Album Review: Void – Horrors of Reality

"In the dead of the night, there it sits, we enter the house with a crucifix." Void - Horrors of RealityFebruary 1st, 2023Thrash MetalIndependently ReleasedLafayette, Louisiana, USA Modern thrash metal is a genre I often find lacking in interest, at least when it comes to my personal taste. I feel like a lot of it …

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 …

Album Review: Crowbar – Zero and Below

"I'm bowing down on bloody knees, I'm crying out, I beg and plead." Crowbar - Zero and BelowMarch 4th, 2022Sludge MetalMNRK HeavyNew Orleans, Louisiana, USA I'll say right off the bat that I'm not super familiar with Crowbar's work. I've listened to them here and there over the years, but I can't say their sound …

Akhenaten’s Best Albums of 2021

10. Spectral Wound - A Diabolic Thirst Though I may be biased in being currently based in Montreal myself, I can't help but say that I adore this record. These black metal warriors from the frozen north of Canada have provided their best offering yet, with a heaping heavy helping of intense, relentless extremity that …

Album Review: Eyehategod – A History of Nomadic Behavior

"Wake up at 6:00 AM, go to work, go to school, every day, every day, every day." Eyehategod - A History of Nomadic BehaviorMarch 12th, 2021Sludge MetalCentury Media RecordsNew Orleans, Louisiana, USA Admittedly I was never a huge fan of Eyehategod. I always found their music to be particularly abrasive in a way that I …

Classic Review: Interview with the Vampire [1994]

"Most of all I longed for death. I know that now. I invited it, a release from the pain of living. My invitation was open to anyone. Sailors, thieves, whores and slaves... but it was a vampire that accepted." - Louis de Pointe du Lac Interview with the VampireDir. Neil JordanNovember 11th, 1994Gothic HorrorThe Geffen …