Winds ““The Imaginary Direction of Time”” (The End Records) Winds’ The Imaginary Direction of Time is characterized by its reoccurring sense of strings and piano intertwined with a rock/prog/metal tinge. Actually, it is a very piano-heavy album that laces the…
Subterranean Masquerade ““Temporary Psychotic State”” (The End Records) What can I say about Subterranean Masquerade’s Temporary Psychotic State that will sound commonplace? How about this: It’s only two songs, but clocks in at over 17 minutes. No, that’s pretty rare.…
Scholomance “The Immortality Murder” (The End Records) This is a 2 CD set of incredibly innovative and highly ambitious technically proficient progressive metal with (get this) death metal vocals on the first CD, and for those who don’t take kindly…
Nightingale “Alive Again: The Breathing Shadow Part IV” (The End Records) With a pretentious title like “Alive Again: The Breathing Shadow Part IV” how can this album fail to please me in every which way but loose? Give me a…
Madder Mortem “Deadlands” (The End Records) Madder Mortem is not just another band in the Gothic metal tradition. Yes, they are a Gothic metal band, but they are a band apart. I should explain how, but the “how” of the…
Green Carnation “Light of Day, Day of Darkness” (The End Records) My first impression of the band is that they have a massive CD booklet: six stapled sheets all two-sided and full color. Where do these people get the money?…
Antimatter “Lights out” (The End Records) Fucking balls. I’m sitting here, waiting, waiting for the goddamn album to get started. I can’t write a review on sparse piano playing and whispering can I? When is the fucker going to kick…
Ulver “A Quick Fix of Melancholy EP” (Jester / The End Records) Sometimes music defies classification and it just merely exists. You don’t really know what the hell to think of it or how to describe it. Ulver’s latest offering is much…