Authors: Bryer Wharton
Review: Nar Mattaru – Ancient Atomic Warfare
Nar Mattaru = Dominus Xul + Morbid Angel + Incantation … read more
Review: Nausea – Condemned to the System
It’s a given that January is going to start with a lot of nausea, but this Nausea is a different kind. It’s the band of grindcore (not the crust punk band) legend Oscar Garcia, who did the vocals on Terrorizer’s World Downfall album. … read more
Review: Morbosidad – Tortura
Morbosidad = Bathory + Sepultura + Sodom … read more
Review: Morbus Chron – Sweven
The album, while retaining similarities of the band’s past, has moved the term “forward-thinking death metal” to new territory. The album, at its core, shuffles the straight-up death metal tag. … read more
Review: Metsatöll – Karjajuht
Folk metal exists with many bands doing different things—most mix other genres of metal with folk elements like melodic death, black or death metal. Others exist outside those boundaries. Estonia’s Metsatöll are one of those bands. … read more
Review: Midnight – No Mercy for Mayhem
Midnight = Venom + Hellhamer + Motörhead … read more
Review: Lucifer’s Hammer – Beyond the Omens
Lucifer’s Hammer = Saxon + Visigoth + Armored Saint
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Review: Malthusian – MMXIII
With members from Altar of Plagues and Mourning Beloveth, the band’s already got a great doom-type pedigree, but MMXIII is more of a batch of death and black metal with tints of the rotten kind of doom. … read more
Review: Krang – Bad Moon
Krang = Decay After Death + Discharge + Black September … read more
Review: Kvltist – Catechesis
Kvltist = Gorgoroth + 1349 + Dark Funeral … read more