Authors: THE BUTCHER
Review: Winter Solstice – The Fall of Rome
Winter Solstice The Fall of Rome Metal Blade Records Ooh, tricky—I thought by the title and statue on the cover, this would be gothic metal or power metal, but it’s
Review: With Passion – In the Midst of Bloodied Soil
With Passion In the Midst of Bloodied Soil Earache Records With Passion = Bathroom after lots of Mexican food It’s hit-and-miss with Earache Records anymore. It seems as though they
Review: Testament – Seen Between the Lines DVD
Testament Seen Between the Lines DVD Escapi Testament = Slayer + Exodus + (old) Metallica An entire concert as well as video clips. The traditional stuff for a DVD these
Review: Ritual Carnage – I, Infidel
Ritual Carnage I, Infidel Osmose Productions Ritual Carnage = Hellchild + Hellbastard + Exodus There’s a lot of declaration in metal these days—“I, Monarch!” “I, Infidel!” What’s the deal? Anyway,
Review: Phazm – Hate at First Seed
Phazm Hate at First Seed Osmose Productions Phazm are a French band that sound more like Amebix than any of their death metal contemporaries. This came across during the
Review: Origin – Echoes of Decimation
Origin Echoes of Decimation Relapse Records Clocking in with nine tracks (no intros!) in just under half an hour, you might suspect that Origin’s newest release in well over
Review: Mortician – Re-Animated Dead Flesh
MORTICIAN RE-ANIMATED DEAD FLESH Mortician Records Mortician = Do you really need this? Okay- Cannibal Corpse + Napalm Death + Incantation The seventh album from the Relapse Records-professed “World’s
Review: Lost Soul – Chaostream
Lost Soul Chaostream Earache Records By the horns of Satan, I had to listen to this album twice just to make sure it was as insanely kick ass as
Review: Impaled – Death After Life
Impaled Death After Life Century Media Records As I scraped shredded meat off of the scalpels and saws on my block, I noticed the pus oozing from the new
Review: Hell-Born – Legacy Of The Nephilim
Hell-Born Legacy of the Nephilim Conquer Records Hell-Born is a band from Poland that sounds remarkably close in style to Japan’s Hellchild. This album has a definite thrash metal feel