I got some new reviews up for ya: Darkthrone, Castrofate, Abigail Williams, Book Of Black Earth, Kreator, Viking Skull, Becoming The Archetype, Sepultura, and The Bakerton Group. If you click on the “reviews” category, you can see all of em, nice and convenient-like. I’m still restructuring the site, and eventually they will also be accessible from the “Album Reviews” tab. For those curious, I had made everything pages instead of posts over the last several months … this is what I am currently correcting.  I hope I’m right this time. Hails!

Becoming The Archetype – “Dichotomy” [Solid State] … between the inspiration for this album (C.S. Lewis’ Space Odyssey), the reworking of a hymn (8), and their record label itself, one can expect Christian undertones here, which some may find off-putting … however on their third effort they made good choices, like abandoning Metalcore (and clean vox with it), and perhaps more importantly, enlisted Devin Townsend (Strapping Young Lad) for production duties … Dev also appears on 1, and Ryan Clark (Demon Hunter) lends his voice to 2, which are part of the trio of songs that start the album [...read more]