Twitch / The Land Of Rape And Honey (Deluxe Vinyl...
(Rhino) Rating: 8.0 There are few rock bands that you can point to as almost single-handedly helping trailblaze and popularize a certain subgenre. But Ministry – and in particular, their...
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KLONE – The Unseen (Album Review)
Hailing from France, Klone are a band who have been on the rise over the course of several albums. Although originally employing heavier and darker approaches – like that of...
Tapping The Vein (Deluxe Edition)
(BMG) Rating: 8.5 Can’t get enough Sodom lately, having seen them twice on last year’s 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, the year before, it was headlining Hell’s Heroes festival and...
PRIMAL CODE – Opaque Fixation (Album Review)
Transparently dark and forbidding Since the mid-1980s Chicago, Illinois has proven something of a dark horse entry within the greater North American death metal scene. Though arguably less prolific than...
GOLGOTHAN REMAINS – Bearer Of Light, Matriarch Of Death
(Dark Descent) Rating: 8.5 I don’t know Sydney-based Golgothan Remains, but I sure know Dark Descent, and Dark Descent sure know their death metal, so I’m all in. The cover...
VOODOO CIRCLE – Hail To The King
The latest solo effort from former Primal Fear guitarist Alex Beyrodt comes just a couple months removed from the surprisingly sudden disintegration of the venerable German power metal outfit. What...
The Last Will And Testament
(Reigning Phoenix Music) Rating: 10 By: Rich Catino It’s always a musical and emotional journey listening to an Opeth album. Many questions arise – will it be melodic death metal,...
KRUELTY – Profane Usurpation
(Closed Casket Activities) Rating: 7.5 Fresh off last year’s killer Untopia LP on Profound Lore, Japan’s Kruelty are back with Profane Usurpation, a four-song EP that’s just the right length...
HAVOK – New Eyes
(Independent) Rating: 7.0 New Eyes is a taster of new music for Havok as they crash the road with Exodus on their North American tour. This is their first bit...
DEMON BITCH – Master Of The Games
(Cruz Del Sur) Rating: 8.5 Sophomore full-length from an intriguing Detroit outfit. Newly signed to the label, their earlier output (dating back a decade): EP and debut album, will be...
