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Review: The Sword – Warp Riders (2010)
The Sword, along with a few other players, are largely responsible for bringing the stoner riffs to the forefront of metal. Many elitists panned them as being coattail riders, or posers who went from indie to stoner metal in a blink of an eye. Truth be told, The Sword were merely in the right place [...]
Review: Neurosis – Enemy of the Sun (2010 Reissue)
A forbearing intellectualism is what Neurosis is all about, and has always been about. They are not balls deep metal, nor are they artsy fartsy elitists. Somewhere in the middle, Neurosis has wow’ed countless listeners with their blend of sludge, hardcore and so many avant garde tidbits, that they have made a career out of [...]
Review: Dew-Scented – Invocation (2010)
Dew-Scented is one of those bands that simply doesn’t change over the years. I always laugh when reviewers and fans make some sort of bold assertion when listening to a new Dew-Scented album, that it is their “best in years” or “worst in years.” Really? Sure there are songs that are obviously better than others, [...]
Review: RAM – Lightbringer (2009)
Along with Enforcer, RAM are the other big force in traditional metal revivalism in Sweden, however, unlike the former, they are a bit lacking in some areas, specifically in the vocal department.
Sounding a bit like Mark Osegueda From Death Angel and Kai Hansen of old school Helloween, vocalist Oscar Carlquist attempts to “sing,” but instead [...]
Review: Kratornas – The Corroding Age of Wounds (2009)
Rough, under-produced and repetitive, yet strangely mesmerizing. This is the effect that the 2009 album The Corroding Age of Wounds, courtesy of Phillipines’ Kratornas has had on me, and I still don’t really know what to think!
On one hand, Kratornas, for all intents and purposes, is nothing but a garage black metal project hoping to [...]
Review: Black River – Black N Roll (2009)
Swarmy, dirty, gritty and groovy heavy metal with a stoner bend…out of Poland? Pardon me for being surprised, but I am just so used to hearing the likes of Vader and Decapitated blowing out my eardrums with succinct death metal. Not only are these Poles, known as Black River, a relatively unknown commodity from Warsaw, [...]
Review: K626 – The Gates of Necropolis (2010)
California’s K626 meld the power and fury of death and traditional thrash with the modern twist of groove. The Gates of Necropolis, the band’s third album, is a well rehearsed and tight record with few faults, however, there isn’t much originality to be had. Despite being good at what they do, it’s clear that K626 [...]
Review: The Body – All The Waters Of The Earth Turn To Blood (2010)
Man, some bands are really out there to trip you into a complete mind-fuck! All The Waters Of The Earth Turn To Blood really screws with you on every track too! Sometimes when listening to an album, I like to go by the first impression I get from the 1st track, and I was completely [...]
Review: Godless Rising – Trumpet of Triumph (2010)
Combining the decadent anti-Judeo Christian rhetoric, with true melodic death metal riffs is something that has always fascinated me. To make such a dark connotation sound almost beautiful is true artist genius, one that artists such as Sweden’s Dissection perfected during their stint. However, New York’s Godless Rising, featuring the talents of Vital Remains’ Jeff [...]
Review: Demon Hunter – The World Is A Thorn (2010)
Demon Hunter are part of the insurgence of Christianity into the metal and hardcore scenes, fueled by current label Solid State Records (a subsidiary of better known Tooth & Nail Records), who specializes in heavy forms of Christian music. Demon Hunter, also much like their Christian counterparts, have found success in the American market which [...]
