Zao gives you sadness the way it exists in physical form: unrelenting, claustrophobic, overwhelming, unforgiving, and obese. Evilcore at its most brilliant.
Cranium continues in the German tradition of finely-tuned speed metal, yet they incorporate a sense of humor, sometimes dark and grisly, other times just goofy.
It must be in Therion’s contract that they release thrown-together records with a couple new songs, a few covers, and few live cuts between glorious opuses.
Recorded by Kurt Ballou, Codeseven draws on Far to Indecision, Sons Of Abraham to Converge. It’s hectic, multi-layered, but never forgets the melodic bridges.
A repetitious, sleepy, confused, weakly-produced record that’s too electronica and hip-hop. Plus the grooves are gone, and there are fewer hooks. Disappointing.
An instrumental record – keyboard and computers – based on the myths surrounding the death of the Norse God, Wuotan. It’s long, dull, occasionally spooky.