CHAPEL: Sunday Brunch
CHAPELSunday Brunch
RISE
10/10
INTELLIGENT PARTY FUN: Sunday Brunch is first and foremost a party record. Touching on influences ranging from Twenty One Pilots (“Miss Monogamy,”...
…AND OCEANS: Cosmic World Mother
…AND OCEANS Cosmic World Mother
SEASON OF MIST
8/10
ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW STRANGER: Finland’s …And Oceans has always been extremely difficult to...
FEAR FACTORY: Aggression Continuum
FEAR FACTORY Aggression Continuum
NUCLEAR BLAST
9/10
INDUSTRIAL METAL: Almost always, Los Angeles’ Fear Factory can do no wrong. Bursting onto the scene with...
MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST: Resurrection
MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST
Resurrection
NUCLEAR BLAST
6/10
HISTORICAL HARD ROCK: It’s a sign of how popular and respected Michael Schenker is that he can get together three of...
NIGHTFALL: At Night We Prey
NIGHTFALL At Night We Prey
SEASON OF MIST
7/10
MELODIC BLACKENED DOOM DEATH: Pardon the self-absorbed twaddle sullying this first paragraph or so, but...
CRAZY LIXX: Forever Wild
CRAZY LIXX Forever Wild
FRONTIERS
9/10
HIGH-OCTANE HAIR METAL: Genre cycles come and go, it’s just the
nature of the beast. For every Bay Area thrash scene,...
NULLINGROOTS: Into the Grey
NULLINGROOTSInto the Grey
PROSTHETIC
9/10
POST-BLACK METAL: A worthy member of the US post-black metal scene, Nullingroots’ sprawling sound makes for constantly compelling and frequently unpredictable listening....
NEKROGOBLIKON: Welcome to Bonkers
NEKROGOBLIKON
Welcome to Bonkers
MUSIC BOX
5/10
GOBLIN METAL: One of the reasons Dethklok works as well as it does is that Brendan Smalls fully understands that if...
THE FLIGHT OF SLEIPNIR: Eventide
THE FLIGHT OF SLEIPNIR Eventide
EISENWALD
9/10
EXTREME METAL WITH A PAGAN AND BLACK METAL FRAMEWORK: It’s funny how some bands slip through the cracks....
SEPTIC TANK: Rotting Civilisation
SEPTIC TANK
Rotting Civilisation
RISE ABOVE
4/10
CRUST: Originally shat into existence in 1994, Septic Tank’s ranks were filled by Cathedral’s Lee Dorian and Gaz Jennings plus Repulsion’s...