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Written by Liu
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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 16:58 |
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Nuclear Blast
I was part of a discussion some time ago about the musical genres that defined decades. In the 80's there was Thrash and to a lesser extent Glam (I still maintain that "Glam Metal" was just rock music labeled by people who didn't know any better). In the 90's there was the Floridian Death Metal movement, the Swedish Melodic Death Metal craze (Gothenburg et al) and the Norwegian Black Metal lunacy. The 00's has been a bit harder to define, as the only genres that seems to have swept by with any lasting attention was the brainless Metalcore bullshit and the soulless Thrash Metal Revival.
There has been one other genre making waves in recent years and that has been the Folk Metal genre (and the variations of such in Viking and Pagan Metal). It can be argued that the genre may have already run its course, with every band under the sun being snapped up by eager labels. Despite this over saturation (which inevitably occurs in them all), a few bands are still out there with a fresh take on the sound. One such band is Equilibrium. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 October 2008 17:59 |
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Read the full review [Equilibrium - Sagas]
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Written by Bonehand
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Thursday, 16 October 2008 18:22 |
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Nuclear Blast 2008 You know the kind of album you hear every once in a while, that just meshes perfectly with your brain-gears the moment you hear it? Well, I was fortunate to find one of those this week in Ob(Servant), the latest from Tasmanian death dealers Psycroptic. Having really enjoyed their brief stint at Summer Slaughter, I was expecting a great CD, but...Wow. Ob(Servant) blasts out of the gate with the barnstorming title track, a powerfully driving introduction to the next hour of carnage, as guitarist Joe Haley sends shards of sonic shrapnel flying in all directions. It's amazing to me that one guitar can make so much damn noise, a thought I first had upon seeing Psycroptic live. The awesome deathly bridge slows the pace to snap a few necks before the tune slips back into gear and screams toward the finish, the band locked in noteworthy precision. |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 04 November 2008 22:32 |
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Read the full review [Psycroptic - Ob(Servant)]
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Carcass, Exhume to Consume 2008, El Corazon, Seattle. |
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Written by Bonehand
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Saturday, 11 October 2008 05:46 |
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Carcass Exhumed to Consume Tour, with Suffocation, 1349 and Aborted
Seattle, El Corazon, Sept 21, 2008 2008 may go down as THE banner year for defunct death metal legends to reform for one last tour. First At The Gates reconvened for one "last" spin around the states, and then long-separated UK grindcore pioneers Carcass have also reformed for a final jaunt. No way I would miss this one, so when it was announced that Seattle would be the fortunate final stop on the bands abbreviated 14 city North American tour, I was all over it. Time to hit El Corazon for another great night of legendary death metal! |
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Last Updated on Sunday, 12 October 2008 05:30 |
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Read the full review [Carcass, Exhume to Consume 2008, El Corazon, Seattle.]
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All Shall Perish - Awaken The Dreamers |
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Written by Bonehand
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Saturday, 11 October 2008 05:49 |
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Nuclear Blast 2008 Prior to my receiving Awaken The Dreamers, the latest from Oakland’s All Shall Perish, my only experience with the band was in confusing them with All That Remains. However, hearing that Seattle’s Luke Jaeger (of Sleep Terror/Hunab Ku) had joined ASP on their most recent European tour made me curious to hear what the band had to offer. I confess to being pretty damn impressed with this, their latest release. The album begins with a Meshuggah-esque stutter in “When Life Meant More”, the mid-section of which is resplendent with shred-heavy necrophagia. My attention was immediately captured by the well recorded vocals of frontman Hernan Hermida, which are brutal yet highly intelligible. On Awaken The Dreamers, Hernan rarely feels the need to sing clean, staying true to a death metal ethic even during many of the most emotional sections, a definite plus in my opinion. |
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Last Updated on Sunday, 12 October 2008 05:17 |
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Read the full review [All Shall Perish - Awaken The Dreamers]
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Iced Earth - The Crucible Of Man |
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Written by Liu
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Wednesday, 08 October 2008 16:18 |
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SPV
There was a time, about ten years ago, that it seemed that Iced Earth was poised to become the next Iron Maiden. Riding off the success of Something Wicked This Way Comes and the now classic Alive In Athens, it was only a matter of time before the Florida-based band would be at the very top of the Metal world. That didn't happen. After a string of average-at-best albums (where for every great song like Dracula or Ten Thousand Strong there were forgettable flops like When The Eagles Cries and Dragon's Child) and a very lamentable line-up change (Matthew Barlow out, Ripper Owens in), it seemed like the band was doomed to forever flounder as an also-ran. But a change of fortune eventually found Ripper back on the outside making room for Barlow's return. The Crucible Of Man would be the first album with Barlow back on vocals and expectations are high. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 08 October 2008 19:05 |
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Read the full review [Iced Earth - The Crucible Of Man]
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