Rust In Peace: Riley Gale [Power Trip] 1985-2020

It's not often when celebrity deaths affect me. There have only been a handful of instances where the passing of icons in the metal world has really struck me hard. The loss of Ronnie James Dio, for example, while sad, was also not entirely unexpected after his years long battle with cancer. The loss of …

Album Review: SikTh – The Future in Whose Eyes

No light in the well, wake up, it's not too late. You need to find a crack of light to follow. SikTh - The Future in Whose EyesJune 2nd, 2017Progressive Metal / Technical MetalVictor Talking Machine CompanyWatford, England, United Kingdom SikTh are band so legendary that to describe them would only be apropos in educating …

Album Review: The Acacia Strain – It Comes in Waves

The Acacia Strain - It Comes in Waves December 26th, 2019 Deathcore Closed Casket Activities Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA Of all the deathcore giants who emerged in the 2000's none of them have delivered such consistent quality material as The Acacia Strain. This band has released album after album of nuclear-level heaviness and suffocating atmosphere which has …

EP Review: Sanguisugabogg – Pornographic Seizures

Sanguisugabogg - Pornographic Seizures July 26th, 2020 Death Metal Maggot Stomp Ohio, United States The name may strike you as bizarre, and that's because it is, but what Sanguisugabogg bring to the table beyond an indecipherable name is a raucous assault of brutal, unrelenting death metal awash in the fervor of castrating violence. The band has …

Album Review: Alestorm – Curse of the Crystal Coconut

Alestorm - Curse of the Crystal Coconut May 29th, 2020 Folk Metal Napalm Records Perth, Scotland, UK Alestorm, Alestorm, Alestorm. Where to begin with this band? I think there are few other bands in the metal world at large who ran out of ideas and originality as Alestorm has. I mean, when your gimmick is …