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,…
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…
Sworn – Null Crowned the Infinite Review
At the end of his TYMHM for Sworn’s A Journey Told Through Fire, Carcharodon proclaimed it the best…
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…
Exumer – Death Mask Messiah Review
Exumer are probably viewed as a footnote in the Big Book of Germanic Thrash. After all, they only…
Street Tombs – Existence is Corruption Review
Sometimes it just feels good to let rip some ferocious riffs, pound the drums at headbanging velocity, and…
Novareign – Shifting the Axis of the World Review
Eight long years after releasing their explosive debut Legends, Novareign returns with long-awaited follow-up Shifting the Axis of…
Emptiness – Nowhere Speaks Review
Emptiness, nothingness, absence, non-being: such evocations of negation abound in extreme metal, often justifiably given the visceral analogy…
Hours of Worship – Resignation Review
I’ve always been more drawn to art that induces ‘negative’ emotions over ‘positive’ ones. I hate happy endings;…
Crypts of Golgotha – Disembodied in the Arms of Perdition Review
Nestled in the underground crevices and rocky terrain of Denver, Colorado, emerging upstarts Crypts of Golgotha rise with…
Moonspell – Far from God Review
I’m so thankful this day has come. After receiving the 2021 promo for Hermitage, Moonspell dropped cryptic hints…
Crocell – Swarm of Insects Review
Spawned in 2007, Danish quintet Crocell started life as a humble, but prolifically productive melodic death metal troupe,…