Malevolent Creation – The 13th Beast (Album Review)
Unlucky are they whom challenge this beast. Death metal is an art form that is undaunted by incidents of the former half of its name…
Author Jonathan Smith
Jonathan Smith
Jonathan is a long time contributor to The Encyclopaedia Metallum website under the pseudonym hells_unicorn and has written for The Metal Observer on and off for the past 10 years. He was previously a lead guitarist in the Philadelphia-based folk metal band Frost Giant and played Dave Murray’s parts for the Philly-based Iron Maiden tribute band Tailgunner. He is currently the guitarist and principal songwriter for the nascent symphonic power metal project Ominous Glory.
Gama Bomb – Speed Between The Lines (Album Review)
Mosh like you mean it, bitches! Thrash metal has never been big on the concept of subtlety, and if Gama Bomb’s latest studio offering is…
Arion – Life Is Not Beautiful (Album Review)
Link has grown cynical these days. Though likely a complete coincidence, one can’t help but notice the striking similarity in appearance that the lone protagonist…
Skull Pit – Skull Pit (Album Review)
Old skeletons with a shiny new casket. For all the implicit imagery of skeletons and the common idiom of them dwelling in a person’s closet…
Brainstorm – Midnight Ghost (Album Review)
The terrors of midnight play it safe. When any band reaches veteran status, a certain degree of reflection becomes inevitable both among themselves and their…
Unleashed – The Hunt For White Christ (Album Review)
The old ways are still the strongest. Too often a band’s present merits are judged by how much progression their sound has made, which is…
Ghost Ship Octavius – Delirium (Album Review)
The undead set sail for even darker seas. Few subjects can hope to be as poignant and dark as that of one’s demise, be it…
HYPOCRISY, FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE & AENIMUS Announce North American Tour
Legendary Swedish deathsters HYPOCRISY and Italian symphonic death metallers FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, will return to North America for a co-headlining tour this March/April. Joining them are progressive, extreme metal band AENIMUS. Tickets…
FULL HOUSE BREW CREW Featuring ROTTING CHRIST’s Vagelis Karzis Release ‘Another Life’ Lyric Video
Greek Power Groove Metallers FULL HOUSE BREW CREW featuring a ROTTING CHRIST member in their ranks, have released a new lyric video for ‘Another Life‘, the track is taken…
Soulfly – Ritual (Album Review)
A new ritual sets forth a grand tribal revolt. With there now being more than two decades of distance since Max Cavalera’s departure from Sepultura,…
