Dark Tranquillity – We Are the Void (Century Media Records)
Frankly, this was the only place DT had to go at the moment. They’ve once again exhausted their standard melodic death metal template with 2005’s Character and ‘07’s underwhelming Fiction, so back to the synth-induced space of Haven we...
Meshuggah – Alive CD/DVD (Nuclear Blast Records)
Finally satiating the need for a visual release, Meshuggah enters the live DVD field with Alive, a two-disc set comprising of live and backstage footage, coupled with an audio disc of 12 songs.
Visually, Alive is a captivating watch, as it’s...
Toxic Holocaust – Hell On Earth Reissue (Relapse Records)
The second Toxic Holocaust album to be reissued, Hell On Earth hit right before the retro thrash movement kicked into high gear. As such, the band got tossed with every other thrash jockey wearing a pair...
Toxic Holocaust – Evil Never Dies Reissue (Relapse Records)
Retro thrash...it’s just the worst. It really is. The pits even. There’s zero validity to any of this stuff and it’s a bit ironic that a style predicated to fight trends is now a huge trend,...
Aldaaron – Nous Reviendrons Immortels (Paragon Records)
The French black metal scene strikes paydirt once again, this time in the form of Aldaaron. Hovering around the multi-faceted, yet attack prone brand of BM that the likes of Deathspell Omega, Blut Aus...
Vasaeleth – Crypt Born and Tethered to Ruin (Profound Lore Records)
Straight from the classic school of death metal comes the two man project of Vasaeleth. Borrowing heavily from death metal circa early 90’s (lots of doomy Incantation happenings here), Vasaeleth (which are drummer Antinom...
Eluveitie – Everything Remains (As It Never Was) (Nuclear Blast Records)
Probably figuring their window of opportunity was small, Switzerland’s Eluveitie return with their third album in three years in the form of Everything Remains As It Never Was. As the pagan/folk metal field continues to...
Armageddon – Embrace the Mystery/Three Reissue (Century Media Records)
Once part of the W.A.R Records cabal that featured Eucharist, In Flames, and Darkane, Armageddon is the oft-overlooked former side project of Arch Enemy guitarist Chris Amott. Tracking down these albums has been quite...
Freya – All Hail the End (Victory Records)
Hardcore is such a wide canyon of styles that it was easy to totally overlook Earth Crisis’ return album, To the Death. Rewind over a decade ago and arguably no band was more important to...
Six Feet Under – Graveyard Classics 3 (Metal Blade Records)
Boy, the gap between Cannibal Corpse and Six Feet Under keeps on getting wider, doesn’t it? Surely no one would fathom CC ever doing something like this, even if they were following up a...