Possessed – Revelations Of Oblivion (Album Review)
A new classic wrapped in modernized traditionalism. Modern trustees of death metal based brutality may not be familiar the early exploits of its forerunner, San…
Browsing: Jonathan Smith
Amon Amarth – Berserker (Album Review)
Charging forth in a maddened rage. For the better part of 30 years, Amon Amarth has not only been a pinnacle of consistency within the…
Ceremony Of Silence – Oútis (Album Review)
Contemplating the unsilent blackness. One does not normally associate a meditative state with the dissonant rage normally tied to the violent fury of central European…
Eluveitie – Ategnatos (Album Review)
Celtic lore and mighty mountain heights. Over the past couple decades there has been a fair degree of tribute paid to Celtic culture among various…
Mägo De Oz – Ira Dei (Album Review)
Once more down the yellow brick road. There is a fine line between genius and insanity, or so the old adage goes, and few names…
Musket Hawk – Upside Of Sick (Album Review)
Nola comes to Maryland. The outer fringes of metal’s extremities are noted for their pungent aroma of mental and physical decay, like a marshy moat…
West Of Hell – Blood Of The Infidel (Album Review)
Holy war for the modern age. Though the metal world has been an ever-expanding one since the year of its inception, in recent years it…
Battle Beast – No More Hollywood Endings (Album Review)
From rivalry, improvement is born. Music is not something that you can just quit, according to the 1992 Beethoven Lives Upstairs depiction of said legendary…
Bloodbound – Rise Of The Dragon Empire (Album Review)
A dragon’s evolution is a gradual one. Undaunted by changing lineups and grand strides of stylistic evolution that border on subgenre-hopping at times, the Swedish…
Contrarian – Their Worm Never Dies (Album Review)
Schuldiner’s dragon still lives. When the topic of the good old days is brought up, the question that naturally arises is “which good old days”?…
