LiveWire – Steel Surpasses Flesh Review
When Sydney, Australia’s LiveWire dropped debut Under Attack! four years ago, they earned a glowing write-up from the…
Cloven Hoof – Never a Prophet in Your Own Land Review
Cloven Hoof was one of the myriad bands that launched during the NWoBHM alongside Iron Maiden, Saxon, Raven…
Critical Defiance – Rivers of Blood Review
The Chilean thrashmongers in Critical Defiance have been slinging molten riffs and high-octane violence for over a decade,…
Game Over – When Darkness Falls Review
Here it is. My first repeat customer. Last April, Italian five-piece Game Over blindsided me with their sixth…
Hanging Garden – Dream Death Review
Between reckless grooves, shimmering leads, and Byzantine riffs, those familiar with Dylan Cruz’s projects should have some idea…
Killer – The Grand Finale Review
A year before Slayer started their thrash party, Paul “Shorty” Van Camp and Fat Leo formed their band,…
Season of Melancholy – In Sleep Review
I’m on a romantic music kick lately, and who can really say why. It’s always been a flavor…
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…
Sigh – Goh-Ka Review | Angry Metal Guy
Great records offer something deeper than what glimmers on the surface, whether conceptual, musical, emotional or otherwise. Without…
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…