Album Review: Rob Zombie – The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy

"My name is Sleazy Rider, man, high above the Earth in a garbage can. My name is Sleazy Rider, man, an outer space motherfucking boogeyman." Rob Zombie - The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse ConspiracyMarch 12th, 2021Industrial MetalNuclear Blast RecordsHaverhill, Massachusetts, USA When I was first getting into metal I had a passing interest in …

Album Review: Sanguisugabogg – Tortured Whole

"Awaken from the grave, body's stiff and cold, scratch the coffin's door, tear the rotted wood." Sanguisugabogg - Tortured WholeMarch 26th, 2021Death MetalCentury Media RecordsColumbus, Ohio, USA Sanguisugabogg are a band who piqued my interest last year with the release of their debut EP, Pornographic Seizures, which reached into the glut of old school death …

Album Review: Tombs – Under Sullen Skies

"Those who rise and those who fall, bleed the rose in this sullen land. Wraith of shadows." Tombs - Under Sullen SkiesNovember 20th, 2020Black MetalSeason of MistBrooklyn, New York, USA In recent years, Brooklyn-based metal outfit Tombs have transitioned away from their sludgey, post metal output of yesteryear towards a much darker approach with a …

Album Review: Evile – Hell Unleashed

"Back to the wall, trust departed. The thing has transmogrified..." Evile - Hell UnleashedApril 30th, 2021Thrash MetalNapalm RecordsHuddersfield, England, UK I still remember my exclamation of "Holy fuck!" the first time my friends and I blazed through Evile's seminal ripper of "Thrasher" on Rock Band 2 way back in the day. While the so-called 're-thrash' …

Album Review: Cannibal Corpse – Violence Unimagined

"Surround, kill, devour. The need for food compels. Lupine instincts long suppressed now help them to survive." Cannibal Corpse - Violence UnimaginedApril 16th, 2021Death MetalMetal Blade RecordsTampa, Florida, USA Cannibal Corpse, the Floridian death metal behemoths who at this point are essentially synonymous with the genre, have been lopping the heads off of zombies and …

Album Review: Gojira – Fortitude

"New found splendor in the sky. New found land across the sea." Gojira - FortitudeApril 30th, 2021Progressive MetalRoadrunner RecordsOndres, France Gojira have been one of my favourite bands for a long time. I first fell in love with them with the release of their 2008 album The Way of All Flesh, which came out right …

Film Review: Spiral: From the Book of Saw [2021]

"It could be another Jigsaw copycat..." Spiral: From the Book of SawDir. Darren Lynn BousmanMay 14th, 2021Horror / Thriller / Crime / Torture PornTwisted PicturesLionsgateUnited States of America I'll admit right from the beginning that the only film I've seen in the Saw franchise up until recently was the very first installment, 2004's Saw directed …