Review: Amorphis
Amorphis ““Am Universum”” (Relapse Records) Every now and again I hear a band that sounds exactly like another band that I love. Amorphis is one of those bands. Making clever use of the same techniques and sounding really close to…
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Review: Burnt by the Sun
Burnt by the Sun “Self-Titled” (Relapse Records) New school hardcore metal, Jersey’s Burnt by the Sun go beyond what a lot of their peers have been doing on this self-titled e.p. On the more cerebral end of the spectrum (rather…
Review: Red Harvest
Red Harvest ““Cold Dark Matter”” (Relapse Records) The darkness permeates. A steady pulse of percussion… pummel pummel pummel. It rises and breathes like some bastard creation that should not move but does. It intimidates. It scares. It puts the lotion…
Review: Alchemist
Alchemist “Organasm” (Relapse Records) Alchemist kicks off their album sounding like Godflesh run through a standard nineteen sixties’ PsychedelicizerTM. What the PsychedelicizerTM does is add surreal space age keyboards, sitars, random East Indian influences, didgeridoo and other sparkling crystal sounds.…
Review: Czech Assault
Various Artists “Czech Assault” (Relapse Records) I’m speechless. I really don’t know what to say about this bunch since the entire album is one gigantically loud blur. This extreme death metal compilation features five different bands: Imperial Foeticide, Intervalle…
Review: Burnt By The Sun
Burnt By The Sun “Soundtrack to the Personal Revolution” (Relapse Records) All of the time these guys have spent in the sun has finally fried their brains and forced them to produce incredibly scary music! “Soundtrack to the Personal Revolution”…
Review: Uphill Battle
Uphill Battle “Self-Titled” (Relapse Records) I was reading through the notes in the jacket liner on this album and I noticed that these guys are from Goleta. Maybe not a big deal to you, safe and secure in your little…
Review: Today is the Day
Today is the Day “Sadness Will Prevail” (Relapse Records) Have you done your Christmas shopping yet? Of course you have, because by the time you’re reading this it’s already January (even February, possibly) but as I sit here in front…
Review: Terminal Sound System
Terminal Sound System ““RH-8SB”” (Relapse Records) When is the music going to start? Ten minutes later, oh there it is, that’s what I’ve been waiting for, do they realize how short my life is. We’re all going to war and…
Review: Daylightdies
Daylightdies “No Reply” (Relapse Records) What we got here is some old-fashioned plod-along power metal with death vocals by the sound of things right up front and center. What’s starting to get me about the metal scene in general is…