Album Review: Sentiment Dissolve – The Orwellian Dream

"Sacrifice autonomy and be a part of something great." Sentiment Dissolve - The Orwellian DreamMay 24th, 2024Progressive / Technical Death MetalCDN RecordsLondon, Ontario, Canada Sentiment Dissolve are a relatively new face in the world of Canadian death metal. Formed in 2022 the band released their debut album, The Orwellian Dream, in May of this year, …

Classic Review: Saints Row 2

"You can't build an ivory tower without killing a few elephants." - Dane Vogel Saints Row 2October 14th, 2008Action Adventure / SandboxCrimeVolitionTHQPC / Xbox 360 / PlayStation 3 The Saints Row franchise may have fallen into something resembling disarray in its later years, but the first several games in the series are still fondly remembered …

Album Review: The Black Dahlia Murder – Ritual

"Pitch black transmission of the soul, instincts from within rise, we’re all but beasts, that hunger from inside." The Black Dahlia Murder - RitualJune 21st, 2011Melodic Death MetalMetal Blade RecordsDetroit, Michigan, USA So we have come to the end of The Black Dahlia Murder Week on Discography Deep Dive here at Where Strides the Behemoth, …

Album Review: The Black Dahlia Murder – Deflorate

"A din of stained glass fragments, cut your flesh to the bone, baptized in black blood, hymen breached with a cross." The Black Dahlia Murder - DeflorateSeptember 15th, 2009Melodic Death MetalMetal Blade RecordsDetroit, Michigan, USA The Black Dahlia Murder Week continues on Discography Deep Dive here on Where Strides the Behemoth with Deflorate, the band's …

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: The Black Dahlia Murder – Miasma

"This juggernaut of bronze and alcohol, machines of vengeance now are born." The Black Dahlia Murder - MiasmaJuly 12th, 2005Melodic Death MetalMetal Blade RecordsDetroit, Michigan, USA We continue The Black Dahlia Murder week on Discography Deep Dive here at Where Strides the Behemoth with the band's second album, Miasma. Released in 2005, this would be …

Album Review: The Black Dahlia Murder – Unhallowed

"Lead by vampiric hunger, I will to feast upon the bones of the meek, the marrow of my enemies." The Black Dahlia Murder - UnhallowedJune 17th, 2003Melodic Death MetalMetal Blade RecordsDetroit, Michigan, USA I've been a fan of The Black Dahlia Murder for as long as I can remember. Their 2007 record Nocturnal is not …

Album Review: Revocation – Revocation

"Besieged by the blitzkrieg, overwhelmed by crisis fatigue, what we've seen cannot be unseen, visions of catastrophe." Revocation - RevocationAugust 5th, 2013Progressive Thrash / Death MetalRelapse RecordsBoston, Massachusetts, USA Four records into Revocation Week here on Discography Deep Dive and we come to the band's self-titled record, a seeming inevitability for most artists, however surprising …

Album Review: Vomit Forth – Seething Malevolence

"What's your pain tolerance?" Vomit Forth - Seething MalevolenceJuly 8th, 2022Death MetalCentury Media RecordsConnecticut, USA Seeing a colossally stacked live bill of death metal bands earlier this year at Bar Le Ritz PDB will stand out in my mind as one of the sickest shows I saw in all of 2022, and present on that …

Album Review: Revocation – Netherheaven

"Champions of hell have been invoked to crush the cursed creatures of the Christian right" Revocation - NetherheavenSeptember 7th, 2022Technical Death / Thrash MetalDaymare RecordingsBoston, Massachusetts, USA When I was a teenager I got massively into Revocation through their 2009 record Existence of Futile, a record that I maintain is not only the best of …