Recent Reviews
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Review: COGNITIVE – ‘The Horrid Swarm’
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Review: THROWN INTO EXILE – ‘Thrown Into Exile’
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Review: HOWL – ‘Bloodlines ’ (Relapse)
09 April 2013 8:36 PM | No Comments -
CORRECTIONS HOUSE (members of EYEHATEGOD, NEUROSIS, NACHTMYSTIUM, YAKUZA) Show Review w/ Photos
23 January 2013 10:55 PM | No Comments -
Review: SONIC PULSE – ‘Lager Than Life’ (Horror Pain Gore Death)
03 January 2013 8:35 PM | No Comments
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Reviews Archive
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Review: COGNITIVE – ‘The Horrid Swarm’
Posted on April 16, 2013 | No CommentsWhen you think of New Jersey some first thoughts that come to mind are probably Italian douche bags with bad tans and spiky hair, fist... -
Review: THROWN INTO EXILE – ‘Thrown Into Exile’
Posted on April 11, 2013 | No CommentsIf the name THROWN INTO EXILE doesn’t ring a bell right way fear not. You can stop scratching your pretty little head as these guys... -
Review: HOWL – ‘Bloodlines ’ (Relapse)
Posted on April 9, 2013 | No CommentsThe new album from HOWL, Bloodlines, is good. It’s goooood. It’s a solid album and definitely a step up from their 2010 debut Full of Hell,... -
CORRECTIONS HOUSE (members of EYEHATEGOD, NEUROSIS, NACHTMYSTIUM, YAKUZA) Show Review w/ Photos
Posted on January 23, 2013 | No CommentsCORRECTIONS HOUSE, the new collective featuring Mike IX Williams (Eyehategod), Scott Kelly (Neurosis), Sanford Parker (Nachtmystium) and Bruce Lamont (Yakuza), have recently set out on tour together. The Boston date, and second of... -
Review: SONIC PULSE – ‘Lager Than Life’ (Horror Pain Gore Death)
Posted on January 3, 2013 | No CommentsIf it hasn’t been said already I will gladly be the first to say that SONIC PULSE are going to play a pivotal role in... -
Review: BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME – ‘The Parallax II: Future Sequence’ (Metal Blade)
Posted on December 4, 2012 | No CommentsCalling the music of North Carolina’s Between the Buried and Me grandiose would be nothing short of a gross understatement. Undisputed heavyweights in the progressive... -
Review: IN ALCATRAZ 1962 – ‘The Drive’ (Standby)
Posted on November 26, 2012 | No CommentsDefining hardcore in 2012 is a slippery slope. It would be difficult to convince veterans of the community to give up-and-comers like Virginia’s In Alcatraz... -
Review: Corrosion Of Conformity – ‘Eye For An Eye’ Reissue (Candlelight Records)
Posted on November 18, 2012 | No CommentsThe original Eye for an Eye came out in 1984, released by a young and rising Raleigh, North Carolina act called Corrosion of Conformity. Eye... -
Review: SICADIS – ‘Blood of a Thousand Hearts’ (self released)
Posted on November 7, 2012 | No CommentsI can see why Sicadis is Kansas City’s premier metal act, not only have they earned their stripes by supporting acts such as Testament, Napalm... -
Review: A LIFE ONCE LOST – ‘Ecstatic Trance’ (Season of Mist)
Posted on November 2, 2012 | No CommentsFive years between albums may seem like an eternity to some, but Philadelphia’s metalcore powerhouse A Life Once Lost are out to prove that they’re... -
Review: ABIOTIC – ‘Symbiosis’ (Metal Blade Records)
Posted on October 23, 2012 | No CommentsIt would be easy to dismiss Abiotic as just another technical death metal act. Honestly, I’d be lying if I said that wasn’t my initial... -
Review: EARLY GRAVES – ‘Red Horse’ (No Sleep Records)
Posted on October 18, 2012 | No CommentsAnother album that I’ve been looking forward to for quite sometime, but I’m a little disappointed in the latest from EARLY GRAVES. Red Horse, the... -
Review: CAR BOMB – ‘w^w^^w^w’ (self-released)
Posted on October 12, 2012 | No CommentsIn the landscape of modern music, you can’t help but admire the DIY work ethic of New York mathcore quartet Car Bomb. Their sophomore effort,... -
Review: CHROME WAVES – ‘Chrome Waves’ (Gravedancer Records)
Posted on October 3, 2012 | No CommentsThere are countless ways to put a band together. Often people in the same town or scene come together out of mutual taste and form... -
Review: PIG DESTROYER – ‘Book Burner’ (Relapse Records)
Posted on October 1, 2012 | No CommentsI’ve been looking forward to this album for so long and it is well worth the wait. Book Burner is like having sex with a toaster… Electrifying,... -
Review: LICH KING – ‘Born of the Bomb’
Posted on October 1, 2012 | No CommentsFuck Los Angeles and this stupid heat wave bullshit. It’s almost October and it is estimated to reach a hotter than hell itself 100 degrees.... -
Review: BEHOLD THE ARCTOPUS – ‘Horroscension’ (Black Market Activities)
Posted on September 24, 2012 | No CommentsThe story of 2012′s music for me is how many bands in the so-called sub-genres are actually outshining releases from many major artists. Not that... -
Review: THE CASUALTIES – ‘Resistance’ (Season of Mist)
Posted on September 21, 2012 | No CommentsThe year is 2012, the music industry continues to crawl it’s way through a time of despair as piracy rises and the idea of streaming... -
Review: GRAVE – ‘Endless Procession Of Souls’ (Century Media)
Posted on September 12, 2012 | No CommentsThere are few things in this world we can rely on to be there for us in a time of need. I’m talking about life’s... -
Review: THY WILL BE DONE – ‘Temple’ (Eye.On Lion Recordings)
Posted on September 5, 2012 | No CommentsTHY WILL BE DONE has matured since their last release, 2009′s In Ancient of Days, and you can hear it throughout their latest offering Temple. It’s... -
Review: BLACK SHEEP WALL – ‘No Matter Where It Ends’ (Season of Mist)
Posted on August 29, 2012 | No CommentsFor a band that apparently named themselves after a video game cheat code (the video game in question would be Starcraft, to be exact) you’d... -
Review: JUST LIKE VINYL – ‘Black Mass’ (Suberball Music)
Posted on August 27, 2012 | No CommentsI got Black Mass a little while back and had it in line to be listened to, but had skipped over it a couple times.... -
Review: SAINT VITUS – ‘Lillie: F-65’ (Season of Mist)
Posted on August 23, 2012 | No CommentsSince 1978, Saint Vitus has successfully(or unsuccessfully) managed to stay under the radar of the average metalhead. Their dark and menacing sound, mixed with Wino’s... -
Review: BIRDS IN ROW – ‘You, Me & The Violence’ (Deathwish Inc.)
Posted on August 22, 2012 | No CommentsFlooding with emotion and gritty distortion, You, Me & The Violence is raw and powerful. Scornful of society, battered by faults, scarred by misdeeds, yet holding... -
Review: GAZA – ‘No Absolutes in Human Suffering’ (Black Market Activities)
Posted on August 6, 2012 | No CommentsNo Absolutes in Human Suffering is disgusting, dissonant, utterly gross, and completely awesome. Gaza hits such tones and screeches that simply make you uncomfortable if not accompanied...
