Aucausal Intrusion – Vomit Meditations Review
In an act of unconscious serendipity, shortly before beginning this review, I re-read Jean-Paul Sartre’s Nausea. The serendipity…
Fog Wall – Gloomweaver Review
Drawing from metal’s perennial fantasy touchstone—Lord of the Rings—with the genre’s new favorite fantasy—the Fromsoftware game catalog—Fog Wall…
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…
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…
Into to the Obscure: Cianide – Death, Doom and Destruction
We all have our dark and privileged metal secrets we selfishly keep to ourselves, only sharing with a…
Sallow Moth – Hydrophilous Brood Review
Less than a year after delivering one of my favorite albums of 2025, Sallow Moth flutters in to…
Arise from Worms – A Bleeding Tree Hanging Self Destruction Review
If unrepentant guitar shredding gets your juices flowing, be warned that Arise from Worms bursts at the seams…
Blood Mother – Blood Mother Review
After 18 years and five full-length albums as frontman to The Lion’s Daughter, Rick Giordano decided “the daughter…
August Burns Red – Season of Surrender Review
I want to apologize in advance for delaying the biggest review of the summer that we all have…
Solace – Fading Failing Ruin Review
Asbury Park, New Jersey’s Solace observes their thirtieth anniversary this year, and to celebrate it, the quintet emerges…