Siege Of Power – Warning Blast (Album Review)
Obligatory, apocalyptic images and sounds. Stereotypes seem to be inevitable when a given expression comes of age, and with black metal appropriating the old occult…
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.
Monstrosity – The Passage Of Existence (Album Review)
Battle rages in the cosmic firmament. One would be remiss to suggest that death metal is a one-dimensional expression at present, but even as far…
Grave Digger – The Living Dead (Album Review)
Legions of the undead at Grimm’s command. When in the graveyard, do as the corpses do, or at least this would be the advice given…
Omnium Gatherum – The Burning Cold (Album Review)
Cold flames beget a burning frost. Contradictions have little place in the fields of logical inquiry, but in the realm of the arts it is…
Deicide – Overtures Of Blasphemy (Album Review)
Every vile soundtrack needs a prelude, or 12. Melancholy occasions are often wont to make one forget his sense of objectivity, for good or for…
Sinaya – Maze Of Madness (Album Review)
Arch-demons and flaming corpses adorn this maze. Though enjoying one of the most diverse metal communities in the world, there is a certain character of…
Into Eternity – The Sirens (Album Review)
The long journey back from the seas of oblivion. The ancient proverb of it being impossible to step upon the same river twice, originally accredited…
ARCH ENEMY Forced to Cancel 2018 North American Tour
ARCH ENEMY’s headlining 22-city tour with GOATWHORE and UNCURED was supposed to kick off on September 28 in Providence, Rhode Island and run through October…
Ultra-Violence – Operation Misdirection (Album Review)
Setting heads a-banging to the Ludovico technique. Though often pigeonholed as a gimmicky metal expression obsessed with pizza and beer, thrash metal is as versatile…
Powerwolf – The Sacrament Of Sin (Album Review)
The dark liturgy of the Lycanthrope continues… The legendary creatures associated with classic horror cinema tend to have a common root in the land spanning…
