Metal/Hardcore Review – Page 69

The Abominable Iron Sloth – Review

April 14, 2006

Members of Will Haven and Oddman playing sludge metal like EyeHateGod. Screamo vocals, trudging riffery, and the odd d-tuned swing of an ogre lumbering along.

Slave To The System – Review

April 14, 2006

Forgettable name, but Slave To The System turns out to be a cool bit of rock star marriaging in the Audioslave, Velvet Revolver, Brides of Destruction oeuvre.

Sepultura – Dante XXI – Review

April 14, 2006

Sepultura turn in what is probably their coolest album of the under-rated Derrick Green years.

Beseech – Sunless Days – Review

April 7, 2006

Top-notch sobbing male vocals matched by strong anthemic female vocals belted out like Lullacry, Heart, and Drain STH. The guitars chug hard but melodically.

Savage Circus – Dreamland Manner – Review

April 7, 2006

If you like your Blind Guardian-esque metal without the swooping highs and lows and feats of derring-do, then look to the cheeky audacity of Savage Circus.

Hellephant – Kill The Fall – Review

April 5, 2006

Hellephant: Dunno, thinly-produced hardcore? Nothing to work with there.

The Ocean – Aeolian – Review

March 17, 2006

Like the accessible Six Feet Under of artcore, the band birthing cogent, logical metal nuggets, like slowed-down Meshuggah with a rich, full-bodied recording.

Edguy – Rocket Ride – Review

March 17, 2006

If you don’t mind Stratovarius going rock ‘n’ rollsy, or Alexi’s hair metal covers, Edguy’s edging toward mainstream metal may come off as unselfconscious fun.

Bolt Thrower – Those Once Loyal – Review

March 17, 2006

Bolt Thrower have always served up their unflagging war metal with a sense of unhurried, unforced charm, and Those Once Loyal continues in that tradition.

Acid Bath – Demos: 1993 – 1996 – Review

March 17, 2006

Here’s Dax, Sammy Audie, Mike, and Jimmy caught quivered in caustic terror, creating the first vestiges of Acid Bath’s signature doom thrash.