light. American Black Metal has been on the rise now for several...

Jun 16, 2019

Great Mold Ones, Forbidden Sight: Tomb Mold Planetary Clairvoyance Review

After the slug 'n' chug fest of Manor of Infinite Forms, the Canadian crew take to the cosmos on their most accomplished work yet. In...

May 30, 2019

Death Congeals All Wounds: Fetid-Steeping Corporeal Mess Review

The trio's long anticipated debut is vile and ready to bury you in the primordial ooze. Let me ask this question right out of the gate:...

May 17, 2019

Where the Suomi Slime Live: Krypts-Cadaver Circulation Review

The third LP from Finland's gloomy death metal act takes you on a disgusting exodus through depravity. For people who have really decided...

May 14, 2019

Given to the Ages: Idle Hands - Mana Review

Four horsemen, a debut opus, and the raw emotional power of an energetic instant classic. In this nebulous and often ambiguously...

May 8, 2019

Reforged in Darkness: Itheist - Self-titled Review

The blackened-death duo return with a new name, a new album, and a new sound. Many groups go through stages of being active, and...

May 5, 2019

A Trip For the Ages: Solar Haze - Self-titled Review

The California quartet come out of the void with a weapons-grade crossover crusher. The concepts of the cosmos intertwined with the lore...

Apr 25, 2019

Welcome Home (Mr. Crowley): Spirit Adrift - Divided by Darkness Review

On the crucial third LP, the Arizona riff wizards ride the lighting over the mountains and into the great beyond. It's mid-2017 and I had...

Apr 21, 2019

Seasons of Change: Árstíðir Lífsins - Saga á tveim tungum I: Vápn ok viðr Review

A larger sound for a classic formula comes to life in the latest release from the international folk metal trio. Historically, the metal...

Apr 5, 2019

Surreal Encounters: WASTE OF SPACE ORCHESTRA - Syntheosis Review

The worlds of psychedelic and sludge metal coalesce to create a cosmic concept album. In the summer of 2018, ORANSSI PAZUZU and DARK...

Apr 4, 2019

Multifaceted heaviness: HUELGA - Huelga Review

Michael Fonseca delivers a polyrhythmic assault on the senses. As common as the one-man band has become in contemporary times, it remains...

Apr 2, 2019

Sounds from Ancient Halls: GARDSGHASTR- Slit Throat Requiem Review

Swedish and American veterans combine their strengths to form a Symphonic-Black musical symposium. When listeners reflect on the cold,...

Mar 29, 2019

An evolution of musical prowess: Periphery - Periphery IV: Hail Stan Review

The progressive unit break free from genre chains to unleash their most daring effort yet. Three years from melting faces with Periphery...

Mar 20, 2019

Wake the Dead, the Saints are In Hell: Magic Circle-Departed Souls Review

In the golden age of doom metal, Magic Circle don their Priestly garb and distribute the eucharist gladly to all disciples. It's no...

Mar 18, 2019

Dissonant torment: TOTALED - Lament Review

The mysterious duo welcome you to an abyss on their first ever studio production. Blackened hardcore may be a hybrid of two subgenres on...

Mar 8, 2019

Pissing and Screaming From Bottom to Top: Triumvir Foul- Urine of Abomination Review

The Pacific Northwest slaps the collective underground with another wet blanket of unholy death metal courtesy of the mystical Portland...

Mar 3, 2019

Unfiltered death metal savagery, VIRCOLAC - Masque Review

The unit deliver death on a silver platter with a debut record that cements the quartet among the strongest death metal newcomers. First...

Feb 18, 2019

Tomb of the Humiliated: PISSGRAVE-Posthumous Humiliation review

The agonizing wait has come to an end and the Philadelphia death metal sadists return with an album that is downright vile and beyond...

Feb 11, 2019

Filth beyond measure: CREMATORY STENCH - Grotesque Deformities EP Review

The unit's sophomore EP delivers death metal of the highest order. Two months into the new year and it seems that 2019 will experience...

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