SATYRICON: Rebel Extravaganza
SATYRICON Rebel Extravaganza
NAPALM
9/10
BREAKING THE CHAINS: It's hard to believe that Satyricon's Rebel Extravaganza is 20 years old in 2019,
but here we are, celebrating...
WOLVES AT THE GATE: Eclipse
WOLVES AT THE GATE Eclipse
SOLID STATE
9/10
CHRISTIAN POST-HARDCORE: Practiced and true, Wolves at the Gate has kept the formula essentially the same since...
FRIENDSHIP: Undercurrent
FRIENDSHIP Undercurrent
SOUTHERN LORD
9/10
SLUDGY
POWERVIOLENCE: When
Japan’s Friendship hit the international stage in 2017 with their Hatred full-length, we were quick to
forgive their adherence to...
LAKE OF TEARS: Ominous
LAKE OF TEARS Ominous
AFM
6/10
A MIXED BAG: The story of heavy metal has been full of bands whose careers progressed to places...
FATHERS, BROTHERS AND SONS: SURVIVING ANGUISH, ABANDONMENT, AND ANTHRAX
FATHERS, BROTHERS AND SONS: SURVIVING ANGUISH, ABANDONMENT, AND ANTHRAXBy Frank Bello with Joel McIver
RARE BIRD BOOKS
9/10
MORE THAN YOUR AVERAGE MEMOIR: Frank Bello’s autobiography is...
MÅNEGARM: Fornaldarsagor
MÅNEGARM Fornaldarsagor
NAPALM
6/10
SWEDISH VIKING BLACK FOLK METAL: There’s something
to be said about consistency. Månegarm is a Swedish metal act with attachments to the...
FORGOTTEN TOMB: Nihilistic Estrangement
FORGOTTEN TOMB Nihilistic Estrangement
AGONIA
9/10
BLACK/DOOM/DEATH: There’s something to be said for never ruling a band out. For instance, I’ve heard the name...
SLEEPERSOUND: In Media Res
SLEEPERSOUNDIn Media Res
8/10
POST-ROCK ROCK OUT: In Media Res sounds as drenched in the mechanics of American work song as they are submerged with ambient evocations and...
MALEVOLENT CREATION: The 13th Beast
MALEVOLENT CREATION The 13th Beast
CENTURY MEDIA
6/10
DEATH METAL: Formed in 1987, Floridian death metal band Malevolent Creation never fully reached the upper echelon of the genre that...
CRAZY LIXX: Street Lethal
CRAZY LIXX Street Lethal
FRONTIERS
9/10
ACTION PACKED, CINEMATIC HARD ROCK: Crazy Lixx has never been out to reinvent the wheel, but the band...