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Album Reviews

  • Rotting Christ – Rituals

    In a world where religion and tradition are often regarded as a source of negativity, there remains a single entity that brings out the beauty of religious ideologies while simultaneously disregarding it’s overrated importance. Hailing from Athens, Rotting Christ...

    • Posted 10 years ago
  • Envenomed – Reckoning

    Back in 2014, Melbourne’s Envenomed released their debut full-length album, ‘Evil Unseen’. Showcasing a type of thrash metal that was wholly unexpected to me the first time I listened through this record, it incorporated melodic elements in its music...

    • Posted 10 years ago
  • Dream Theater – The Astonishing

    When you hear the term “concept album” in the metal genre, Dream Theater’s Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory is an album that springs to mind. A widely admired album for its musicianship and themes, it is to date...

    • Posted 10 years ago
  • Lagerstein – All For Rum & Rum For All

    One might think that when it comes to the aptly named genre of ‘pirate metal’ that one band would be more than enough to fill the required gap. With Alestorm leading the charge for modern pirate metal (after Running...

    • Posted 10 years ago
  • Cryptic Abyss – Feed ‘Em To The Sea

    Melbourne’s Cryptic Abyss are a band I’ve been following for a little bit now, since first discovering them close to a year ago. In that short space of time, the band has continued to grow and mature – both musically and...

    • Posted 10 years ago
  • Polaris – The Guilt and the Grief

    In an age of music, particularly metal,  which is constantly evolving, it’s always great to see bands and musicians taking risks, experimenting and aiming to create a niche of their own. Sydney’s very own Polaris are an example of...

    • Posted 10 years ago
  • Roundtable – Dread Marches Under Blood Regalia

    2015 was a spectacular year for Australian doom. Adelaide’s Space Bong and Perth’s Drowning Horse absolutely knocked it out of the park with a couple of the best releases of the year, ones that don’t really suit sporting references...

    • Posted 10 years ago
  • Annihilist – Vol. 1

    It’s all about hooks and riffs on the debut from Melbourne’s Annihilist, taking equal parts from European melodeath and the whole modern American metal style. Unlike so many other bands taking it in a tough, mosh-heavy direction though, these...

    • Posted 10 years ago
  • Moonreich – Pillars of Detest

    I’ve reviewed enough black metal albums this past year to be almost a connoisseur of the kvlt now, but no matter how many albums using the same ghastly formula, it doesn’t ever seem to get boring. Despite what the...

    • Posted 10 years ago
  • Devil You Know – They Bleed Red

    I was really critical and negative towards They Bleed Red the first time I listened through this album. I guess it was because I was still attuned to the almost industrial grooves of songs like “Shut It Down.” This...

    • Posted 10 years ago