Discography Deep Dive: The Ocean – Precambrian

"We're distracted with excuses, why we can't reach for the stars, and so we never spring to arms." The Ocean - PrecambrianNovember 27th, 2007Progressive Metal / Sludge MetalMetal Blade RecordsBerlin, Germany Coming to the fourth album from German progressive metal sextet The Ocean we are treated to the group's longest and most ambitious effort yet. …

Discography Deep Dive: Baroness – Red Album

"Rays upon pinion, lay me down." Baroness - Red AlbumSeptember 4th, 2007Progressive Sludge Metal / Progressive RockRelapse RecordsSavannah, Georgia, USA Georgia seems to be a veritable birthing place for legendary sludge metal bands, having given purchase to such greats as Mastodon and Black Tusk, as well as Kylesa, which I covered on last month's Discography …

Album Review: The Black Dahlia Murder – Nocturnal

"Crawling the walls, through every crack and crevice teems, blackness washing over the windowpanes, painting the buildings in between." The Black Dahlia Murder - NocturnalSeptember 18th, 2007Melodic Death MetalMetal Blade RecordsDetroit, Michigan, USA Here it is. This is the album, the album, that did it for me with extreme music. I still remember the first …

Album Review: High on Fire – Death is this Communion

"Now you realize, DEATH IS THIS COMMUNION!" High on Fire - Death is this CommunionSeptember 18th, 2007Sludge MetalRelapse RecordsOakland, California, USA And so here it is. We have come to the penultimate review in this month's edition of Discography Deep Dive and what is, in my opinion, the best gosh darned record in High on …