Inspired by the thrash masters Exodus and their debut record Bonded by Blood, Bonded By Blood is yet another newcomer to the thrash revival that we have been seeing in the last few years. Hailing from California along with fellow thrashmongers Warbringer and Fueled by Fire, Bonded By Blood is not only one of the [...]
Cole’s best and worst of 2008.
THE BEST
10. Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh
Awesome. Great song writing, interesting lyrics and lots of creativity. A Sight To Behold is a classic song.
9. Psycroptic - (Ob)Servant
Crazy technical death metal with a great range of harsh vocal styles.
8. The Faceless - Planetary Duality
Amazing production and technical ability. A very atmospheric [...]
Beckoning in a sound that can be smartly compared to the likes of Birds of Prey, Boris, Electric Wizard and maybe a little (or a LOT) of Black F’n Sabbath thrown in just to make things spicey, California sludgsters Kowloon Walled City have, almost literally, blown my face off through the back of my head. [...]
Why do I keep luring myself to the ways of modern death metal and deathcore? Why? Alas, I have been suckered into reviewing yet another deathcore album courtesy of Australia’s The Red Shore whom just recently released their debut record, Unconsecrated on Siege of Amida (a subsidiary of Ferret Music, whom seem more concerned with [...]
Hey, Facedown Records and Victory Records…why didn’t you pick up Haste the Day when you had the chance? They aren’t typical, they have aggression, and pop melodies enfused into their choruses, Haste the Day and their 2008 album Dreamer are basically an ideal example of metal being metal, but being that much more accessible to [...]
Well, for those who were wondering if Chinese Democracy, the sixth studio album from Guns N Roses, would ever be released in our lifetimes, the answer is yes after 10 years of waiting. Having not released original material since the early 90’s, not touring for nearly 7 years after that, and finally not containing any [...]
Best known as a stalwart metalcore band, Bleeding Through has shed their previous identity in favor of another trend–deathcore. However, unlike many of their peers, Bleeding Through actually knows the metal they play and execute it all while maintaining the thick, slightly under-produced, keyboard enhanced sound that made them so popular to begin with.
Bleeding [...]
A week or so ago I was introduced to the label Canonical Hours, which is a U.S. based record company with a focus on extreme metal. I have received three albums they have been promoting and all three are quite incredible. I have already reviewed The Day of the Beast’s selt titled album which can [...]
Coming all the way from Indonesia, Foredoom, a technical deathcore band, put out an EP last year entitled Reconstructed. While not refined, or even up to the standards that Western audiences sometimes demand from their artists whom have access to proper studio time, Foredoom have one thing going for them–talent. The vocalist is very effective [...]
Holy blindsided fuck! What do you get when you combine the best of Absu, Skeletonwitch and Toxic Holocaust? You get sheer madness known as The Day of the Beast, that’s what you fucking get! Hailing from Virginia, The Day of the Beast is, simply put, some of the best blackened thrash I have EVER heard. [...]
