Category: Review

Review: “Trials of Failure” by Open Kasket

In 2022 Little Rock Arkansas Sludge Metal infused Hardcore crew Omnibane started a new band in Open Kasket after a four year run in order “to separate our new sound with the sound of Omnibane“. What followed was a pair of EPs in 2022’s “Trapped in the Pit” and 2023’s “Blood Moon” with the three piece

Review: “Descent Into Madness” by Enterprise Earth

The exit of long time drummer Brandon Zackey to join fellow Deathcore skull crushers Whitechapel in 2024 left the casualty rate at somewhere approaching seventeen musicians in the eleven years that Spokane Washington collective Enterprise Earth have been in the game. Since 2022 and vocalist Dan Watson’s departure, there have been no original members in

Review: “March Of The Eternal Heretic” by Sidewinder

Engineered and mastered by James Atkinson (Angel Witch, Carcass, Wytch Haze) and wrapped in artwork by drummer Gareth “Gaz” Hares, who doubles as a tattoo artist of repute, “March Of The Eternal Heretic” is the second record by crossover Thrash crew Sidewinder. Unless of course you count their eleven minute 2023 demo of course. Hailing

Review: “Carnival Of Atrocities” by Sarkasm

Some people say that it’s not about the destination but the journey it took to reach it. If that was true then Canadian Death Thrash pioneers Sarkasm would have been buried long ago, their initial run from 1990 to 1994 yielding for trailblazing demos but nothing more. They would reunite three times for shows in

Review: “The Doom Scroll” by Weed Demon

For the past decade Columbus Ohio’s Weed Demon have been reaching outer limits of Sludge fuelled Stoner Doom Metal with “The Doom Scroll” being their third studio album following 2015’s EP “Stoned To Death“. That’s no mean feat with the collection of veteran musicians also having a wealth of other projects on the boil, including

Review: “Absolute Dismal Domain” by Relics of Humanity

“Absolute Dismal Domain is a nine-act conceptual record. The story told across these nine tracks is about absolute ubiquitous annihilation of light, both spiritually (god) and physically (sun and stars). This is the most brutal stuff about blackness and ungodliness ever created.” ~ Relics of Humanity

Review: “Tragedy of the Commons” by Great American Ghost

Having been somewhat out of the limelight since 2022 EP “Torture World” found them collaborating with legendary producer Will Putney (Knocked Loose, Fit For An Autopsy, Kittie), the return of New Hampshire natives Great American Ghost is an intriguing prospect. Since their inception in 2012 they have always been an outfit to push not only

Review: “Quadrivium: Resonances” by The Third Grade

Hailing from Valencia, Spanish Progressive Metal collective The Third Grade have been writing, recording and performing since 2010 with a revolving door of musicians leaving multi instrumentalist Jose Masiá the sole founding member. Beside him since 2017 stands vocalist María Cobos, three years later drummer Ivan Tacchella joined the fold. Together they have been working on an

Review: “Bound To The Kyphon” by Cyphonism

Over the past thirteen years Wolfsburg Germany based Brutal Technical Death Metal act Cyphonism have become a force to be reckoned with, their 2022 sophomore album “Cosmic Voidance” an absolute beast of a record. Soaked in dark themes of Philosophy, Mankind, Transcendence and Heresy it was very well received, painting a nightmarish vision with elevated

Review: “Self Titled” by I don’t do drugs, I am drugs

A year after the arrival of debut EP “The Savant on Ketamine” which saw Cyclops Cataract multi instrumentalist Scott Hogg and Trailight vocalist Omer Cordell enter into a blood pact and create a band named after the Salvador Dali quote “I don’t do drugs, I am drugs.” a debut album is the last thing we expected. Especially