August 2010 - Metal Review Features and Editorials

PESTILENCE - The Quest for the Holy Grail

Hailing from the Netherlands, the influential death metal band Pestilence can be credited with creating the foundation for what death metal is today. Originating in 1986, they exploded onto the scene with their debut album Malleus Maleficarum and immediately...

Published Fri, Aug 27 2010 4:59 PM by Metal Review

Filed under: Carcass, Warbringer, Vital Remains, Death, Possessed

ABYSS RECORDS Haul - Winners Announced!

And the Grand Prize Winner is.... DolphinDude31 Runners-up (one CD of your choice: Bill the Fish Pagaard Congrats! We'll be in touch.... Free metal: It's always good, is it not? How 'bout fifteen albums' worth ? If you win this haul from...

Published Wed, Aug 25 2010 5:45 PM by Rev

Filed under: Putting A Nun with Fake Tits on Your Album Cover is a Stroke of Creative Genius

Reverend's Bazaar - F**k Commerce, Again

Recently, there have been grumblings galore about the relevance of the music review; some say that due to the Internet's facilitation of "listen before you buy," criticism is becoming irrelevant. Obviously, as one that writes for a site...

Published Wed, Aug 25 2010 10:20 AM by Rev

Filed under: Cradle of Filth, Atheist, John Mellecamp, Decibel, Sahg, Woe, Dax Riggs

Staff Infections 8.23.2010

Welcome to another edition of Staff Infections, where we rattle off the albums that have been dominating our lives in recent times. In previous editions, we've posted a track from the most-citied selection to accompany each the text. However, in this...

Published Mon, Aug 23 2010 7:49 PM by Metal Review

TUSKA Diaries: Sunday 7.4.2010

For your average dickface-cum-festivalgoer the third and final day at Tuska is not usually that much about resurrection of biblical proportions. In lieu of getting a new life or a chance to wipe the slate clean, the rising sun will most probably roll...

Published Fri, Aug 20 2010 4:27 AM by Juho

Filed under: Cannibal Corpse, Nile, Megadeth, Juho Mikkonen, Melissa Zappa, Tuska Open Air, Bloodbath, Torture Killer, W.A.S.P.

And It's Hard to Hold Back the Hate! ~ D666 Deströys The Mug

Being a dedicated family man these days means I have much less discretionary time than I used to, so I’ve become increasingly judicious about the metal shows I attend. I generally have to be pretty excited about a band to haul my tired ass into...

Published Sun, Aug 15 2010 10:05 AM by LoneWatie

Filed under: Destroyer 666, Enthroned, Order of Ennead, Contorted, Pathology, Lethal Prayer

Winners Announced: PROFOUND LORE Triple Play

...and the winners are: Casketcase The Doom Fatal 88 Lycanthropus Rex Hooter Congrats! We'll be in touch. If you have a pulse, you're probably well aware of this fact: Profound Lore boasts one of the strongest rosters in heavy metal today. From...

Published Wed, Aug 11 2010 1:20 PM by Rev

Filed under: YOB, Kylesa, Altar of Plagues, Profound Lore, The Howling Wind, Blood Revolt, Coffinworm, Swarm of the Lotus

Reverend's Bazaar - Dead Again

Two weeks ago, the news trickle was slow. Wading through the incessant deluge of press releases and manufactured publicity was becoming a chore, and the scarcity of metallic debris was making this column a daunting prospect. Amidst this lull, I considered...

Published Fri, Aug 6 2010 10:58 PM by Rev

Filed under: Destroyer 666, Grand Magus, Fear Factory, Metal Blade, Assaulter, Portrait, Darkest Era, Dead Shape Figure, Jon Schaffer, Inquisition, Iced Earth, Profanatica, Early Graves, Sons of Liberty, Deströyer 666, Soilent Green, Denouncement Pyre, Trap Them, The Funeral Pyre

TUSKA Diaries: Saturday 7.3.2010

As the first day of the revelry finally culminated in Devin Townsend ’s mesmerizing Ziltoid -spectacle, our quartet of first-string journalism was well on its way to reach objectionable levels of self-imposed intoxication. In a delirium-fueled omnipotence...

Published Fri, Aug 6 2010 4:29 AM by Juho

Filed under: Nile, Devin Townsend, Juho Mikkonen, Melissa Zappa, Tuska Open Air, Survivors Zero, FM2000, Bloodbath

Staff Infections 8.4.2010

Welcome to the second edition of Staff Infections , the laziest recurring feature in the Metal Review repertoire. We aren't trotting out our playlists just 'cause it makes for easily-produced copy, however. These snapshots of our listening habits...

Published Wed, Aug 4 2010 7:54 AM by Metal Review

BEYOND HELL - Awake in Horror

Beyond Hell recently released their first full-length, The Sleeper Awakens , a classic-leaning slab of death metal entwined with a serious dose of noxious doom. Sleeper has garnered some rightfully positive reviews, and Metal Review had the opportunity...

Published Sun, Aug 1 2010 7:54 PM by JW

Filed under: Incantation, Autopsy, Decrepitaph, Father Befouled, Scaremaker, Beyond Hell