Ruyned – Profanum Sacrificium Review
I’ve been on a bit of a thrash bender in June, and Ruyned will conclude this month’s kick…
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…
Verdun – Abyssal Womb Review
Each writer here in the Hall has their own ritual for fishing new promo from the sump. Some…
Scordatura – Led Into Oblivion Review
“Scordatura” is an Italian word that means “mistuning.” This is a technique used for stringed instruments to allow…
Liminal Sky – All Tomorrow’s Darkness Review
Born of the ashes of former project Messenger, UK post-rock duo Liminal Sky, comprised of Jaime Gomez Arellano…
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.…
Goreworm – Miasmic Solitude Review
After releasing debut LP Prodigy of the Grotesque in 2020, Canada’s Goreworm re-emerges from their burrow with follow-up…
Artificial Silence – Hollow Drift Review
Many bands don’t make it past the first album (many more don’t make it there at all). Maybe…
Fires in the Distance – Circadian Promise Review
Not many bands can craft as characteristic an aura as Fires in the Distance. Their dreamy melodicism yet…
Mirror of My Soul – October Is Rising Review
Now—as summer blasts the Earth into a fly-ridden heath—is when I long most for fall. So I get…
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…