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!

Castrofate – “Cataclysmic Insanity” released February 4, 2009 by Cataclysmic Metal Records Often regarded as a solo project by Dan Castro (who still writes the lion’s share of material), the NY/Jersey group is now a solid quartet, and ambitiously attempt a concept album for their sophomore release. It’s lyrically quite straightforward, not leaving much to the imagination, but their riffs and melodies can be quite memorable (see 1, 4). The vocals aren’t bad either–a good formula with a little Dave Mustaine and a lot of Chuck Billy. The second half gets kinda odd, with a bluesy track (appropriately titled [...read more]