EP Review: Melissa – II

Melissa - IIMarch 24th, 2023Blackened PunkUrge RecordsBrooklyn, New York, USA Melissa first came across my dashboard thanks to my partner who had previously discovered them and showed them to me. This was around the time the band's first EP, the self-titled, was released. I thought that EP, while perhaps rough around the edges, was a …

EP Review: Winterhearth – Rape of Eden

Winterhearth - Rape of EdenMarch 21st, 2023Blackened Death MetalIndependently ReleasedSt. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Rape of Eden is the second EP and the fifth proper release from St. John's blackened death metal stalwarts Winterhearth. Following the release of the band's third full length record, Riverbed Empire, the group underwent some lineup changes, losing Brad …

Album Review: Zorn – Zorn

"Stuck like a nail to the cross, before you've started you already lost." Zorn - ZornMarch 25th, 2023Blackened Punk / MetalpunkIndependently ReleasedPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA I got into Zorn around the same time I got into a bunch of different Philadelphia-associated metal bands like Devil Master, Poison Ruin, and Spiter. It's no surprise considering these bands …

Short Story Review: Dagon by H.P. Lovecraft

"A slimy expanse of hellish black mire which extended about me in monotonous undulations as far as I could see…." Dagonby H.P. Lovecraft1917HorrorThe Vagrant / Weird TalesUnited States of America I recently picked up a small compendium of assorted tales from one of history's most influential (and deeply racist) horror writers, Howard Phillips Lovecraft. While …

Film Review: The Menu [2022]

"Now that is a cheeseburger." - Margot The MenuDir. Mark MylodSeptember 10th, 2022Horror ComedyHyperobject Industries / Gary Sanchez Productions / TSG EntertainmentSearchlight PicturesUnited States of America What's this? A review of an actual recent film instead of something dredged up from a decade or more ago? I know, I'm kind of shocked too. In truth …

Classic Review: Tremors [1990]

"We killed it... fuuuuuuck you!" - Val McKee TremorsDir. Ron UnderwoodJanuary 19th, 1990Horror Comedy / Creature FeatureNo Frills Productions / Pacific Western ProductionsUniversal PicturesUnited States of America Tremors is a film that I've seen a couple of times now, and each time I watch it I feel like it only gets better. This movie is …

Film Review: Orphan [2009]

"If I find out you're lying, I'll cut your hairless little prick off before you even know what it's for." - Esther OrphanDir. Jaume Collet-SerraJuly 21st, 2009Psychological HorrorDark Castle Entertainment / Appian Way ProductionsStudio Babelberg Motion Pictures / StudioCanalWarner Bros. Pictures / Kinowelt FilmverleihInternational Orphan is a film that I had heard people talk about …

Film Review: I Am Here…. Now [2009]

"I'm disappointed in your species... the human species." I Am Here.... NowDir. Neil Breen2009Sci Fi / FantasyIndependently ReleasedUnited States of America Neil Breen has been talked about by film critics on the internet quite a bit in recent years, thanks in no small part to review channels like Your Movie Sucks and Red Letter Media …

Demo Review: Partition – Demo 2023

Partition - Demo 2023March 4th, 2023Post PunkIndependently ReleasedMontreal, Quebec, Canada Post punk as a genre is a recently burgeoning love of mine. I have to be honest that outside of my flirtations with goth rock in the past such as artists like The Sisters of Mercy, I have been mostly unfamiliar with post punk throughout …

EP Review: Tribulation – Hamartia

Tribulation - HamartiaApril 7th, 2023Gothic MetalCentury Media RecordsStockholm, Sweden Readers of Where Strides the Behemoth will no doubt know that Tribulation's last record, Where the Gloom Becomes Sound, was one of my favourite records of 2021. The direction the band had taken towards their moody goth rock-infused brand of blackened heavy metal really hit me …