Authors: Bryer Wharton
Local Review: Deathblow – Prognosis Negative
SLC’s Deathblow have been kicking around for a while now, getting a great reputation from their “fast thrash up your ass” live shows. … read more
Local Review: Deathead – Blessed in Blasphemy
Deathead = Sodom + Kreator + Sepultura … read more
Local Review: Blood Purge – Maniacal Carnage
Blood Purge = Sodom + Morbid Angel + Destroyer 666 … read more
Local Review: Black Seas of Infinity/The Red Path – Ophitic...
There’s something about opening the package containing this split cassette release, pulling a black cassette tape wrapped in shed snakeskin out of the plastic case with some strange symbol/logo on it. … read more
Review: Ghost – Meliora
Ghost = Blue Oyster Cult + Thin Lizzy + Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats … read more
Review: Ghost B.C. – Infestissumam
This new set of hymns from the highly praised Ghost B.C. has been even more bustled about than the bands debut Opus Eponymous. … read more
Review: Funeral Circle – Self-Titled
Funeral Circle set out to be epic doom metal, but unlike Candlemass, Funeral Circle, for the most part, retain a crunchier groove-riff-burdening album featuring slower tunes with sparse guitar solos and leads. When those leads and solo licks do kick in, the impact is much harder. … read more
Review: Fear Factory – Genexus
Fear Factory = Godflesh + Napalm Death + Pitchshifter … read more
Review: Eyehategod – Self-Titled
Eyehategod Eyehategod Housecore Street: 05.27 Eyehategod = Crowbar + Sourvein + Outlaw Order What’s fourteen years with no full-length album mean for Eyehategod? A whole lot of nothing other than what was just pointed out. The musicians had ample bands, Outlaw Order, Arson Anthem, Down, Soilent Green so on and son on to fill their
Review: Fallujah – The Flesh Prevails
This Bay Area band has buzz going in the modern metal world. After seeing a multitude of positive reviews about this new album, I had to check it out and chime in. … read more