[ALBUM REVIEW] MADROST ‘The Essence Of Time Matches No Flesh’
Finding a metal sub-genre to lump Madrost into is not an easy task. They call themselves thrash, but there is quite a bit more going on here influence wisely. They fall into that same early naughties nebulous mix up of the Gothenburg sound and modern American extreme metal that gave us Arsis; Thine Eyes Bleed, […]
[ALBUM REVIEW] BURY THE MACHINES ‘Wicked Covenant’
Bury The Machines puts forward a bleak and desolate soundscape steeped in bitter resignation and angst. This is a one-man show, with John E. Bomher as the only performer. This should come both as no surprise because there is a hive mind like the synergy between vocals and instruments and as a reason for a […]
[ALBUM REVIEW] KREATOR: Gods Of Violence
Kreator has been quiet for quite some time, their last album being released five years ago. Kreator is also quite an old band, having spawned when many of their current fan base were either crawling or not yet conceived. Many bands in this position fade into obscurity with a few halfhearted last stabs at glory […]
[ALBUM REVIEW] NABERUS: The Lost Reveries
First of all, when weighing an album’s merits there’s a very important question I pose, “Can this get me pumped up while playing video games?”. Yes, yes it can. That’s an automatic 3+ at least. When I first listened to this album my first thought was “These guys play like legitimate Swedes,” Which is quite […]
