September 2, 2020
Album Review: Necrot’s Mortal (Tankcrimes, August 28th)
The metal world is full of sub-genre categorization. You can’t swing a dead cat in an online forum without hitting a post debating a band’s…
Articles Written By: Jeffrey Miles
August 11, 2020
Album Review: Desolator’s Sermon of Apathy (Black Lion Records, Sept. 4th)
My first exposure to death metal, in late 1994/early 1995, came via Obituary’s World Demise and Symbolic from Death. Both albums turned me on to…
July 9, 2020
Album Review: Subterranean Exile by The Wizar’d
Australia’s The Wizar’d have been churning out traditional doom metal since 2004, amassing a solid catalog of four full-length albums and several EPs. Their most…
May 15, 2020
Album Review: Stygian Crown (s/t, Cruz Del Sur)
Scanning the press release for Stygian Crown’s upcoming, self-titled release, a phrase jumped off my screen: “Candlethrower.” For the uninitiated, it might seem like an…
October 1, 2019
Album Review: HORROR by EXHUMED
Many bands go through stylistic changes during their career. Some are radical changes, such as Celtic Frost [Morbid Tales vs. Cold Lake] or Corrosion of…
October 5, 2017
Album Review: Exhumed’s Death Revenge (Relapse)
Through seven full-length offerings and enough demos and splits to fill a casket, San Jose’s Exhumed have proven to be nothing but reliable. You see…
July 19, 2017
The Road to Slothfest, Part II: An Interview with Deathcrown
Editor’s Note: Deathcrown is another out-of-town band that will be playing Slothfest 2017 at Bleachers in Bristol on Saturday, July 29th. Let’s give them some stories to…