Monthly Archives: December 2017
Why Destroyer 666’s Wildfire disappoints
With acute understanding of heavy metal rage and melancholy, Destroyer 666 went on to become in many ways the archetypal metal band of their generation. Deriving their elemental sound and technique from the neoclassical flair of Destruction‘s Sentence of Death, driving … Continue reading →
Summoning – With Doom We Come (2018)
Like certain multilayered pieces from Kansas‘ best work from the 70s, With Doom We Come is an album of many voices; as with all polyphonic music, the real test lies in isolating and evaluating the effectiveness of the individual voices, … Continue reading →
Posted in Ambient, Black Metal
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Tagged Ambient, Black Metal, soundtrack, Summoning, with doom we come
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Morbid Angel – Kingdoms Disdained (2017)
Kingdoms Disdained is the harshest, most unmusical album Morbid Angel have ever done. For those inclined towards construing that description as somewhat interesting, Kingdoms Disdained also isn’t very good. Where once Morbid Angel soared with imagination, today they plod and … Continue reading →
Pagan Altar – The Room of Shadows (2017)
It seems like a thousand years Since I let you go In a world so full of greed I didn’t know But now I’m on death’s door we’ll be together And I’ll be with you then and after forever – … Continue reading →
The Chasm – A Conscious Creation From The Isolated Domain: Phase I (2017)
The most pertinent conjecture in the lead-up to this fully instrumental The Chasm album was how freedom from the vocal straitjacket would affect songwriting. Surely, not having to make provision for vocal spots would, or ought to, give songs more … Continue reading →
Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal
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Tagged A conscious creation from the isolated domain Phase I, Daniel Corchado, Metal Of Death, Mexico, The Chasm
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