Bathory – Nordland I – Review

May 16, 2003

A Bathory album of panoramic yet claustrophobic Viking metal that creaks like a chainmailed soldier of doom riding high atop weathered maritime planks.

Planet X – MoonBabies – Review

April 16, 2003

Less metal than one might expect, MoonBabies ventures deep into the night with a lush landscape of sounds that incorporate prog rock, jazz, and New Age.

Naglfar – Sheol – Review

March 8, 2003

Despite the crisp sound, the band still create a thrashy wall of no hope, one that looms large due to the much improved vocal cackle of Jens Ryden.

Enchant – Blink of an Eye – Review

February 14, 2003

San Francisco’s Enchant have another winner here, a record that is a gleaming alloy of the rarely examined mid-’80s to mid-’90s material from Rush.

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