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The Agonist - "Prisoners"
Prisoners is the third release by Montreal's The Agonist, and again the band offers mellow death metal with the occasional clean vocals. I've seen the group occasionally referred to as metalcore due to this approach, but…
Morbid Saint - "Spectrum of Death"
Morbid Saint's Spectrum of Death is another one of those "classic" 80s underground metal albums that die-hard metal fans apparently wet their pants over. I've often found that when I've sought out these kinds of albums t…
Mantas - "Death By Metal"
Mantas was the late Chuck Schuliner's pre-Death band and these are his earliest recordings; ones that would evolve into Death's sound. As such, Death By Metal should be considered to be a historical metal document. This…
The Used - "Vulnerable"
This album is everything The Used fans have been waiting for. Armed with some of the most loyal fans in music, The Used has been able to stay relevant over the years despite some arguably less than favorable releases as…
Gossip - "Perfect World"
Some might call it "maturing", but rumour has it, Gossip have ditched their rough, fiesty sound and employed a much slicker sound. Sadly, it's all true. While Beth Ditto and co. will always find a way to make a melody th…
At The Skylines - "The Secrets To Life"
At the band's show at the Annex Wreckroom while on tour with Letlive and Enter Shikari, I was lucky enough to pick up this album exactly a month before its release. I had already heard all of the pre-released tracks, and…
The Firstborn - "Lions Among Men"
The Firstborn are one of those types of bands that a lot of people are not going to like very much. I know it's a bit cliche to say, but The Firstborn's sound is quite hard to describe. According to their bio the band ha…
Domiziano Cristopharo - "The Museum of Wonders" [DVD Review]
After glancing at the skull on the cover I was expecting a low budget horror movie, but The Museum of Wonders is more of a statement on the ugliness of prejudice and greed in society than a horror flick. Thinly veiled in…
Cattle Decapitation - "Monolith of Inhumanity"
Cattle Decapitation's newest album Monolith of Inhumanity is one of the best albums of this year so far. Between this release and Katana and Eternal Helceraxe's newest offerings, extreme metal bands are going to find it…
Amorphous - "A Perfect Evil"
Poland's Amorphous are an interesting band. They are billed as death metal yet sound like a cross between death, thrash and traditional metal. According to the band's bio they've been kicking around the underground scene…
Winterfylleth - "The Ghost of Heritage"
The Ghost of Heritage is a re-release of Winterfylleth's debut album which originally came out a few years ago. Besides being remastered, the album also features two new tracks that were not on the original release. Now,…
Architects (UK) - "Daybreaker"
For those of you hoping this new Architect album will bring back the Architects you loved from Nightmares and The Hear and The Now, you will be sorely disappointed. The band has pretty much abandoned all the things that…
Freak Kitchen - "Land of the Freaks"
Land of the Freaks is apparently a re-release and originally came out in 2009 in Europe. According to the band's bio, their music has had extremely limited access in North America. I can kind of understand why as the ban…
Zenith Myth - "Zenith Myth"
The debut, self-titled album from Zenith Myth is a journey through a progressive rock landscape. The mostly instrumental disc has a highly experimental, prog rock feel to it, but never seems to get convoluted or over ind…
Fates Demise - "Sins of a Life Past" [EP]
Sins of a Life Past is the debut EP by California's Fates Demise, a band whose bio frequently references death/thrash and black metal as comparison styles to their sound. Personally I see the band more as a "death metal…
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