Deceptor – Reign of Terror Review
Storming out of Raleigh, North Carolina, Deceptor rebukes every vestige of modernity on debut Reign of Terror, firmly…
Tyraels Ascension – Grave Seeker Review
Do I like metalcore? I’ve always struggled a bit with this question. That’s a terrible way to start…
Coffin Hunters – Cosmic Dawn Review
I love album art you can hear, and fittingly, Coffin Hunters’ Cosmic Dawn churns with a groovy, psychedelic…
Sinsid – All That Remains Review
In 2012, lead vocalist Terje Singh Sidhu got together with a rag-tag group of musicians to form some…
Fuming Mouth – The Ringing Bell Review
An age-old challenge for critical houses like ours is that, while they simultaneously represent a cohesive vision, each…
Illwind – The Unfolding at the End of Light Review
Sometimes a new band starts up and chooses a godawful name—like Illwind. I’m not just referring to associations…
Solace – Fading Failing Ruin Review
Asbury Park, New Jersey’s Solace observes their thirtieth anniversary this year, and to celebrate it, the quintet emerges…
Verdun – Abyssal Womb Review
Each writer here in the Hall has their own ritual for fishing new promo from the sump. Some…
Dromos – Failing Light Review
A dromos is a passageway to an underground tomb, likely where a funeral procession would walk to deliver…
Malist – Eternal Echo of the Fall Review
Public opinion on Moscow’s once one-man black metal project Malist varies quite a lot more than I realized.…
Goddess – Ritual of the Cloven Hoof Review
For the second time this month, I seem to have selected a band for review that was born…
Apostle – A Splinter in the Infinite Noumenon Review
Some things are acquired tastes—coffee, vegetables, Mrs. Forrest, to name a few. While some of us instantly and…